RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Acute Flaccid Paralysis

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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.

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Elliott EJ, Teutsch S, Nunez C, Morris A, Eslick GD. Improving knowledge of rare disorders since 1993: the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2024 May 13.

Button battery injury

Original article

Tran C, Nunez C, Eslick GD, Barker R, Elliott EJ. Button battery exposure in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Injury Prevention. 2024 Oct 4

Tran C, Nunez C, Eslick GD, Barker R, Elliott EJ. Complications of button battery ingestion or insertion in children: a systematic review and pooled analysis of individual patient-level data. World Journal of Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 22:1-2.

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.

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 study. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2018 Nov 1;108:121-5.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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

Tsang TW, Kingsland M, Doherty E, Anderson AE, Tully B, Crooks K, Symonds I, Tremain D, Dunlop AJ, Wiggers J, Elliott EJ. Predictors of alcohol use during pregnancy in Australian women. Drug and alcohol review. 2022 Jan;41(1):171-81

PRESENTATIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Herpes Simplex Virus Infection

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Berkhout A, Yeoh DK, Teutsch S, Morris A, Nourse C, Clark JE, Blyth CC, Jones CA; APSU Neonatal HSV Study Advisory Group. Herpes simplex virus in infancy: Evaluation of national surveillance case capture. J Paediatr Child Health. 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16596

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

HIV/Aids and perinatal exposure to HIV

PUBLISHED REPORTS

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

Japanese encephalitis virus

Eslick, G.D., Teutsch, S.M. and Elliott, E.J. (2023), Japanese encephalitis virus: changing the clinical landscape of encephalitis in Australia. Med J Aust. doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52090

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 program. The 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 program Archives 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

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 children. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2019 Feb 12.

Microcephaly

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

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

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-analysis. Journal of Infection. 2023 Nov 24. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.11.011

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 Children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2020 Oct 22. (* joint first authors)

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 children. Archives of Disease in Childhood Mar 2018, 103 (Suppl 1) A2. 10.1136/archdischild-2018-rcpch.6

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

Sudden Unexplained Death in Infants

Morris A, Elliott E, Jeffery H. Paediatrician experience of management of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. 2021 Oct 20:102268 doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102268

Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Shearer MJ. (Editorial) Delivering neonatal vitamin K prophylaxis: the continuing need for surveillance and vigilance. Archives 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 study Archives 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 comparisons. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2018 Mar, 103 (Suppl 1) A200-A202

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 Study.
The 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