PUBLICATIONS LIBRARY

 

Acute Flaccid Paralysis

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Walker LJ, Thorley BR, Morris A, Elliott EJ, Saul N, Britton PN. Using the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System to Identify Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Australia, 2000‒2018. Emerging infectious diseases. 2022 Jan;28(1):21.

Desai S, Smith T, Thorley BR, Grenier D, Dickson N, Altpeter E, SPSU Committee, Sabbe M, Elliott E, Zurynski Y.  Performance of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance compared with World Health Organization standards Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2015 Feb;51(2):209-14.

Iwansenko JM, Scott GM, Rawlinson WD, Keogh A, Mitchell D, Chou S. Successful valganciclovir infection in the presence of UL97 mutation N597D Journal of Medical Virology 2009; 81(3):507-510. 

Stewardson AJ, Roberts JA, Beckett CL, Prime HT, Loh PS, Thorley BR, Daffy JR. Imported Case of Poliomyelitis, Melbourne, Australia, 2007 Emerging Infectious Diseases  www.cdc.gov/eid. Vol.15, No.1, January 2009.

Pearn J. Poliomyelitis - Acute flaccid paralysis and stool virology Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007; 43(9): 649. (Letter)

Durrheim DN, Massey P, Kelly H. Re-emerging poliomyelitis - is Australia's surveillance adequate? Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2006; 30: 275-276.

Kelly HA, Brussen KA, Lawrence A, Elliott EJ, Pearn J, Thorley B. Polioviruses and other enteroviruses isolated from faecal samples of patients with acute flaccid paralysis in Australia, 1996-2004 Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2006; 42: 370-376.

Kelly H. Evidence for a causal association between oral polio vaccine and transverse myelitis: A case history and review of the literature Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2006; 42: 155-159.

Thorley BR, Brussen KA, Elliott EJ, Kelly HA.  Vigilance is required for Australia to remain polio free Medical Journal of Australia 2006; 184: 474-475.

Morris A, Elliott EJ, D'Souza RM, Antony J, Kennett M, Longbottom H. Acute flaccid paralysis in Australian children Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2003; 39(1): 22-26.

D'Souza RM, Kennett M, Watson C. Australia declared polio free Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2002; 26(2): 253-260.

Kelly HA, Brussen KA. Apparent improvement in AFP surveillance in Australia Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2002; 26: 281-282.

Whitfield Ken B, Kelly HA. Estimating the incidence of acute flaccid paralysis in Victoria, Australia using the two source capture-recapture method Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2002; 80: 846-851.

Kelly HA, Brussen KA, Morris A, Elliott EJ. Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Australia Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2001; 79(12): 1169-1170.

D'Souza RM, Elliott EJ. Polio eradication Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1999; 23(3): 76.

D'Souza RM, Watson C, Kennett M. Australia's contribution to Global Polio Eradication Initiatives Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1999; 23(3): 289-294.

Kennett M, Brussen KA, Wood DJ, van der Avoort HG, Ras A, Kelly HA. Australia's last reported case of wild poliovirus infection Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1999; 23: 77-79.


PUBLISHED REPORTS

Roberts JA, Grant KA, Ibrahim A, Thorley BR. Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory 2007 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2008; 32(3): 308-15.

Roberts J, Brussen KA, Ibrahim A, Thorley B. Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2006 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2007; 31(3): 263-269.

Brussen KA, Roberts J, Ibrahim A, Stambos V, Thorley B. Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory 2005 Communicable Disease Intelligence 2006; 334-340.

Stambos V, Brussen KA, Thorley BR. Annual report of the Australian national Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2004 Communicable Disease Intelligence 2005; 29(3): 263-8.

Brussen KA, Stambos V, Thorley BR. Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2003 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2004; 28(3): 339-344.

Thorley BR, Brussen KA, Stambos V, Kelly HA. Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2002 Communicable Disease Intelligence 2003; 27(3): 352-356.

Thorley BR, Brussen KA, Stambos V, Yuen LK, Kelly HA. Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory and summary of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance, 2001 Communicable Diseases Surveillance 2002; 26: 419-427.

D'Souza RM, Kennett M, Antony J, Longbottom H, Elliott EJ. Acute Flaccid Paralysis surveillance in Australia Progress Report 1995-1998 Poliomyelitis Eradication in Australia. Commonwealth Government of Australia 2000.

Department of Health and Aged Care. Surveillance for poliomyelitis in Australia: Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance.  Poliomyelitis eradication in Australia: National documentation for certification.2000 [5], 16-24. 
Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Health and Aged Care. Poliomyelitis eradication in Australia: A report on the issues.  Strategic Planning Workshop. Department of Health and Aged care, editor. 2000, 16-24. Canberra, Commonwealth of Australia 

Kennett M, Brussen KA, Stambos V, Turnbull A, Ibrahim A, Kelly HA. Report of the Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory, 1 January to 31 December 1998 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1999; 23(5): 124-127.

D'Souza RM, Kennett M, Antony J, Longbottom H, Elliott EJ. Acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in Australia progress report 1995-1998 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1999; 23(5): 124-127.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Morris AMS, Elliott EJ, D'Souza RM, Antony J, Kennett M, Longbottom H. Acute flaccid paralysis in Australian children Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2001; 37[6], A4-5.

Kennett M. Proficiency testing in the region  Second Meeting on Laboratory Surveillance and Eighth meeting of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Expanded programme on Immunisation and Poliomyelitis Eradication in the Western Pacific region, World Health Organisation, Manila, June 1997.

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Acute Rheumatic Fever

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Noonan S, Zurynski YA, Currie BJ, McDonald M, Wheaton G, Nissen M, Curtis N, Isaacs D, Richmond P, Ramsay JM, Elliott EJ. A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian children The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2013; 1;32(1):e26-32.

Smith M, Lester-Smith D, Zurysnki Y, Noonan S, Carapetis J, Elliott E. Persistence of acute rheumatic fever in tertiary hospitals Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2011; 47(4):198-203.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Carapetis JR, Noonan S, Elliott E, Zurynski Y, Currie B, McDonald M, Wheaton G, Nissen M, Ramsay J, Isaacs D, Richmond P, Curtis N, Heazlewood R. National Surveillance for Acute Rheumatic Fever in Australian Children. National Heart Foundation of Australia Conference, Brisbane, May 2009.

Noonan S, Carapetis J, Elliott E, Zurynski Y, Currie B, Curtis N, Wheaton G, Isaacs D, Ramsay J, Richmond P. National Surveillance for Acute Rheumatic Fever in Australian Children through the Australian Paediatric National Surveillance Unit. Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin, May 2011.


GUIDELINES

The 2020 Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (3rd Edition)

The Australian guideline for prevention, diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (2nd edition) 

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Anaphylaxis Following Food Ingestion

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Dosen A, Ziegler JB. National surveillance of anaphylaxis in children following food ingestion. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2003; 39(6) (Suppl.): A3-A4.

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Charge Association

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Williams G, Wilson M, Rose D, on behalf of the APSU CHARGE Parents Association and Study group and contributors to the APSU. The epidemiology and clinical features of the CHARGE association in Australian children 2000-2002. Portuguese Paediatric Surveillance Unit Bulletin 2004; 5(1): 17.

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Childhood Conversion Disorder

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Kozlowsaka K, Nunn KP, Rose D, Morris A, Ouvrier RA, Varghese J. Conversion disorder in Australian paediatric practiceJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007; 46(1): 68-75.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Rose D, Kozlowska K, Nunn KP, Morris A, Ouvrier RA, Grattan-Smith P, Varghese J, Madden S. Paediatric Surveillance Units facilitating epidemiological research in child mental health. Proceedings of the World Psychiatric Association Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Meeting, Brisbane July 2005.

Rose D, Kozlowska K, Nunn K, Ouvrier R, Grattan-Smith P, Varghese J et al. The complex presentation of conversion disorder in Australian children. Portuguese Paediatric Surveillance Unit Bulletin 2004; 5[1], 13.

Rose D, Kozlowska K, Nunn K, Morris A. A picture of conversion disorder in Australian children in 2003. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2003; 39(6) (Suppl.): A8.

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Childhood Dementia

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Nunn K, Williams K, Ouvrier R. The Australian childhood dementia study European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2002; 11(2): 63-70.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Nunn K, Williams K, Ouvrier R, Dossetor D, and Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance unit. The Australian childhood dementia study. Paediatrics and Child Health 2000; 5, S42.

Nunn K, Williams K, Ouvrier R, and Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. The Australian childhood dementia study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2000 36[3], A12-A13.

