List of works by Ian M. Mackay

A newly designed real-time RT-PCR for SAFV detects SAFV-2 and SAFV-3 in the respiratory tracts of ill children during 2011.

scientific article published on 23 July 2012

A novel duplex real-time PCR for HPIV-4 detects co-circulation of both viral subtypes among ill children during 2008.

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

A real-time PCR assay for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by LightCycler

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

A sensitive, specific, and cost-effective multiplex reverse transcriptase-PCR assay for the detection of seven common respiratory viruses in respiratory samples

scientific article published on May 2004

A single dose of azithromycin does not improve clinical outcomes of children hospitalised with bronchiolitis: a randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article

Adenovirus species C is associated with chronic suppurative lung diseases in children

scientific article

Age-specific and sex-specific morbidity and mortality from avian influenza A(H7N9).

scientific article

An Opportunistic Pathogen Afforded Ample Opportunities: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

scientific article published on 2 December 2017

An opportunistic Pathogen Afforded Ample Opportunities: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Antibiotics for bronchiectasis exacerbations in children: rationale and study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial

scientific article

Assessment of Local Mosquito Species Incriminates Aedes aegypti as the Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Australia

scientific article

Avian influenza A (H7N9) virus: can it help us more objectively judge all respiratory viruses?

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Bacteria and viruses in the nasopharynx immediately prior to onset of acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous Australian children

scholarly article by Heidi C. Smith-Vaughan et al published 29 June 2018 in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Bacteria and viruses in the nasopharynx immediately prior to onset of acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous Australian children

scientific article published in 2018

Bronchiectasis exacerbation study on azithromycin and amoxycillin-clavulanate for respiratory exacerbations in children (BEST-2): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Characterisation of a newly identified human rhinovirus, HRV-QPM, discovered in infants with bronchiolitis

scientific article published on 7 May 2007

Circularizing picornavirus genomes to rapidly obtain terminal sequence

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

Co-circulation of four human coronaviruses (HCoVs) in Queensland children with acute respiratory tract illnesses in 2004.

scientific article

Co-detection and discrimination of six human herpesviruses by multiplex PCR-ELAHA.

scientific article published in December 2003

Community epidemiology of human metapneumovirus, human coronavirus NL63, and other respiratory viruses in healthy preschool-aged children using parent-collected specimens

scientific article

Community-wide, contemporaneous circulation of a broad spectrum of human rhinoviruses in healthy Australian preschool-aged children during a 12-month period

scientific article published on 24 July 2012

Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitope vaccination protects against human metapneumovirus infection and disease in mice

scientific article

Deep sequence characterisation of a divergent HPIV-4a from an adult with prolonged influenza-like illness

Detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species by polymerase chain reaction and colorimetric detection in blood samples of patients with suspected malaria

scientific article published in May 2004

Detection and differentiation of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 by a duplex LightCycler PCR that incorporates an internal control PCR reaction

scientific article published in May 2004

Detection and differentiation of human polyomaviruses JC and BK by LightCycler PCR.

scientific article

Detection and discrimination of herpes simplex viruses, Haemophilus ducreyi, Treponema pallidum, and Calymmatobacterium (Klebsiella) granulomatis from genital ulcers

scientific article

Detection of Neisseria Meningitidis in clinical samples by a duplex real-time PCR targeting the porA and ctrA genes

scientific article

Detection of Neisseria meningitidis by LightCycler PCR

Detection of Specific ZIKV IgM in Travelers Using a Multiplexed Flavivirus Microsphere Immunoassay.

scientific article published on 12 May 2018

Detection of Toscana virus from an adult traveler returning to Australia with encephalitis.

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Detection of human respiratory syncytial virus in respiratory samples by LightCycler reverse transcriptase PCR.

scientific article

Diagnosis of human herpesvirus-6 infection in two patients with central nervous system complications

scientific article published on 01 May 1995

Distinguishing molecular features and clinical characteristics of a putative new rhinovirus species, human rhinovirus C (HRV C).

scientific article

Do rhinoviruses reduce the probability of viral co-detection during acute respiratory tract infections?

scientific article

Ebola virus in the semen of convalescent men.

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Enhancing influenza diagnostics to catch a shifting target

scientific article

Epidemiology

Erratum: Newly identified human rhinoviruses: molecular methods heat up the cold viruses

scholarly article by Katherine E. Arden published in October 2010

Erratum: Pyke, A.T. et al. On the Home Front: Specialized Reference Testing for Dengue in the Australasian Region. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 75

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Evidence of human coronavirus HKU1 and human bocavirus in Australian children

scientific article

Evidence of human metapneumovirus in Australian children.

scientific article published in February 2002

Frequent detection of human rhinoviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses, and bocavirus during acute respiratory tract infections

scientific article published on September 2006

From sneeze to wheeze: what we know about rhinovirus Cs.

scientific article published on 25 May 2013

Genetic diversity of human metapneumovirus over 4 consecutive years in Australia

scientific article published on 11 May 2006

Genotypic diversity, circulation patterns and co-detections among rhinoviruses in Queensland, 2001

