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List of works by Michael D Nissen

A Novel Duplex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription PCR Assay for the Detection of Influenza A and the Novel Influenza A(H1N1) Strain

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A comparison of two informative SNP-based strategies for typing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis

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A duplex Neisseria gonorrhoeae real-time polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the gonococcal porA pseudogene and multicopy opa genes.

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A newly reported human polyomavirus, KI virus, is present in the respiratory tract of Australian children

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A novel gel-based method for self-collection and ambient temperature postal transport of urine for PCR detection of Chlamydia trachomatis

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A phase 2 open-label safety and immunogenicity study of a meningococcal B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy adults

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

A randomized, controlled, phase 1/2 trial of a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy children and adolescents

scientific article published on April 2013

A real-time, quantitative PCR method using hydrolysis probes for the monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum load in experimentally infected human volunteers

scientific article published on 28 February 2011

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 simple approach for preparing real-time PCR positive reaction controls for rare or emerging viruses

scientific article published on 22 April 2010

Alterations of the pilQ gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae are unlikely contributors to decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime in clinical gonococcal strains

scientific article published on 12 October 2010

An inflatable, multichambered upper body support for the placement of the obese patient in the head-elevated laryngoscopy position

scientific article published in May 2007

Bordetella holmesii and pertussis diagnosis: authors' reply

scientific article published in August 2013

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

scientific article published on 7 May 2007

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

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

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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

Comparing nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with symptoms for respiratory virus identification using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

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Comparison of a multiplexed MassARRAY system with real-time allele-specific PCR technology for genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on May 20, 2011

Congenital and neonatal pneumonia.

scientific article published on 06 September 2007

Control of vaccine preventable diseases in Australian infants: reviewing a decade of experience with DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib vaccine

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Cough-generated aerosols of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram-negative bacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis.

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Detection of BK, JC, WU, or KI polyomaviruses in faecal, urine, blood, cerebrospinal fluid and respiratory samples.

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Detection of human bocavirus in respiratory, fecal, and blood samples by real-time PCR.

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Detection of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus by real-time RT-PCR.

scientific article published on 6 June 2009

Detection of novel polyomaviruses, TSPyV, HPyV6, HPyV7, HPyV9 and MWPyV in feces, urine, blood, respiratory swabs and cerebrospinal fluid

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Direct urine polymerase chain reaction for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: a simple means of bringing high-throughput rapid testing to remote settings?

scientific article published on August 2013

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

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Enhancing gonococcal antimicrobial resistance surveillance: a real-time PCR assay for detection of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae by use of noncultured clinical samples

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Evaluation of a clinical scoring system and directed laboratory testing for respiratory virus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

scientific article published on 18 April 2011

Evaluation of the cobas 4800 CT/NG test for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

scientific article published on 18 August 2010

Evidence for spread of a clonal strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis clinics

scientific article published on May 2003

Evidence of human coronavirus HKU1 and human bocavirus in Australian children

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Evidence that the gonococcal porA pseudogene is present in a broad range of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains; suitability as a diagnostic target.

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

scientific article published on September 2006

Further evidence that the IS481 target is suitable for real-time PCR detection of Bordetella pertussis

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Genetic diversity of human metapneumovirus over 4 consecutive years in Australia

scientific article published on 11 May 2006

High prevalence of a class 1 integron-associated aadB gene cassette in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from an Australian cystic fibrosis patient population

scientific article published in August 2008

High-throughput informative single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform

scientific article published on 26 January 2014

High-throughput single-nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of shared Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in cystic fibrosis patients using the Sequenom iPLEX platform

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Human coronavirus nomenclature

scientific article published in July 2006

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

scientific article published on 3 January 2013

Identification of Australian human respiratory syncytial virus strains containing a 60-nucleotide duplication within the G glycoprotein gene

scientific article published in October 2008

Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the ecfX and the gyrB genes

scientific article published on 21 November 2008

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

scientific article published on 4 May 2007

Impact of competitive inhibition and sequence variation upon the sensitivity of malaria PCR.

scientific article published on 28 February 2007

Impact of vaccines on antimicrobial resistance

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

Improved detection of genetic markers of antimicrobial resistance by hybridization probe-based melting curve analysis using primers to mask proximal mutations: examples include the influenza H275Y substitution

scientific article published on 14 February 2012

Incidence, Etiology, and Symptomatology of Upper Respiratory Illness in Elite Athletes

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Infrequent detection of KI, WU and MC polyomaviruses in immunosuppressed individuals with or without progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

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Low rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa misidentification in isolates from cystic fibrosis patients

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Major histocompatibility complex class I cytotoxic T lymphocyte immunity to human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in individuals with previous hMPV infection and respiratory disease

scientific article published on February 2008

Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in respiratory specimens from children and adults

scientific article published on March 2009

Method for detection of respiratory viruses in the sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published in January 2005

Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

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

Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing using non-cultured clinical specimens

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

scientific article published in March 2005

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

Perceptions of vaccine preventable diseases in Australian healthcare: focus on pertussis

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Pilot study of influenza vaccine effectiveness in urban Australian children attending childcare

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Potential animal and environmental sources of Q fever infection for humans in Queensland.

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Prior evidence of putative novel rhinovirus species, Australia

scientific article published in November 2008

Protocol for the molecular detection of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Q fever seroprevalence in metropolitan samples is similar to rural/remote samples in Queensland, Australia.

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Rapid genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates harboured by adult and paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis using repetitive-element-based PCR assays.

scientific article published in November 2004

Rapid single-nucleotide polymorphism-based identification of clonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis by the use of real-time PCR and high-resolution melting curve analysis

scientific article published on 28 January 2011

Real-time PCR genotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates using 14 informative single nucleotide polymorphisms on gonococcal housekeeping genes

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Reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is associated with mutations G542S, P551S and P551L in the gonococcal penicillin-binding protein 2.

scientific article published on 28 May 2010

Reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is spread internationally by genetically distinct gonococcal populations

scientific article published on 24 February 2011

Reduction in rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis following introduction of rotavirus vaccine into Australia's National Childhood vaccine schedule

scientific article published in January 2011

Safety and immunogenicity of a meningococcal B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy toddlers aged 18-36 months: a phase 1 randomized-controlled clinical trial

scientific article published on October 2012

Safety and tolerability of a 2009 trivalent inactivated split-virion influenza vaccine in infants, children and adolescents.

scientific article published on 2 April 2013

Screening for H7N9 influenza A by matrix gene-based real-time reverse-transcription PCR.

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Simple, rapid, and inexpensive detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistance mechanisms using heat-denatured isolates and SYBR green-based real-time PCR.

scientific article published on 15 June 2009

Successful application of a simple specimen transport method for the conduct of respiratory virus surveillance in remote Indigenous communities in Australia

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The influence of target population on nonculture-based detection of markers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance

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The ticking time bomb: escalating antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a public health disaster in waiting

scientific article published on 17 May 2012

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

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Whole-genome characterization and genotyping of global WU polyomavirus strains

scientific article published on 31 March 2010