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Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Saddi V, Beggs S, Bennetts B, Harrison J, Hime N, Kapur N, Lipsett J, Nogee LM, Phu A, Suresh S, Schultz A. Childhood interstitial lung diseases in immunocompetent children in Australia and New Zealand: a decade’s experience. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2017 Dec; 12(1):133.

Hime NJ, Zurynski Y, Fitzgerald D, Selvadurai H, Phu A, Deverell M, Elliott EJ, Jaffe A. Childhood interstitial lung disease: A systematic review  Pediatric pulmonology. 2015 Dec; 50(12):1383-92.

Hime NJ, Fitzgerald D, Robinson P, Selvadurai H, Van Asperen P, Jaffé A, Zurynski Y Childhood interstitial lung disease due to surfactant protein C deficiency: frequent use and costs of hospital services for a single case in Australia Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2014 Dec 1; 9(1):36.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Knight S, Elders S, Rodda J, Harvey A, Lubitz L, Rowe K, Reveley C, Hennel S, Towns S, Kozlowska K, Payne DN. Epidemiology of paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome in Australia Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2019 Feb 23:archdischild-2018.

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Complementary and Alternative Medicines

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Lim A, Cranswick N, South M. Adverse events associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine in children Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2011; 96(3):297-300.

Lim A, Cranswick N, Skull S, South M. Adverse Events associated with the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Australian children. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2002; 71(2):76.

Shenfield G, Lim A, Allen H. Survey of the use of complementary medicines and therapies in children with asthma Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2001; 38:252-257.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Lim A, Cranswick N, Skull S, South M. Surveillance of adverse events associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2002; 38(suppl):A3.

Lim A, Cranswick N, Skull S, South M. Surveillance of adverse events associated with the use of complementary and alternative medicine. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2002; 38(suppl):A3. 
(Presented Royal Australasian College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane May 2002: Finalist Rue Wright Memorial Prize) 

Lim A, Cranswick N, Skull S, South M. Adverse Events associated with the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Australian children. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2002; 71(2):76. 
(Presented American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Meeting, Atlanta USA March 2002. Poster presentation and invited trainee oral presentation)

Wilson AJ, Couper RTL. Complementary Medicine in hospitalised South Australian children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 37[6], A5. 2002.

Couper R. Complementary medicine in hospitalised South Australian children. Proceedings of the Royal Australian College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting 2001 (p. 30)

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Gleeson HK, Wiley V, Wilcken B, Cowell CT, Thonsett M, Byrne G, Elliott E, Ambler GR. Two year pilot study of newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in New South Wales compared with nationwide case surveillance in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(10): 554-559.

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Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Bartlett AW, Hall BM, Palasanthiran P, McMullan B, Shand AW, Rawlinson WD. Recognition, treatment, and sequelae of congenital cytomegalovirus in Australia: an observational studyJournal of Clinical Virology. 2018 Nov 1;108:121-5.

Dasari V, Smith C, Zhong J, Scott G, Rawlinson W, Khanna R. Recombinant glycoprotein B vaccine formulation with Toll-like receptor 9 agonist and immune-stimulating complex induces specific immunity against multiple strains of cytomegalovirusJournal of General Virology. 2011; 92(5):1021-31.

Iwasenko J, Howard J, Arbuckle S, Graf N, Hall B, Craig ME, Rawlinson WD. Human cytomegalovirus infection is detected frequently in stillbirths and is associated with fetal thrombotic vasculopathy.  Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2011; 203(11): 1526-1533.

McMullan BJ, Palasanthiran P, Jones CA, Hall BM, Robertson PW, Howard J, Rawlinson WD. Congenital cytomegalovirus — time to diagnosis, management and clinical sequelae in Australia: opportunities for earlier identificationMedical Journal Australia 2011; 194(12): 625-629. 

Post JJ, Chan MK, Whybin LR, Shi Q, Rawlinson WD, Cunningham P, Robertson PW. Positive Epstein–Barr virus and cytomegalovirus IgM assays in primary HIV infectionJournal of Medical Virology 2011; 83(8): 1406-1409.

Iwansenko JM, Scott GM, Rawlinson WD, Keogh A, Mitchell D, Chou S. Successful valganciclovir treatment of post-transplant cytomegalovirus infection in the presence of UL97 mutation N597DJournal of Medical Virology 2009; 81(3):507-510.

Rawlinson WD, Stern J, Munro SC, Waliuzzaman Z, Scott GM. Genotyping of congenital human CMV isolates based on four glycoprotein genes. Microbiology Australia 2002; 23(4): Proferred papers 36.

Daley AJ, Gilbert GL, Cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancyJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2001; 37: 589-591

Trincado DE, Rawlinson WD. Congenital and perinatal infections with cytomegalovirusJournal of Paediatric Child Health 2001; 37: 187-192.

Trincado DE, Scott GM, White PA, Hunt C, Ramussen L, Rawlinson WD. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strains associated with congenital and perinatal infectionsJournal of Medical Virology 2000; 61: 481-487.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Rawlinson W, McMullan B, Howard J, Robertson P, Palasanthiran P. Congenital CMV infection: APSU data and follow-up of a cohort of affected infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A15.

Chow SSW, Scott GM, Hall B, Lahra MM, Rawlinson WD, Craig ME. Amniotic fluid study of congenital infections (ASCI). Proceedings of Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand 9th Annual Congress, Adelaide, SA 2005: P-26

Jacques CFH, Munro SC, Chow SSW, Ford CE, Craig M, Camaris C, Gordon A, Lahra MM, Jones C, Jeffrey HE, Rawlinson WD. Viral infections in stillbirths, pre-term births and highrisk individuals. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand 9th Annual Congress, Adelaide, SA, 2005. Poster Absract No. P75

Rawlinson WD, Jacques C, Chow S, Koelsch M, Ramachandran V, Brennan L. Vertically transmitted viral infections and consequences for the fetus. Australian Institute of Medical Scientists, National Scientific Meeting, Sydney 2005

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Congenital Rubella

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Martin N, Durrheim D, Khandaker G, Butler M, Jones C. Using the two-source capture–recapture method to estimate the incidence and case ascertainment of congenital rubella syndrome in Australia, 1993–2013Western Pacific surveillance and response journal: WPSAR. 2016 Jan;7(1):34.

Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Jones C. Surveillance for congenital rubella in Australia since 1993: cases reported between 2004 and 2013Vaccine. 2014; 32(50):6746-6751.

Forrest JM, Burgess MA, Donovan T. A resurgence of congenital rubella in Australia? Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2003; 27(4): 533-535.

Gidding H, Young M, Pugh R, Burgess MA. Rubella in Australia: can we explain two recent cases of congenital rubella syndrome? Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2003; 27(4): 537-539.

Coulter C, Wood R, Robson J. Rubella infection in pregnancy Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1999; 23(8): 209-214.

Sullivan EA, Burgess MA, Forrest JM. The epidemiology of rubella and congenital rubella in Australia, 1992-1997 Communicable Diseases Intelligence 1999; 23(8): 209-214. 

Stambos V, Leydon J, Riddell M, Clothier H, Catton M, Featherstone D, Kelly H. Evaluation of the World Health Organization Global Measles and Rubella Quality Assurance Program, 2001–2008Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011; 204 (suppl 1): S499-S505.

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Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Mehr S, Allen R, Boros C, Adib N, Kakakios A, Turner PJ, Rogers M, Zurynski Y, Singh-Grewal D. Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome in Australian children and adults: Epidemiological, clinical and treatment characteristics. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2016; 52(9):889-95.

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Drowning and near drowning

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Ross FI, Elliott EJ, Lam Lt, Cass DT, and Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Children under 5 years presenting to paediatrics with near-drowningJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2003; 39(6):446-450.

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Early Onset Eating Disorder

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Madden S, Morris A, Zurynski Y, Kohn M, Elliott E. The burden of eating disorders in children aged 5-13 years in AustraliaMedical Journal of Australia 2009; 190(8): 410-414.

Rhodes P, Prunty M, Madden S. Life threatening food refusal in two nine year old girls: rethinking the maudsley modelClinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2009; 14(1):63-70.

Rhodes P, Brown,J, Madden S. The Maudsley model of family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative evaluation of parent-to-parent consultationJournal of Marital & Family Therapy 2009; 35(2):181-192.

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Female Genital Mutilation

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Zurynski, Y., Phu, A., Sureshkumar, P., Cherian, S., Deverell, M., Elliott, E. Female genital mutilation in children presenting to Australian paediatriciansArchives of Disease in Childhood, 2017; 102(6), 509-515.

