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Zhao H, Koehler A, Truarn C, Bradford D, New D, Speare R, et al.
J Clin Microbiol . 2024 Dec; 63(1):e0102124. PMID: 39636118
Human strongyloidiasis is often underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed, which can relate to a lack of knowledge or recognition of the importance of particular developmental/larval stages of in making an accurate diagnosis...
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Miller A, Young E, Tye V, Cody R, Muscat M, Saunders V, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis . 2018 Oct; 3(2). PMID: 30274444
This paper describes two phases of a community-directed intervention to address strongyloidiasis in the remote Aboriginal community of Woorabinda in central Queensland, Australia. The first phase provides the narrative of...
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Heukelbach J, Asenov A, Araujo Oliveira F, Araujo de Melo I, Dos Santos Queiroz J, Speare R, et al.
Trop Med Infect Dis . 2018 Oct; 2(2). PMID: 30270870
We performed head lice movement studies to elucidate factors influencing orientation and movement of head lice. Studies included observation of lice movements on hand and forearm at different positions of...
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Redman-MacLaren M, Mills J, Tommbe R, MacLaren D, Speare R, McBride W
BMC Womens Health . 2017 Jul; 17(1):53. PMID: 28750615
Background: Male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is being explored for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG has a concentrated...
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Rhymer W, Speare R
Bull World Health Organ . 2017 Jan; 95(1):10-17. PMID: 28053360
Objective: To determine how, during the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in western Africa, States Parties to the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2005 International Health Regulations (IHR) followed the IHR's international travel...
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Ross K, Bradbury R, Garrard T, ODonahoo F, Shield J, Page W, et al.
Aust N Z J Public Health . 2016 Dec; 41(3):221-223. PMID: 27960230
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Speare R, Bradbury R, Croese J
Korean J Parasitol . 2016 Sep; 54(4):533-6. PMID: 27658607
A 26-year-old male member of the Australian Defense Force presented with a history of central abdominal pain of 4 weeks duration and peripheral eosinophilia consistent with eosinophilic enteritis. Acute hookworm...
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Canyon D, Speare R, Burkle F
Disaster Med Public Health Prep . 2016 Aug; 10(6):797-804. PMID: 27515507
Objective: Climate change is expected to cause extensive shifts in the epidemiology of infectious and vector-borne diseases. Scenarios on the effects of climate change typically attribute altered distribution of communicable...
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Page W, Speare R
Aust Fam Physician . 2016 Apr; 45(1):40-4. PMID: 27051986
Background: Strongyloidiasis is one of the most neglected tropical diseases and it exists in Australia. Patients may have acquired their initial infection while in an endemic area. Because of the...
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Harrington H, Bradbury R, Taeka J, Asugeni J, Asugeni V, Igeni T, et al.
Western Pac Surveill Response J . 2015 Dec; 6(3):51-8. PMID: 26668767
Objective: Although soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are endemic in Solomon Islands, there are few recent reports on their prevalence. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH in residents of...