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Genotypic diversity, circulation patterns, and co-detections among rhinoviruses in Queensland, 2001

scientific article published on 30 May 2018

Guideline to reference gene selection for quantitative real-time PCR

scientific article (publication date: 23 January 2004)

HPeV-3 predominated among Parechovirus A positive infants during an outbreak in 2013-2014 in Queensland, Australia

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HPeV-3 predominated among Parechovirus A positive infants in the summer of 2013-2014 in Queensland, Australia

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Haemophilus ducreyi and Klebsiella granulomatis

Heterogeneous and Dynamic Prevalence of Asymptomatic Influenza Virus Infections

scientific article

Human Bocavirus: Multisystem Detection Raises Questions about Infection

article published in 2007

Human Rhinoviruses

Human bocavirus: passenger or pathogen in acute respiratory tract infections?

scientific article published on April 2008

Human coronavirus nomenclature

scientific article published in July 2006

Human metapneumovirus in lung transplant recipients and comparison to respiratory syncytial virus

scientific article published on 24 July 2008

Human metapneumovirus, Australia, 2001-2004

scientific article published on August 2006

Human rhinovirus C in adult haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with respiratory illness

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Human rhinoviruses: coming in from the cold

scientific article published on 28 April 2009

Human rhinoviruses: the cold wars resume

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections

scientific article published on 4 May 2007

Investigations into the utility of real-time PCR for the detection, quantitation and characterisation of clinically relevant viruses

Laboratory Methods Supporting Measles surveillance in Queensland, Australia, 2010-2017

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Laboratory methods supporting measles surveillance in Queensland, Australia, 2010-2017

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission

scientific article

Mayaro virus: a forest virus primed for a trip to the city?

scientific article

Middle East respiratory syndrome: An emerging coronavirus infection tracked by the crowd

scientific article published on 02 February 2015

Molecular assays for detection of human metapneumovirus

scientific article

Molecular characterization and distinguishing features of a novel human rhinovirus (HRV) C, HRVC-QCE, detected in children with fever, cough and wheeze during 2003.

scientific article published on 27 January 2010

New human coronavirus, HCoV-NL63, associated with severe lower respiratory tract disease in Australia

scientific article published in March 2005

Newly identified human rhinoviruses: molecular methods heat up the cold viruses

scientific article

Newly identified respiratory viruses in children with asthma exacerbation not requiring admission to hospital

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Observational Research in Childhood Infectious Diseases (ORChID): a dynamic birth cohort study

scientific article published on 31 October 2012

On the Home Front: Specialized Reference Testing for Dengue in the Australasian Region

scientific article published on 15 July 2018

Orthopoxvirus detection in environmental specimens during suspected bioterror attacks: inhibitory influences of common household products

scientific article

Polymerase chain reaction and respiratory viruses

Preliminary comparison of three LightCycler PCR assays for the detection of herpes simplex virus in swab specimens.

scientific article published on 7 November 2003

Presence of Atopy Increases the Risk of Asthma Relapse

Presence of atopy increases the risk of asthma relapse

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

Prior evidence of putative novel rhinovirus species, Australia

scientific article published in November 2008

Proposals for the classification of human rhinovirus species C into genotypically assigned types.

scientific article published on 07 July 2010

Prospective characterization of protracted bacterial bronchitis in children.

scientific article published on June 2014

Protocol for the use of enzyme-linked hybridization assays for genital ulcer disease.

scientific article

Quantitative PCR-ELAHA for the determination of retroviral vector transduction efficiency

scientific article published in May 2001

Randomized placebo-controlled trial on azithromycin to reduce the morbidity of bronchiolitis in Indigenous Australian infants: rationale and protocol

scientific article

Real-time Fluorescent PCR Techniques to Study Microbial–Host Interactions

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Real-time PCR assays for detection of bocavirus in human specimens

scientific article

Real-time PCR in virology

scientific article

Respiratory Viruses in Neonates: A Prospective, Community-based Birth Cohort Study

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Respiratory virus detection in nasopharyngeal aspirate versus bronchoalveolar lavage is dependent on virus type in children with chronic respiratory symptoms

scientific article published on 23 September 2013

Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children.

scientific article published on 12 May 2014

Rhinoviruses

publication published on 27 February 2014

Simultaneous detection and differentiation of human polyomaviruses JC and BK by a rapid and sensitive PCR-ELAHA assay and a survey of the JCV subtypes within an Australian population

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Specific detection of enterovirus 71 directly from clinical specimens using real-time RT-PCR hybridization probe assay

scientific article published on 7 February 2006

The Middle East respiratory syndrome puzzle: A familiar virus, a familiar disease, but some assembly still required

scientific article

Use of the P gene to genotype human metapneumovirus identifies 4 viral subtypes

scientific article published on 3 November 2004

Usefulness of published PCR primers in detecting human rhinovirus infection

scientific article