Zurynski, Y., Elliott, E. No compromise on female genital mutilationJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017; 53(6), 612-613. (letter)

Sureshkumar P, Zurynski Y, Moloney S, Raman S, Varol N, Elliott EJ. Female genital mutilation: Survey of paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes and practiceChild Abuse and Neglect. 2016; 55:1-9

Zurynski Y, Sureshkumar P, Phu A, Elliott E. Female genital mutilation and cutting: a systematic literature review of health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and clinical practiceBMC International Health and Human Rights. 2015; 15(1): 32

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Cheung MM, Tsang TW, Watkins R, Birman C, Popova S, Elliott EJ. Ear Abnormalities among Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of pediatrics. 2021 Nov 13

Fitzpatrick JP, Elliott EJ, Latimer J, Carter M, Oscar J, Ferreira M, Olson HC, Lucas B, Doney R, Salter C, Peadon E. The Lililwan Project: study protocol for a population-based active case ascertainment study of the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in remote Australian Aboriginal communitiesBMJ open. 2012 Jan 1;2(3):e000968.

Burns L, Black E, Powers JR, Loxton D,  Elliott E, Shakeshaft A, Dunlop A. Geographic and Maternal Characteristics Associated with Alcohol Use in PregnancyAlcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 2011; 35(7): 1230-1237.

Payne J, France K, Henley N, D’Antoine H, Bartu A, O’Leary C, Elliott E, Bower C. Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorderPaediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2011; 25(4): 316-327.

Payne J, D’Antoine H, France K, McKenzie A, Henley N, Bartu A, Elliott E, Bower C. Collaborating with consumer and community representatives in health and medical research in Australia: results from an evaluationHealth Research Policy and Systems 2011; 9(18).

O'Leary C, Nassar N, Kurinczuk J, de Klerk N, Geelhoed E, Elliott E, Bower C. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Risk of Birth DefectsObstetrical & Gynecological Survey 2011; 66(2): 88-90.

Payne J, France K, Henley N, D'Antoine H, Bartu A, O'Leary C, Elliott E, Bower C. Changes in health professionals' knowledge, attitudes and practice following provision of educational resources about prevention of prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorderPaediatric and perinatal epidemiology 2011; 25(4): 316–327.

Payne J, France K, Henley N, D'Antoine H, Bartu A, O'Leary C, Elliott E, Bower C, Geelhoed E. Re-aim evaluation of the alcohol and pregnancy project: Educational resources to inform health professionals about prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal alcohol spectrum disorderEvaluation and the Health Professions. 2011; 34(1): 57-80.

France K, Henley N, Payne J, D'Antoine H, Bartu A, O'Leary C, Elliott E, Bower C. Health professionals addressing alcohol use with pregnant women in Western Australia: barriers and strategies for communicationSubstance Use and Misuse. 2010;45(10):1474-1490. 

O'Leary C, Nassar N, Kurinczuk J, de Klerk N, Geelhoed E, Elliott E, Bower C. Prenatal alcohol exposure and risk of birth defectsPediatrics 2010;126(4):e834-850.

Mutch R, Peadon EM, Elliott EJ, Bower C. Need to establish a national diagnostic capacity for foetal alcohol spectrum disordersJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2009; 45(3): 79-81.

Peadon E, Rhys-Jones B, Bower C, Elliott E. Systematic review of interventions for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersBMC Pediatrics 2009, 9:35

Elliott EJ, Bower C. Alcohol and pregnancy: the pivotal role of the obstetricianAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2008; 48:236-239

Elliott EJ, Payne J, Morris A, Haan E, Bower C. Fetal alcohol syndrome: a prospective national surveillance studyArchives of Disease in Childhood 2008; 93:732-737

Peadon E, Bower C, Elliott EJ. Teenage smoking in pregnancy and birthweight: a population study 2001-2004Medical Journal of Australia 2008; 189(4): 237-238 (Letter)

Peadon E, Fremantle E, Bower C, Elliott EJ. International survey of diagnostic services for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disordersBioMed Central Pediatrics, 2008; 8: 12.

Peadon E, O'Leary C, Bower C, Elliott E. Impacts of alcohol use in pregnancy: The role of the GPAustralian Family Physician 2007; 36(11): 935-939.

O'Leary C, Heutzenroeder L, Elliott EJ, Bower C. A review of policies on alcohol use during pregnancy in Australia and other English-speaking countries, 2006Medical Journal of Australia, 2007 May 7; 186(9): 466-71.

Elliott E, Bower C, Payne J, Morris A, Haan E, Leversha A, Bucens I. FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME IN AUSTRALIA: 887 Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 2006 Sep; 30(9).

Elliott EJ, Payne J, Bower C. Diagnosis of foetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol use in pregnancy; a survey of paediatricians' knowledge, attitudes and practiceJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2006; 42:698-703.

O'Leary C, Bower C, Payne J, Elliott E. Fetal alcohol syndrome. Australian Family Physician. 2006; 35:184.

Elliott E, Bower C. FAS in Australia. Fact or Fiction? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2004; 40:8-10.


PUBLISHED REPORTS & POLICY STATEMENTS

Alcohol Policy: Using evidence for better outcomes. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), 2005

Turner L. Fetal alcohol syndrome: an overview, prevention and association legal issuesReport as part of parliamentary internship with Queensland Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy on FAS. 2005

Bower C, Elliott EJ, Haan E, Payne J. Fetal alcohol syndrome in Australia: Healthway Report: 2004. Institute for Child Health Research, 2005

O'Leary C (Ed). National Expert Advisory Committee on Alcohol. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Literature review: National Alcohol Strategy 2001 to 2003-04. Occasional Paper. Canberra ACT, Commonwealth of Australia. ISBN 0642 82118 6. 2002:1-32. 2003.

Elliott EJ et al. APSU. In Australian national Council on Drugs, National Expert Advisory Committee on AlcoholFetal Alcohol Syndrome National Workshop: National report. Canberra ACT, Australian National Council on Drugs. 2002.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Elliott E. Fetal alcohol syndrome: where did APSU surveillance lead? Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin May 2011. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2011;47(Suppl 2):4.

Fitzpatrick J, Peadon E, Ferreira M, Yungabun H, Carter M, Shandley R, Kefford M, Olding M, Latimer J, Elliott E. The Lililwan Project: Developing a culture -and language-appropriate FASD diagnostic questionnaire and assessing its reliability for history-taking in an Australian Aboriginal community. Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin May 2011. 

Fitzpatrick J, Martiniuk A, Kefford M, Carter M, Oscar J, Latimer J, Elliott E. Alcohol use in pregnancy in remote Australia: The Liliwan Project. Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin May 2011.

Oscar J, Carter M, Fitzpatrick J, Elliott E. An Aboriginal community response to alcohol use in pregnancy and fetal alcohol spectrum disordersRoyal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin, May 2011.

Peadon E, Payne J, Henley N, O'Leary C, D'Antoine H, Bartu A, Bower C, Elliott E. Alcohol and pregnancy: what influences Australian women's knowledge, attitudes and practice? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A6.

Elliott EJ, Payne J, Morris A, Haan E, Bower C. Fetal alcohol syndrome in Australia. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Peadon E, Payne J, Henley N, D'Antoine H, Bartu A, Bower C, Elliott E. Alcohol and Pregnancy: Women's Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice
RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007.  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007 Jul;43(7-8).

Peadon E, Rhys-Jones B, Bower C, Elliott E. Systematic review of Interventions for Children with FASD. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007.

Elliott E, Bower C, Hann E, Payne J. Diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol use in pregnancy: a survey of paediatricians' knowledgeAlcoholism 2006. 30 [Supplement to 9], 174A.

Elliott EJ, Payne J, Haan E, Bower C, Zurynski YA. Fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol use in pregnancy: a survey of paediatrician's knowledge, attitude and practiceJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 42[11], A6. 2006.

Colvin L, Payne J, Barker T, Bower C, Parsons D, Kurinczuk J. Alcohol consumption in pregnancy in Western Australian women (poster) XVII IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Bangkok, August 2005: Abstract no.10775.

Bower C, O'Leary C, Elliott EJ, Payne J. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS):epidemiologyJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2004.

Elliott EJ, Payne J, Bower C, Haan E, and APSU contributors. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in AustraliaPortuguese Paediatric Surveillance Unit Bulletin 5[1], 17. 2004.

