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30 years of surveillance is an enormous achievement for the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit.   We presented a session at the RACP  Congress in May 2024 to highlight this important milestone. An article detailing 30 years of achievements and highlights has been published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood:

• Elliott EJ, Teutsch S, Nunez C, Morris A, Eslick GD; APSU Investigators and Contributors. Improving knowledge of rare disorders since 1993: the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Arch Dis Child. 2024 May 13:archdischild2023-326116. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326116. 

Launching the FASD Australian Registry.  Find out more here: www.fasdregistry.org.au

OUR LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Farrar DS, Knowles RL, Nunez C, Baynam G, Bitnun A, Duncanson M, Lynn RM, Hepburn CM, Morris A, Oeser C, Pebody R, Solebo AL, Elliott EJ, Morris SK. Etiology of Severe Microcephaly in Infants: A Multinational Surveillance Study. Pediatrics 2026; e2025072700. doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-072700

Nunez C, Elliott EJ. Button Battery Ingestion in Infants: A Systematic Review. Acta Paediatrica. 2025 Dec 19. doi.org/10.1111/apa.70430

Cullingford DJ, Nunez C, Morris a, Abraham MB, Siafarikas A, Elliott EJ, Choong CSY. Birth Prevalence and Characteristics of Septo-Optic Dysplasia in Australia: Results From the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (2025): 1–3, doi.org/10.1111/jpc.70258

Teutsch SM, Nunez CA, Morris A, Elliott EJ, on behalf of Chief Investigators of APSU. Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2024. Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Nunez C, Eslick GD, Teutsch S, Khandaker G, Elliott EJ. Global epidemiology of dengue in paediatric and adolescent populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infectious Diseases. 2025 Nov 7:1-27. doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2025.2580966

Alland SE, Britton PN, Thorley B, Hobday L, Kelly M, Fasugba O, Wilson M, Morris A, Durrheim DN. Staying polio free: A capture-recapture analysis of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2025;49(5), doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2025.100281

Egilmezer E, Teutsch SM, Nunez C, Hamilton ST, Bartlett AW, Palasanthiran P, Elliott EJ, Rawlinson WD. Birth prevalence, clinical sequelae, and management of congenital cytomegalovirus infections in Australia, 1999-2023: a national prospective study. The Medical journal of Australia. 2025; doi.org/10.5694/mja2.70047

Bull, L.J., Eslick, G.D., Teutsch, S.M., & Elliott, E.J. Assessing Psychological Harms on Parents and Primary Caregivers of Children Living with a Rare Disease: A Systematic Review of the Scope and Validity of Surveys Utilized. Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s10567-025-00533-7

Tsang TW, Rosenblatt DH, Parta I, Elliott EJ. Estimating the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2025 Jun 4. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14082

Teutsch SM, Nunez CA, Morris A, Eslick GD, Elliott EJ, on behalf of Chief Investigators of APSU. Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2023. Communicable Diseases Intelligence (2018). 2025, 49: doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.019

Jobling JM, Teutsch SM, Eslick GD, Elliott EJ. Impact on the family of a child’s rare disease: a large cross-sectional study. Rare. 2025 Feb 7:100066. doi.org/10.1016/j.rare.2025.100066

Tsoi KY, Sharwood LN, Eslick GD, Nunez C, Morris A, Williams N, Erskine C, Adams S. Evaluating Paediatric Injury Hospitalisations From Indoor Trampoline Parks Across Australia: A Multi‐Centre Study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2025, 61(3):457-464. doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16770