5 results on '"Nguyen, Oanh"'
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2. Parechovirus Genotype 3 Outbreak among Infants, New South Wales, Australia, 2013-2014.
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Cumming, Germaine, Khatami, Ameneh, McMullan, Brendan J., Musto, Jennie, Leung, Kit, Nguyen, Oanh, Ferson, Mark J., Papadakis, Georgina, and Sheppeard, Vicky
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VIRAL diseases in children ,GENETICS of virus diseases ,INFANT diseases ,DISEASE outbreaks ,EMERGING infectious diseases ,PUBLIC health ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,GENES ,MOLECULAR diagnosis ,PICORNAVIRUS infections ,RNA viruses ,CONTINUING education units ,GENOTYPES ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
From October 2013 through February 2014, human parechovirus genotype 3 infection was identified in 183 infants in New South Wales, Australia. Of those infants, 57% were male and 95% required hospitalization. Common signs and symptoms were fever >38°C (86%), irritability (80%), tachycardia (68%), and rash (62%). Compared with affected infants in the Northern Hemisphere, infants in New South Wales were slightly older, both sexes were affected more equally, and rash occurred with considerably higher frequency. The New South Wales syndromic surveillance system, which uses near real-time emergency department and ambulance data, was useful for monitoring the outbreak. An alert distributed to clinicians reduced unnecessary hospitalization for patients with suspected sepsis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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3. Sustained outbreak of measles in New South Wales, 2012: risks for measles elimination in Australia.
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Najjar, Zeina, Hope, Kirsty, Clark, Penelope, Nguyen, Oanh, Rosewellc, Alexander, and Conatya, Stephen
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MEASLES ,EPIDEMIC research ,PUBLIC health ,IMMUNIZATION ,VACCINATION - Abstract
Objective: On 7 April 2012, a recently returned traveller from Thailand to Australia was confirmed to have measles. An outbreak of measles subsequently occurred in the state of New South Wales, prompting a sustained and coordinated response by public health authorities. The last confirmed case presented on 29 November 2012. This report describes the outbreak and its characteristics. Methods: Cases were investigated following Australian protocols, including case interviews and assessment of contacts for post-exposure prophylaxis. Results: Of the 168 cases identified, most occurred in south-western and western Sydney (92.9%, n = 156). Notable features of this outbreak were the disproportionately high number of cases in the 10-19-year-old age group (29.2%, n = 49), the overrepresentation among people of Pacific Islander descent (21.4%, n = 36) and acquisition in health-care facilities (21.4%, n = 36). There were no reported cases of encephalitis and no deaths. Discussion: This was the largest outbreak of measles in Australia since 1997. Its occurrence highlights the need to maintain vigilant surveillance systems for early detection and containment of measles cases and to maintain high population immunity to measles through routine childhood immunization. Vaccination campaigns targeting susceptible groups may also be necessary to sustain Australia's measles elimination status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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4. Sustained outbreak of measles in New South Wales, 2012: risks for measles elimination in Australia.
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Najjar Z, Hope K, Clark P, Nguyen O, Rosewell A, and Conaty S
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- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Australia epidemiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross Infection epidemiology, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Measles ethnology, Measles prevention & control, Measles Vaccine, Middle Aged, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, New South Wales epidemiology, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Risk, Thailand, Young Adult, Disease Outbreaks, Measles epidemiology, Population Surveillance, Travel, Vaccination
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Objective: On 7 April 2012, a recently returned traveller from Thailand to Australia was confirmed to have measles. An outbreak of measles subsequently occurred in the state of New South Wales, prompting a sustained and coordinated response by public health authorities. The last confirmed case presented on 29 November 2012. This report describes the outbreak and its characteristics., Methods: Cases were investigated following Australian protocols, including case interviews and assessment of contacts for post-exposure prophylaxis., Results: Of the 168 cases identified, most occurred in south-western and western Sydney (92.9%, n = 156). Notable features of this outbreak were the disproportionately high number of cases in the 10-19-year-old age group (29.2%, n = 49), the overrepresentation among people of Pacific Islander descent (21.4%, n = 36) and acquisition in health-care facilities (21.4%, n = 36). There were no reported cases of encephalitis and no deaths., Discussion: This was the largest outbreak of measles in Australia since 1997. Its occurrence highlights the need to maintain vigilant surveillance systems for early detection and containment of measles cases and to maintain high population immunity to measles through routine childhood immunization. Vaccination campaigns targeting susceptible groups may also be necessary to sustain Australia's measles elimination status.
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- 2015
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5. Integrating enhanced hepatitis C testing and counselling in research.
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Winter R, Nguyen O, Higgs P, Armstrong S, Duong D, Thach ML, Aitken C, and Hellard M
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- Asian People, Australia epidemiology, Hepatitis C ethnology, Hepatitis C transmission, Humans, Patient Education as Topic trends, Peer Group, Qualitative Research, Researcher-Subject Relations, Risk-Taking, Substance Abuse, Intravenous ethnology, Vietnam ethnology, Hepatitis C diagnosis, Hepatitis C prevention & control, Patient Education as Topic methods, Substance Abuse, Intravenous psychology
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The hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects over 170 million people worldwide. In Australia, over 225,000 people have been diagnosed with HCV infection with 13,000 infections reported annually; 90% are attributed to injecting drug use. Burnet Institute (BI) researchers have been studying the HCV epidemic since the virus was identified in 1989 including community based cohort studies (1990-1995), numerous studies involving Vietnamese-Australian people who inject drugs (PWID) (1996-2004) and social network studies (2000-2002, 2005-2007). Through this work the BI has developed a model of research practice for HCV and PWID, developed in recognition that much research relating to BBV infections - and HCV in particular - could be improved in terms of provision of test results to study participants. Our model endeavours to provide all participants with the highest quality HCV test results, delivered in accordance with best practice for pre- and post-test counselling by engaging participants in environments in which they are comfortable, building trust and rapport and being available throughout and beyond the research study. This paper will discuss the benefits and lessons learned over numerous studies in providing pre- and post-test counselling to PWID in an outreach capacity.
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- 2008
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