Elliott EJ. Diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2004.  Proceeding of the RACP Scientific Meeting May 2004; 40(9-10):A6.

Elliott EJ. Fetal alcohol syndrome: clinical featuresJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2004.


PRESENTATIONS

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): What does the GP need to know (Marcel Zimmet) General Practice Conference & Exhibition, Melbourne November 2019.

Two day FASD Diagnostic Workshop for clinicians (based on the Australian Guide) (Elizabeth Elliott presenter workshop) Ministry of Health, Auckland, September 2019:

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – looking back, moving forward. (Elizabeth Elliott plenary) Cutting Edge Conference, Auckland, September 2019.

Working to support children and families living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. (Elizabeth Elliott) Emerging Minds FASD webinar, Mental Health Professionals Network, September 2019.

Asking about alcohol in pregnancy (Elizabeth Elliott presenter) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in children and adolescents Conference, Westmead, August 2019.

Using the Australian Guide to diagnose FASD. (Elizabeth Elliott presenter) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in children and adolescents Conference, Westmead, August 2019.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the judicial system. (Elizabeth Elliott and Prof Jane Latimer invited speakers) Local Court of New South Wales Annual Conference, Sydney, August 2019.

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Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Mehr S, Frith K, Barnes EH, Campbell DE; FPIES Study Group. Food protein–induced enterocolitis syndrome in Australia: A population-based study, 2012-2014. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2017 Nov 1;140(5):1323-30.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Mehr SS, Campbell D, Joshi P, Smart J, Peake JE, Smith PK, Gold M, Wainstein B, Allen KJ, Tang ML, Loh RK. FPIES epidemiology in Australia: results from a 2-year prospective population study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2015 Feb 1;135(2):AB168.

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Group B streptococcal disease

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Ko DW, Zurynski Y, Gilbert GL, and the GBS Study Group. Group B streptococcal disease and genotypes in Australian infantsJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2015; 51(8):808-14.

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Haemoglobinopathies

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Argent E, Emder P, Monagle P, Mowat D, Petterson T, Russell S, Sachdev R, Stone C, Ziegler DS. Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit study of haemoglobinopathies in Australian childrenJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2012 Apr;48(4):356-60.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Argent E, Emder P, Monagle P, Mowat D, Petterson T, Russel S, Sachdev R, Stone C, Ziegler D. An APSU study of haemoglobinopathies in Australian children. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007.  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007 Jul;43(7-8).

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Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Durkan AM, Kim S, Craig J, & Elliott E. The long-term outcomes of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome: a national surveillance studyArchives of Disease in Childhood. 2016; 101(4):387-391.

Michael M, Elliott EJ, Craig JC, Ridley G, Hodson EM. Interventions for haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: a systemic review of randomised controlled trialsAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases 2009; 53(2): 259-72.

Elliott EJ, Robins-Browne RM, O'Loughlin EV, Bennett-Wood V, Bourke J, Henning P, Hogg GG, Knight J, Powell H, Redmond D and Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Nationwide study of haemolytic uraemic syndrome: clinical, microbiological and epidemiological featuresArchives of Diseases of Childhood 2001; 85:125-131


REVIEWS

Michael M, Elliott E,Ridley G, Hodson E, Craig J. Interventions for haemolytic uraemic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpuraCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 1. Art. No. : CD003595. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003595.pub2

Elliott EJ, Ridley GF, Hodson EM, Craig JC. Interventions for preventing haemolytic uraemic syndrome/thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (Protocol)The Cochrane Library Issue 3, 2002. 1464-780X


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Elliott EJ, Lynn R, Schmid H, Proulx F, Wong W, Sockett P et al. Surveillance of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS): An International Collaboration. Portuguese Paediatric Surveillance unit Bulletin 5[1], 14. 2004

Elliott EJ, for the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) HUS Study group, Henning P, Powell HR, Knight J, O'Loughlin E et al. Atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) in AustraliaPortuguese Paediatric Surveillance Unit Bulletin 5[1], 15. 2004

Elliott EJ, Lynn R, Schmid H, Proulx F, Wong W, Sockett P et al. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS): an international perspective. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2004.

Elliott EJ, Robins-Browne RM, Hogg G, O'Loughlin E, On behalf of the Australain Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) study group and contributors to the APSU. Characteristic of shiga toxin-producing E.Coli  causing HUS in Australia. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 16[suppl Sept], 16. 2001

Elliott EJ, Adek R, Wong W, Schmid H, on behalf of the HUS Study Group, from the BPSU et al. Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome - an international perspective. Paediatrics and Child Health 5, 33.2000

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Hepatitis C Virus Infection

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Raynes‐Greenow C, Polis S, Elliott E, Hardikar W, Kesson A, Kaldor J, Jones CA. Childhood hepatitis C virus infection: An Australian national surveillance study of incident cases over five yearsJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2015; 51(11):1115-1120.

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Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Teutsch S, Berkhout A, Raynes-Greenow C, Zurynski Y, Britton PN, Jones CA. Characteristics of neonatal herpes simplex central nervous system disease in Australia (1997–2020). J Clinical Virology. 2023 June 26. doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105526.

Berkhout A, Kapoor V, Heney C, Jones CA, Clark JE, Vaska VL, Lai M, Nourse C. Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Infants: 13 Year Evaluation (2005-2017) of Laboratory Confirmed Cases in Queensland, Australia. The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2021 Mar 1;40(3):209-214

Jones CA, Raynes-Greenow C, Isaacs D. Population-based surveillance of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection in Australia. 1997-2011. Clinical infectious diseases. 2014 Aug 15;59(4):525-31.

Garland S, Jones C. Herpes simplex virus in pregnancy. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2001(3): 108-114


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Jones C, Teutsch S, Zurynski Y, Khandaker G. Population based surveillance 1997-2016 indicates a varied pattern of HSV CNS infection in young infants. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Congress, Canberra, April 2017.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2017;53(Suppl 2):50.

Jones CA, McIntyre P, Isaacs D, Members of the Neonatal HSV study team. Epidemiology of neonatal herpes simplex virus infection in Australia: preliminary report on the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit study (1997-1999). Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2000; 36(3), A15.


PRESENTATIONS

Teutsch S, Raynes-Greenow C, Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Jones CA. Population- based surveillance indicates a varied pattern of HSV CNS infection in young infants. 10th World Congress of the World Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen, China, December 2017.

Teutsch S, Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Jones C, on behalf of the Neonatal and Infant HSV Study Investigators and Contributors to the APSU. Population based surveillance 1997-2014 indicates a varied pattern of HSV CNS infection in young infants. Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Scientific Meeting, Launceston, April 2016.

Jones C. National surveillance for perinatal HSV, hepatitis C and rubella in Australian children. RACP Congress, 2008.

Jones CJ. Emerging Infectious Diseases - Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infections in Australian Children. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007.

Jones CA. Congenital and Perinatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection. Australian Society for Microbiology, Annual Scientific Meeting, Canberra, September 2005 (oral plenary session)

Jones CA. Transmission of herpes simplex virus in pregnancy. Abstracts of the Australian Institute of Microbiological Sciences 5th Western Pacific International Congress of Infectious Diseases 2005; Sydney, July 2005 (oral plenary session). 132(SY09): 40

Jones CA. HSV in the newborn. XXIInd Cornea and Eye Bank Meeting, Sydney Eye Hospital, February 2005

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Hirschsprung's Disease

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Singh SJ, Croaker GDH, Manglick P, Wong CL, Athanasakos H, Elliott EJ, Cass D. Hirschsprung's disease - Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit's experience. Paediatric Surgery International 2003; 19:247-250.

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HIV/Aids and perinatal exposure to HIV

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

McDonald AM, Zurynski YA, Wand HC, Giles ML, Elliott EJ, Ziegler JB, Kaldor JM. Perinatal exposure to HIV among children born in Australia, 1982-2006Medical Journal of Australia 2009; 190(8):416-420.

Giles ML, McDonald AM, Elliott EJ, Ziegler JB, Hellard ME, Lewin SR, Kaldor JM. Variable uptake of recommended interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Australia, 1982-2005Medical Journal of Australia 2008; 189(3): 151-154.

Giles ML, McDonald AM, Elliott EJ, Ziegler JB, Hellard ME, Lewin SR, Kaldor JM. Variable uptake of recommended interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Australia, 1982-2005 (in reply)Medical Journal of Australia, 2008; 190(4). (letter)

Doherty R. Preventing transmission of HIV from mothers to babies in AustraliaMedical Journal of Australia 2001; 174: 433-434.

