Topics: Disease control

Diversity of emm sequence types in group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in two remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities: Implications for vaccine development

Richardson LJ, Towers RJ, Cheng AC, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR, Giffard PM, McDonald MI (2010) Diversity of emm sequence types in group A beta-haemolytic streptococci in two remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities: Implications for vaccine development Vaccine; 28: (5301-5305)


Healthy Skin Program: guidelines for community control of scabies, skin sores and crusted scabies in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory Government Department of Health and Families (2010) Healthy Skin Program: guidelines for community control of scabies, skin sores and crusted scabies in the Northern Territory  Darwin: Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Government Department of Health and Families


Guarding against an HIV epidemic within an Aboriginal community and cultural framework; lessons from NSW

McMahon T, Moreton RJ, Luisi BN (2010) Guarding against an HIV epidemic within an Aboriginal community and cultural framework; lessons from NSW. New South Wales Public Health Bulletin;21:(83-85)


Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiologically diagnosed pneumonia in Indigenous infants in Australia

O’Grady KF, Carlin JB, Chang AB, Torzillo PJ, Nolan TM, et al. (2010) Effectiveness of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiologically diagnosed pneumonia in Indigenous infants in Australia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization;88:(139-146)


The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians from 1997 through 2007 and emergence of nonvaccine serotypes

Lehmann D, Willis J, Moore HC, Giele C, Murphy D, et al. (2010) The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians from 1997 through 2007 and emergence of nonvaccine serotypes. Clinical Infectious Diseases;50:(1477-1486)


Trimethopim-sulfamethoxazole compared with benzathine penicillin for treatment of impetigo in Aboriginal children: A pilot randomised controlled trial

Tong SYC, Andrews RM, Kearns T, Gundjirryirr R, McDonald MI, et al. (2010) Trimethopim-sulfamethoxazole compared with benzathine penicillin for treatment of impetigo in Aboriginal children: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health;46:(134-135)


Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in an urban Aboriginal medical service

Herceg A, Sharp PG, Arthur CG, Tongs JA (2010) Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 in an urban Aboriginal medical service. Medical Journal of Australia;192


Protecting our mob from the pandemic: deployment of an Indigenous-led specialist mobile flu clinic team in response to an emerging public health threat (H1N1 09 swine flu)

Hunter KB, Carter J, Kewley C (2009) Protecting our mob from the pandemic: deployment of an Indigenous-led specialist mobile flu clinic team in response to an emerging public health threat (H1N1 09 swine flu). Aboriginal and Health Worker Journal;33(6):30-33


Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia

Moberley S, Krause V, Cook H, Mulholland K, Carapetis J, et al. (2010) Failure to vaccinate or failure of vaccine? Effectiveness of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine program in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory of Australia. Vaccine;(Article in Press)


East Arnhem regional healthy skin project: final report 2008

Andrews R, Kearns T (2009) East Arnhem regional healthy skin project: final report 2008. Darwin: Menzies School of Health Research and Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health                                                                                              


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