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Ian M Mackay

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Mackay I, Arden K, Nitsche A
Methods Microbiol . 2024 Apr; 34:255-330. PMID: 38620210
This chapter describes how real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performs and how it may be used to detect microbial pathogens and the relationship they form with their host. Research and...
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Arden K, Greer R, Wang C, Mackay I
Access Microbiol . 2020 Oct; 2(1):acmi000075. PMID: 33062934
Purpose: Rhinoviruses (RVs) occur more frequently than other viruses and more often in people displaying symptoms than in those without. We sought to estimate the spectrum of RV diversity, RV...
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McMahon J, Northill J, Finger M, Lyon M, Lambert S, Mackay I
Access Microbiol . 2020 Sep; 2(3):acmi000093. PMID: 32974570
Purpose: Australia was officially recognised as having eliminated endemic measles transmission in 2014. Maintaining laboratory support for surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, is an essential component of reaching...
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Pyke A, Gunn W, Taylor C, Mackay I, McMahon J, Jelley L, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis . 2019 Oct; 4(4). PMID: 31623283
The authors wish to make the following correction to Table 1 of this paper [...].
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Ramirez A, van den Hurk A, Mackay I, Yang A, Hewitson G, McMahon J, et al.
Parasit Vectors . 2019 Jul; 12(1):355. PMID: 31319880
Background: Malaria is the most important vector-borne disease in the world. Epidemiological and ecological studies of malaria traditionally utilize detection of Plasmodium sporozoites in whole mosquitoes or salivary glands by...
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McMahon J, Mackay I, Lambert S
Viruses . 2019 Jul; 11(7). PMID: 31295941
Measles vaccines have been in use since the 1960s with excellent safety and effectiveness profiles. Limited data are available on detection of measles vaccine virus (MeVV) RNA in human subjects...
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Pyke A, Gunn W, Taylor C, Mackay I, McMahon J, Jelley L, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis . 2018 Oct; 3(3). PMID: 30274471
Reference laboratories are vital for disease control and interpreting the complexities and impact of emerging pathogens. The role of these centralized facilities extends beyond routine screening capabilities to provide rapid,...
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Smith-Vaughan H, Binks M, Beissbarth J, Chang A, McCallum G, Mackay I, et al.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis . 2018 Jul; 37(9):1785-1794. PMID: 29959609
Acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) is a major cause of hospitalization for Indigenous children in remote regions of Australia. The associated microbiology remains unclear. Our aim was to determine whether...
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Taylor C, Mackay I, McMahon J, Wheatley S, Moore P, Finger M, et al.
Viruses . 2018 May; 10(5). PMID: 29757218
Zika virus (ZIKV) has spread widely in the Pacific and recently throughout the Americas. Unless detected by RT-PCR, confirming an acute ZIKV infection can be challenging. We developed and validated...
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McNeale D, Wang C, Arden K, Mackay I
J Clin Virol . 2017 Dec; 98:28-32. PMID: 29223126
Background: Parechoviruses (HPeV) are endemic seasonal pathogens detected from the respiratory tract, gut, blood and central nervous system (CNS) of children and adults, sometimes in conjunction with a range of...