McDonald AM, Li Y, Cruickshank M, Elliott EJ, Kaldor J, Ziegler JB. Use of interventions for reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in AustraliaMedical Journal of Australia 2001; 174: 449-452.


PUBLISHED REPORTS

Kirby Institute. HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia: Annual Surveillance report 2018. Sydney: Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney; 2018.

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research. HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia Annual Surveillance Report 2005. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, ACT 2005

Henderson-Smart D.(Ed). Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research Annual Report 2004

McDonald AM (Ed). HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Australia Annual Surveillance Report 2003. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research. ISSN 1442-8784

McDonald AM (Ed). HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Australia Annual Surveillance Report 2002. National Centre of HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of NSW,Sydney. ISSN 1442-8784. 2002:1-55

McDonald AM (Ed). Australian HIV Observational Database. The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Darlington NSW, ISSN 1443-3907. Vol 3. 2002:1-57 

National Centre of HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (Eds). HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Australia Annual Surveillance Report 2001. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2001 

National Centre of HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (Eds). HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Australia Annual Surveillance report 2000. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Reserach, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 2000

National Centre of HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (Eds). HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and sexually transmissible infections in Australia. Annual Surveillance Report 1999. National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney 1999


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

McDonald A, Zurynski Y, Nadew K, Elliott E, Kaldor J and Ziegler J. Prevention of mother-to-child HIV Transmission in Australia 1982-2005. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 43(7-8), A1 - A22 

McDonald AM, Li Y, Cruickshank M, Elliott EJ, Ziegler JB, Kaldor J et al. Use of interventions for reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission in Australia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2001; 37[6]: A4.


PRESENTATIONS

McDonald A, Zurynski Y, Nadew K, Elliott E, Kaldor J and Ziegler J. Perinatal exposure to HIV - What have we learned from 12 yrs of surveillance. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007.

McDonald A. Perinatal exposure to HIV in Australia, 1995-2004. 5th Update on HIV and Hepatitis C Infection in Children. Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, September 2005

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Hyperbilirubinemia

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

McGillivray A, Polverino J, Badawi N, Evans N. Prospective Surveillance of Extreme Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia in AustraliaThe Journal of Pediatrics. 2016 Jan;168:82-7

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Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia of Infancy

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Greer R, Walker R, Rogers M, Cotterill A and Paediatricians contributing to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia of infancy in Australia. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007 Jul;43(7-8).

Greer, R. Hyperinsulinism of Infancy Collaboration: Update on Current Research. APEG Congress Hobart, September 2006

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Intussusception

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Buttery JP, Danchin MH, Lee KJ, Carlin JB, McIntyre PB, Elliott EJ, Booy R, Bines JE, for the PAEDS/APSU Study Group. Intussusception following rotavirus vaccine administration: Post-marketing surveillance in the National Immunization Program in AustraliaVaccine 2011; 29:3061-3066.

Ryan M, Fields J, Sola J, Neville H. Portal venous gas and cardiopulmonary arrest during pneumatic reduction of an ileocolic intussusceptionJournal of Pediatric Surgery. 2011, 46(4):e5-e8.


PUBLISHED EXTRACTS

Lloyd-Johnson C, Danchin M, Zurynski Y, Elliott E, Richomnd P, Krause V, Beggs S, Nissen M, Gold M, Bines J. Preliminary national data on acute Intussusception in Children aged <= 24 months from the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU). Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A7.

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Japanese encephalitis virus

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Eslick GD, Teutsch SM, Elliott EJ. Japanese encephalitis virus: changing the clinical landscape of encephalitis in AustraliaMed J Aust. (2023) doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52090

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Juvenile onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Novakovic D, Cheng ATL, Zurynski Y, Booy R, Walker PJ, Berkowitz R, Harrison H, Black R, Perry C, Vijayasekaran S, Wabnitz D, Burns H, Tabrizi SN, Garland SM, Elliott E, Brotherton JML. A prospective study of the incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis after implementation of a national HPV vaccination programThe Journal of Infectious Diseases 2018; 217: 208-212. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix498.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Zurynski YA, Brotherton JML, Novakovic D, Cheng ATL, Booy R, Berkowitz R, Garland SM, Elliott EJ, Black R. Reduced rates of juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in Australia after implementation of a national HPV vaccination programArchives of Disease in Childhood Mar 2018, 103 (Suppl 1) A203; DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-rcpch.485


PRESENTATIONS

Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis and the HPV vaccine (A/Prof Daniel Novakovic) World Phonosurgery Congress Buenos Aires Argentina - Sep 5 - 6, 2019

Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis and the impact of the HPV vaccine (A/Prof Daniel Novakovic) ASEAN ORL-HNS Congress, Singapore - Aug 23 , 2019 (Invited Plenary Speaker)

Best Practice in Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (A/Prof Daniel Novakovic) 15th Biennial Phonosurgery Symposium, Madison Wisconsin, USA - July 2018

Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis - Effects of implementation of a national HPV vaccine (A/Prof Daniel Novakovic) 12th Congress of the European Laryngological Society. London, UK - May, 2018

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Kawasaki Disease

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Royle JA, Williams K, Elliott E, Sholler G, Nolan T, Allen R, Isaacs D. Kawasaki disease in Australia, 1993-1995Archives of Disease in Childhood 1998; 78:33-39

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MECP2 Duplication Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Giudice‐Nairn P, Downs J, Wong K, Wilson D, Ta D, Gattas M, Amor D, Thompson E, Kirrali‐Borri C, Ellaway C, Leonard H. The incidence, prevalence and clinical features of MECP2 duplication syndrome in Australian childrenJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2019 Feb 12.

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Microcephaly in children aged < 12 months

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Nunez C, Morris A, Hansen M, Elliott EJ. Microcephaly in Australian infants: A retrospective audit. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2021 Sep 23. doi:10.1111/jpc.15739  Epub 23/10/2021

Nunez C, Morris A, Jones CA, Badawi N, Baynam G, Hansen M, Elliott EJ. Microcephaly in Australian children, 2016–2018: national surveillance studyArchives of Disease in Childhood. 2020 Nov 22.

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Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Jureidini J, Shafer A, Donald T. Munchausen by proxy syndrome: not only pathological parenting but also problematic doctoring? Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 178(3): 130-132

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Nephrotic Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Hodson EM, Knight J, Willis NS, Craig JC. Corticosteroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome in childrenCochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005; (1)


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Em H, Ns W, Craig JC for the Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Nephrology Association through the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU). Management of childhood nephrotic syndrome in AustraliaNephrology. 2002 Feb; 7(1):A149-149.

Hodson EM, Willis NS, Craig JC, Incidence of nephrotic syndrome in Australian children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 36[3], A1. 2000

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Neuromuscular Disorders

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Villano DJ, Kornberg AJ, Lamont P, North KN, Rowe P, Sinclair K, Ryan MM. APSU study of neuromuscular disorders in childhood. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A18.

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Non Tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Blyth C, Best E, Jones C, Nourse C, Goldwater P, Daley A, Burgner D, Henry G, Palasanthiran P. Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection in children: a prospective national studyPediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2009 28(9):801-805.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Blyth CC, Palasanthiran P, Best E, Jones C, Daley AJ, Burgner D, Nourse C, Goldwater PN, Henry G. Non tuberculous mycobacterial infection: A national surveillance study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 42[11], A11. 2006


PRESENTATIONS

Blyth CC, Palasanthiran P, Best E, Jones C, Daley AJ, Burgner D, Nourse C, Goldwater PN, Henry G. Non tuberculous mycobacterial infection: a review of surgical cases. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Congress, Sydney, May 2005

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Pertussis

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Wood N, McIntyre P. Pertussis: review of epidemiology, diagnosis, management and preventionPaediatric Respiratory Reviews. 9(3): 201-11; quiz211-212, September 2008.

Wood N, Quinn HE, McIntyre P, Elliott E. Pertussis in infants: preventing deaths and hospitalisations in the very youngJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(4): 161-165.

Wood N, McIntyre P and Elliott E. Pertussis in infancy: A review of strategies for prevention. Expertos Iberoamericana. 2007

Elliott EJ, McIntyre P, Ridley G, Morris A, Massie J, McEniery J, Knight G. A national study of infants hospitalised with Pertussis in the Acellular Vaccine EraPaediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2004; 28: 246-52


PUBLISHED REPORTS

Elliott E, McIntyre P, Ridley G, Morris A, Massie J, McEniery J, Knight G. Infants hospitalised with pertussis APSU study group. Infants hospitalised with pertussis. Final report for GlaxoSmithKline 2002; 1-20


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Morris A, Elliott EJ, McIntyre P, Massie J, Ridley GF, McEniery J et al. Hospitalised pertussis in infancy. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2002; 38[suppl]: A2

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Prader Willi Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Smith A, Egan J, Ridley G, Haan E, Montgomery P, Williams K, Elliott E. Birth Prevalence of Prader-Willi Syndrome in AustraliaArchives of Disease in Childhood 2003; 88: 263-264


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Smith A, Egan J, Haan E, Warne G, Montgomery P, Oley C et al. Prader-Willi syndrome: an APSU study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 37[6], A16. 2001

Smith A, Haan E, Warne G, Montgomery P, Macmillan J, Williams K, Elliott E. Prader - Willi Syndrome: first year of APSU study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 36[3], A15. 2000

Smith A, Haan E, Warne G, Montgomery P, Macmillan J, Williams K, Elliott E. Prader-Willi syndrome. Paediatrics and Child Health 5, 99. 2000

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RETT Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Downs J, B. A., Kaufmann WE, Leonard H. Longitudinal hand function in Rett syndromeJournal of Child Neurology, 2011; 26(3), 334-340.

Fehr S, Bebbington A, Ellaway C, Rowe P, Leonard H, Downs J. Altered Attainment of Developmental Milestones Influences the Age of Diagnosis of Rett SyndromeJournal of Child Neurology 2011; 26(8): 980-987.

Fehr S, Bebbington A, Nassar N, Downs J, Ronen GM, De Klerk N, Leonard H. Trends in the Diagnosis of Rett Syndrome in AustraliaPediatric Research 2011; 70(3): 313-319.

Hendrie D, Bebbington A, Bower C, Leonard H. Measuring use and cost of health sector and related care in population of girls and young women with Rett syndromeResearch in Autism Spectrum Disorders 2011; 5(2): 901-909.

Young DJ, Bebbington A, Anderson A, Ravine D, Ellaway C, Kulkarni A, de Kerk N, Kaufmann WE, Leonard H. The diagnosis of autism in a female: could it be Rett syndrome? European Journal of Pediatrics 2008; 167(60: 661-669.

Archer H, Evans J, Leonard H, Colvin L, Ravine D, Christodoulou J, Williamson S, Charman T, Bailey ME, Sampson J, de Klerk N, Clarke A. Correlation between clinical severity in patients with Rett syndrome with a p.R168X or p.T158M MECP2 mutation, and the direction and degree of skewing of X-chromosome inactivationJournal of Medical Genetics 2007; 44(2):148-152

Fyfe S, Downs J, McIlroy O, Burford B, Lister J, Reilly S, Laurvick CL, Philippe C, Msall M, Kaufmann WE, Ellaway C, Leonard H. Development of a video-based evaluation tool in Rett syndromeJournal of Autism and Development Disorders 2007:37(9);1636-46

Hardwick SA, Reuter K, Williamson SL, Vasudevan V, Donald J, Slater K, Bennetts B, Bebbington A, Leonard H, Williams SR, Smith RL, Cloosterman D, Christodoulou J. Delineation of large deletions of the MECP2 gene in Rett syndrome patients, including a familial case with a male probandEuropean Journal of Human Genetics 2007:15(12);1218-29

Oddy WH, Webb KG, Baikie G, Thompson SM, Reilly S, Fyfe SD, Young D, Anderson AM, Leonard H. Feeding experiences and growth status in a Rett syndrome populationJournal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 2007:45(5);582-90.

Ager S, Fyfe S, Christodoulou J, Jacoby P, Schmit I, Leonard H. Predictors of scoliosis in Rett syndromeJournal of Child Neurology 2006 Sep; 21(9): 809-813

Archer HL, Evans JC, Millar DS, Thompson PW, Kerr AM, Leonard H, Christodoulou J, Ravine D, Lazarou L, Grove L, Verity C. NTNG1 mutations are a rare cause of Rett syndromeAmerican journal of medical genetics Part A. 2006 Apr 1;140(7):691-4.

Jian L, Nagarajan L, De Klerk N, Ravine D, Bower C, Anderson A, Williamson S, Christodoulou J, Leonard H. Predictors of seizure onset in Rett syndromeJournal of Paediatrics 2006; Oct 1;149(4):542-7.

Kankirawatana P, Leonard H, Ellaway C, Scurlock J, Mansour A, Makris CM, Dure L, Friez M, Lane J, Kiraly-Borri C, Fabian V. Early progressive encaphalopathy in boys and MECP2 mutationsNeurology 2006; 67: 164-166

Laurvick C, Msall M, Silburn S, Bower C, de Klerk N, Leonard H. Physical and mental health in mothers caring for a child with Rett syndromePaediatrics 2006 Oct; 118(4):e1152-64

Laurvick CL, De Klerk N, Bower C, Christodoulou J, Ravine D, Ellaway C, Williamson S, Leonard H. Rett syndrome in Australia: a review of the epidemiologyJournal of Paediatrics 2006; 148: 347-352

Leonard H, de Klerk N, Bourke J, Bower C. Maternal health in pregnancy and intellectual disability in the offspring: a population-based studyAnnals of Epidemiology 2006; 16: 448-454

Robertson L, Hall SE, Jacoby P, Ellaway C, de Klerk N, Leonard H. The association between behaviour and genotype in Rett syndrome using the Australian Rett Syndrome DatabaseJournal of Medical Genetics 2006; 141: 177-183

Saxena A, de Lagarde D, Leonard H, Williamson SL, Vasudevan V, Christodoulou J, Thompson E, MacLeod P, Ravine D. Lost in translation: translational interference from a recurrent mutation in exon 1 of MECP2Journal of Medical Genetics 2006; 43: 470-477

Moore H, Leonard H, de Klerk N, Robertson I, Fyfe S, Christodoulou J, Weaving L, Davis M, Mulroy S, Colvin L. Health service utilisation in Rett syndromeJournal of Child Neurology 2005; 20(1): 42-50

Colvin L, Fyfe S, Leonard S, Schiavello T, Ellaway CJ, de Klerk N, Christodoulou J, Msall M, Leonard H. Describing the phenotype in Rett syndrome using a population databaseArchives of Disease in Childhood 2003; 88: 38-43

Cream A, Leonard H, de Klerk N, Fyfe S, Moore H, Leonard N. InterRett - first steps in an international collaboration. Journal of Child Neurology 2003 Oct; 18(10): 703-8

Fyfe S, Cream A, de Klerk N, Christodoulou J, Leonard H. InterRett and RettBASE: International Rett Syndrome Association databases for Rett syndromeJournal of Child Neurology 2003; 18(10): 709-713

Gill H, Cheadle JP, Maynard J, Fleming N, Whatley S, Cranston T, Thompson EM, Leonard H, Christodoulou J, Davis M. Mutation analysis in the MECP2 gene and genetic counselling for Rett syndromeJournal of Medical Genetics 2003; 40(5): 380-384

Leonard H, Colvin L, Christodoulou J, Schiavello T, Williamson S, Davis M, Ravine D, Fyfe S, de Klerk N, Matsuishi T, Kondo I, Clarke A, Hackwell S, Yamashita Y. Patients with the R133C mutation, is their phenotype different from Rett syndrome patients with other mutations? Journal of Medical Genetics 2003; 40(5): 52

Leonard H, Slack-Smith L, Phillips T, Richardson S, D'Orsogna L, Mulroy S. How can the internet help parents of children with rare neurological disorders? Journal of Child Neurology 2003 Oct; 18(10): 703-8

Umansky R, Watson JS, Colvin L, Fyfe S, Leonard S, de Klerk N, Leonard H. Hand preference, extent of laterality and functional hand use in Rett syndromeJournal of Child Neurology 2003; 18(7): 481-487

Weaving LS, Williamson SL, Bennetts B, Davis M, Ellaway CJ, Leonard H. Effects of MECP2 mutation type, location and X-inactivation in modulating Rett syndrome phenotype. American Journal of Medical Genetics 2003; 118A(2): 103-114

Ellaway CJ, Badawi N, Raffaele L, Christodoulou J, Leonard H. A case of multiple congenital anomalies in association with Rett syndrome confirmed by MECP2 mutation screeningClinical Dysmorphology 2001; 10(3): 185-188

Leonard H, Fyfe S, Dye D, Hockey A, Christodoulou J. Family data in Rett syndrome: association with other genetic disordersJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2000; 36: 336-339

Leonard H, Fyfe S, Dye D, Leonard S. Study methodology. Using genetic epidemiology to study Rett syndrome: the design of a case-control studyPaediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 2000; 14: 85-95

Ellaway CJ, Sholler G, Leonard H, Christodoulou J. Prolonged QT interval in Rett syndromeArchives of Disease in Childhood 1999; 80: 470-472

Fyfe S, Leonard H, Dye D, Leonard S. Patterns of pregnancy loss, perinatal mortality, and postneonatal childhood deaths in families of girls with Rett syndromeJournal of Child Neurology 1999; 14(7): 440-445


PUBLISHED REPORTS

Leonard H, Bower C, Thompson E, Christodoulou J, Nagarajan L. The Australian Rett Syndrome Study Inaugural ReportAugust 2002


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Leonard H, Smith A, Phillip T, Richardson S. How is the internet helping parents of children with rare disorders. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2003; 39 (suppl), A1

Leonard H, Silberstein J, Falk R, Houwink-Manville I, Ellaway CJ, Raffaele L, Engerstrom W, Schanen C. Occurrence of Rett syndrome in boysJournal of Child Neurology 2001; 16(5): 333-338

Ellaway CJ, Williams K, Leonard H, Christodoulou J. Rett syndrome: randomised controlled trial of L-carnitineJournal of Child Neurology 1999; 14: 162-167

Leonard H, Thomson M, Glasson E, Fyfe S, Leonard S, Bower C, Christodoulou J, Ellaway C. A population based approach to the investigation of osteopenia in Rett syndromeDevelopmental Medicine and Child Neurology 1999; 41(5): 323-328

Leonard H, Thomson M, Glasson E, Fyfe S, Leonard S, Ellaway CJ, Christodoulou J, Bower C. Metacarpophalangeal pattern profile and bone age in Rett syndrome: further radiological clues to the diagnosisAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics 1999; 83: 88-95

Leonard H, Fyfe S, Dye D, Leonard S. Familial aggregation in Rett syndrome: what is the evidence for clustering of other disorders in the families of affected girls? American Journal of Medical Genetics 1999; 82: 228-234


PRESENTATIONS

Leonard H. Rett Syndrome: From Surveillance to Genotype - Phenotype correlation. RACP Congress, Melbourne May 2007

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Rheumatic Fever

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Noonan S, Zurynski YA, Currie BJ, McDonald M, Wheaton G, Nissen M, Carapetis JR. A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian childrenPediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2013; 32(1): e26-32.

Smith MT, Zurynski Y, Lester-Smith D, Elliott E, Carapetis J. Rheumatic fever - identification, management and secondary preventionAustralian Family Physician 2012; 41(1-2):31-5.

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Serious Seatbelt Injuries

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Reeve K, Zurynski Y, Elliott E, Bilston L. Seatbelts and the law: how well do we protect Australian children? Medical Journal of Australia 186: 635-638, 2007


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Zurynski Y, Chang H, Frith K, McKay N, McCaskill M, Bilston L, et al. Seatbelts and child restrains: Injuries, deaths and the law. RACP Congress Adelaide, May 2008. 
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008(In press)

Zurynski Y, McCaskill M, Bilston L, Leditschke F, Dilley A, Elliott. Child injuries and deaths associated with inappropriate use of child restraints and seatbelts. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A6.

Zurynski Y, McCaskill M, Bilston L, Leditschke F, Dilley A, Reeve K, Elliott E. Are all seatbelts safe? Injuries related to seatbelt use in Australian children. Proceedings of the AusTrauma 2007 Conference, Sydney, February 2007.

Zurynski Y, McCaskill M, Bilston L, Leditschke F, Dilley A, Reeve K, Elliott E, Paediatricians contributing to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Are all seatbelts safe? Seatbelt injuries in Australian children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007;43(7-8): A21


LETTERS

Zurynski Y, Bliston L, Elliott EJ. Booster seat use by children aged 4-11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accomodate overweight childrenMedical Journal of Australia 2008; 189(3): 183. (letter)

Reeve K, Zurynski Y, Elliott E. A boost for child passenger safety. (letter)  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007, 43(4): 321

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Severe Acute Hepatitis

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Phan J, Eslick GD, Elliott EJ. Demystifying the global outbreak of severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: a systematic review and meta-analysisJournal of Infection. 2023 Nov 24. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.11.011

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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Yee A, De Ravin SS, Elliott E, Ziegler JB; Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome: a national surveillance studyPediatric Allergy and Immunology 2008; 298-302.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Yee T, Kemp A, Ziegler JB. APSU surveillance of severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID) 1995-2001. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2002; 38[suppl]: A10

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Severe complications of influenza in children < 15 years

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Teutsch SM*, Zurynski YA*, Nunez C, Lester-Smith D, Festa M, Booy R, Elliott EJ. Ten Years of National Seasonal Surveillance for Severe Complications of Influenza in Australian ChildrenThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2020 Oct 22. (* joint first authors)

Li‐Kim‐Moy J, Dastouri F, Rashid H, Khandaker G, Kesson A, McCaskill M, Wood N, Jones C, Zurynski Y, Macartney K, Elliott EJ. Utility of early influenza diagnosis through point‐of‐care testing in children presenting to an emergency departmentJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2016 Apr; 52(4):422-9.

Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Ridley G, Buttery J, Marshall H, Richmond PC, Royle J, Gold M, Walls T, Whitehead B, McIntyre P. Clinical epidemiology and predictors of outcome in children hospitalised with influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 in 2009: a prospective national studyInfluenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014 Nov; 8(6):636-45.

Esterman EE, Lahra MM, Zurynski YA, Booy R, Elliott EJ. Influenza infection in infants aged< 6 months during the H 1 N 1‐09 pandemic: A hospital‐based case seriesJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2013 Aug; 49(8):635-40.

Khandaker G, Heron L, Rashid H, Li‐Kim‐Moy J, Lester‐Smith D, Kesson A, McCaskill M, Jones C, Zurynski Y, Elliott EJ, Dwyer DE. Comparing the use of, and considering the need for, lumbar puncture in children with influenza or other respiratory virus infectionsInfluenza and other respiratory viruses. 2013 Nov; 7(6):932-7.

Elliott EJ, Zurynski YA, Walls T, Whitehead B, Gilmour R, Booy R, Members of SWINet. Novel inpatient surveillance in tertiary paediatric hospitals in New South Wales illustrates impact of first‐wave pandemic influenza A H1N1 (2009) and informs future health service planningJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2012 Mar; 48(3):235-41.

Khandaker G, Rashid H, Zurynski Y, Richmond PC, Buttery J, Marshall H, Gold M, Walls T, Whitehead B, Elliott EJ, Booy R. Nosocomial vs community-acquired pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009: a nested case–control study Journal of Hospital Infection. 2012 Oct 1; 82(2):94-100.

Khandaker G, Zurynski Y, Buttery J, Marshall H, Richmond PC, Dale RC, Royle J, Gold M, Snelling T, Whitehead B, Jones C. Neurologic complications of influenza A (H1N1) pdm09: surveillance in 6 pediatric hospitalsNeurology. 2012 Oct 2; 79(14):1474-81.

Elliott EJ. Pregnancy and Pandemic FluClinical Infectious Diseases 2010 Mar; 50(5):691–692 (Editorial Commentary)

Iskander M, Kesson A, Dwyer D, Rost L, Pym M, Wang H, McCaskill M, Booy R. The burden of influenza in children under 5 years admitted to the Children's Hospital at Westmead in the winter of 2006.  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2009 Dec; 45(12):698-703.

Lester-Smith D, Zurynski YA, Booy R, Festa MS, Kesson AM, Elliott EJ. The burden of childhood influenza in a tertiary paediatric settingCommunicable diseases intelligence 2009 Jun; 33(2):209.

Zurynski Y, Lester-Smith D, Festa MS, Kesson AM, Booy R, Elliott EJ. Enhanced surveillance for serious complications of influenza in children: role of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit.  Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2008; 32(1): 71-76.

Khandaker GM, Khandaker GM, Dibben C, Zurynski Y, Elliott EJ, Booy R. Mania in a patient with H1N1: is oseltamivir the culprit or a red herring? American Journal of Psychiatry. 2010 Sep; 167(9):1129 (In Reply)


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Teutsch S, Zurynski Y, Nunez C, Lester-Smith D, Festa M, Booy R, Elliott E, and Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Seasonal surveillance for severe complications of Influenza in Australian children. The Westmead Association Inc Hospital Week 2019 Research Symposium

Zurynski YA, Deverell M, Phu A, Booy R, Elliott EJ. Do children really die from ‘flu? National surveillance for influenza related severe complications in Australian childrenArchives of Disease in Childhood Mar 2018, 103 (Suppl 1) A2. 10.1136/archdischild-2018-rcpch.6

Zurynski Y, Booy R, Elliott E. Influenza complications and deaths reported to the APSU among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin, May 2011.

Lester-Smith D, Zurynski Y, Festa M, Kesson A, Booy R, Elliott E. Significant burden of childhood influenza in a tertiary paediatric setting. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A12. 

Zurynski Y, Lester-Smith D, Festa M, Kesson A, Booy R, Elliott E. Rapid enhanced surveillance for serious complications of influenza in children using the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A11.


PRESENTATIONS

Teutsch S, Zurynski Y, Nunez C, Lester-Smith D, Festa M, Booy R, Elliott E, and Contributors to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Seasonal surveillance for severe complications of Influenza in Australian children. The Westmead Association Inc Hospital Week 2019 Research Symposium.

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Severe Indoor Trampoline Park Injuries

MEDIA ARTICLE

The Sydney Morning Herald 15.12.2018: ‘Jump in trampoline park injuries sparks calls for mandatory standard’

The Project, Channel 10, 20.11.2018: Should Trampoline Parks Have Mandatory Safety Standards?’

The Sydney Morning Herald 18.11.2018: ‘’Appalling’: How to avoid unsafe trampoline parks ‘in for a quick buck’

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Severe Injury Related to Disc Batteries

PRESENTATIONS

Button batteries, the perfect product safety storm  (Dr Ruth Barker) AIPN conference Nov 2019

Presentation to industry group about need for horizontal standard (Dr Ruth Barker) Standards Australia Oct 2019

General Safety Provision (Dr Ruth Barker) Invited panel presentation at ACCC national Congress, Mar 2019

Patient safety presentation (Dr Ruth Barker) Queensland Health Nov 2018


MEDIA ARTICLES

Choice March 14 2019: Button battery safety failures

The Sydney Morning Herald August 19, 2018: 'The walking dead': Toddlers who swallow button batteries.

The Conversation August 9, 2018: Button batteries kill. Here’s how we can prevent needless child deaths from battery ingestion. 

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Severe Neonatal Jaundice

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

McGillivray A, Evans N. Severe neonatal jaundice: Is it a rare event in Australia? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2012 Sep; 48(9):801-7.

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Simple Vitamin D Rickets

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Munns CF, Simm PJ, Rodda CP, Garnett SP, Zacharin MR, Ward LM, Geddes J, Cherian S, Zurynski Y, Cowell CT. Incidence of vitamin D deficiency rickets among Australian children: an Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit studyMedical journal of Australia. 2012 Apr; 196(7):466-8.

Munns C, Zacharin M, Rodda C, Batch J, Morley R, Cranswick N, Craig M, Cutfield W, Hofman P, Taylor B, Grover S, Pasoco J, Burger D, Cowell C. Prevention and treatment of infant and childhood Vitamin D deficiency in Australia and New Zealand: a consensus statementMedical Journal of Australia 2006; 185: 268-272.

Benitez-Aguirre P, Wood N, Biesheuvel C, Moreira C, Munns CF. The natural history of vitamin D deficiency in African refugees living in SydneyMedical Journal of Australia 2009; 190(8): 426-428.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Munns C, Zacharin M, Rodda C, Davis E, Harris M, Batch J, Pascoe M, Fairchild J, Lafferty A, Whybourne A, Ward L, Morley R, Garnett S, Burgner D, Geddes J, Cherian S, Mahajan D, Zurynski Y, McKay N, Cowell C. Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets in Australian Children: An APSU Study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A7.

Munns C, Zacharin MR, Rodda C, Davis E, Harris M, Batch J, Pascoe M, Fairchild J, Lafferty A, Whybourne A, Ward L, Morley R, Garnett S, Burgner D, Geddes J, Cherian S, Zurynski Y, McKay N, Cowell C. Vitamin D deficiency rickets in Australian children: APSU update. RACP Congress Melbourne, May 2007
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007; 43(7-8): A15

Zurynski Y, Munns CF, Simm PH, Garnet, on behalf of the APSU Vitamin D Rickets Study Group. Vitamin D deficiency rickets in Australia: need for screening and early treatment in high risk groups. Swiss Medical Weekly 2011; 141(sup. 187): 15. 

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Sudden Unexplained Death in Infants

Morris A, Elliott E, Jeffery H. Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in InfancyJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2021 Oct 20:102268.

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Sudden Unexplained Neonatal Death or Collapse

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Lutz TL, Elliott EJ, Jeffery HE. Sudden unexplained early neonatal death or collapse: a national surveillance studyPediatric research. 2016; 80(4):493-498

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Zhao J, Wu H, Khosravi M, Cui H, Qian X, Kelly JA, Kaufman KM, Langefeld CD, Williams AH, Comeau ME, Ziegler JT. Association of genetic variants in complement factor H and factor H-related genes with systemic lupus erythematosus susceptibility PLoS genetics. 2011 May;7(5).


PRESENTATIONS

Mackie F, Kainer G, Rosenberg A, Munro J, Murray K, Wainstein B, Ziegler J, Singh D, Boros C, Adib N, Fahy R, Elliott E. High Rates of SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) in indigenous children in Australia – An interim report of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unity (APSU) 2009-2010. Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, Darwin, May 2011.

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Varicella

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Marshall HS, McIntyre P, Richmond P, Buttery JP, Royle JA, Gold MS, Wood N, Elliott EJ, Zurynski Y, Toi CS, Dwyer DE. Changes in patterns of hospitalized children with varicella and of associated varicella genotypes after introduction of varicella vaccine in AustraliaThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2013 May 1; 32(5):530-7.

Khandaker G, Marshall H, Peadon E, Zurynski Y, Burgner D, Buttery J, Gold M, Nissen M, Elliott EJ, Burgess M, Booy R. Congenital and neonatal varicella: impact of the national varicella vaccination programme in AustraliaArchives of Disease in Childhood. 2011 May 1; 96(5):453-6.

Peadon E, Burgner D, Nissen M, Buttery J, Zurynski Y, Elliott E, Gold M, Marshall H, Booy R. Case for varicella surveillance in AustraliaJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2006 Nov; 42(11):663-4.

Skull S, Wang EL. Varicella vaccination - a critical review of the evidenceArchives of Disease in Childhood 2001; 85:83-90

Forrest JM, Mego S, Burgess MA. Congenital and neonatal varicella in Australia Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2000; 36(2):108-13

Burgess MA, Forrest JM. Congenital VaricellaJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1995; 31(6):564


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Peadon E, Burgner D, Buttery J, Elliott E, Gold M, Nissen M, Zurynski Y, Booy R. Congenital, neonatal and severe varicella in Australia following the introduction of national immunisation. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44(9): A19.

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Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Shearer MJ. (Editorial) Delivering neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis: the continuing need for surveillance and vigilanceArchives of disease in childhood. 2020 May;105(5):417.

Zurynski Y, Grover CJ, Jalaludin B, Elliott EJ. Vitamin K deficiency bleeding in Australian infants 1993–2017: an Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit studyArchives of Disease in Childhood. 2019 Sep 13:archdischild-2018.


PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Zurynski YA, Ridley G, Jalaludin B, Elliott EJ, on behalf of the APSU VKDB Study Group.  I11 21 years of surveillance for vitamin k deficiency bleeding in infants: policy changes in Australia and International comparisonsArchives of Disease in Childhood 2018 Mar, 103 (Suppl 1) A200-A202

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X-Linked Hypophosphataemic Rickets

original articles

Sandy JL, Nunez C, Wheeler BJ, Jefferies C, Morris A, Siafarikas A, Rodda CP, Simm P, Biggin A, Aum S, Elliot EJ. Prevalence and characteristics of paediatric X-linked hypophosphataemia in Australia and New Zealand: Results from the Australian and the New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Units survey. Bone. 2023 May 30:116791.

PRESENTATIONS

Munns C. X-linked Hypophosphataemic Rickets – APSU Prevalence StudyThe Annual Scientific Meeting of The Endocrine Society of Australia, Society for Reproductive Biology & The Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society 2021 Virtual Conference 21-24 November 2021