List of works - Colleen L. Lau

A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia ⬇️

scientific article published in 2022

A Large Leptospirosis Outbreak following Successive Severe Floods in Fiji, 2012

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

A Synthetic Population for Modelling the Dynamics of Infectious Disease Transmission in American Samoa

scientific article published in December 2017

A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

A cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey of typhoid fever in Fiji

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

A framework for assessing and predicting the environmental health impact of infectious diseases: a case study of leptospirosis ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

A stitch in time: unrecognized retained foreign bodies after a needlefish injury

scientific article published in March 2017

A systematic review and meta-analysis of management options for adults who respond poorly to hepatitis B vaccination

scientific article published on 27 September 2015

A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity.

scientific article published on 14 May 2018

Absence of serological evidence of Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Coxiella burnetii infections in American Samoa

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Adverse Events Following Immunization With Combined vs Concurrent Monovalent Hepatitis A and Typhoid Vaccines in Children

scientific article published on 25 April 2020

Animal bites and rabies exposure in Australian travellers

scientific article

Antibiotic Resistance in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Systematic Scoping Review

article

Antibodies to Leptospira among blood donors in higher-risk areas of Australia: possible implications for transfusion safety

scientific article

Assessing the social and environmental determinants of pertussis epidemics in Queensland, Australia: a Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis.

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

Biodiversity and leptospirosis risk: a case of pathogen regulation?

scientific article

Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?

scientific article

Combating infectious diseases in the Pacific Islands: sentinel surveillance, environmental health, and geospatial tools

scientific article published on January 2014

Could intradermal be an economical alternative route of administration for Japanese encephalitis vaccines?

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

Delays in Patient Presentation and Diagnosis for Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection) in Victoria, Australia, 2011-2017

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands

scientific article published on February 2013

Detecting and confirming residual hotspots of lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa 8 years after stopping mass drug administration

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Distribution of rickettsioses in Oceania: past patterns and implications for the future

scientific article

Drug-free holidays: Compliance, tolerability, and acceptability of a 3-day atovaquone/proguanil schedule for pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis in Australian travellers

article

Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?

scientific article

Emerging tropical diseases in Australia. Part 1. Leptospirosis.

scientific article published on October 2010

First evidence of concurrent enzootic and endemic transmission of Ross River virus in the absence of marsupial reservoirs in Fiji

scientific article published on 27 February 2020

Has the effectiveness of Australia's travel bans against China on the importation of COVID-19 been overestimated?

scientific article published on 10 October 2020

Human Leptospirosis Infection in Fiji: An Eco-epidemiological Approach to Identifying Risk Factors and Environmental Drivers for Transmission

scientific article

Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration: Comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance - American Samoa, 2016

article

Immunogenicity of a modified intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedule using a purified chick embryo cell vaccine: an observational study

scientific article published on 7 October 2013

Impact of pre-departure preparation on the health and wellbeing of Australian gap year travellers

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Imported cases of Ross River virus disease in New Zealand - a travel medicine perspective.

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

Interactions between timing and transmissibility explain diverse flavivirus dynamics in Fiji

scientific article

Leptospirosis

scientific article published on 01 March 2018

Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010: epidemiology, environmental drivers, and the management of emergence

scientific article published on February 2012

Leptospirosis in American Samoa--estimating and mapping risk using environmental data

scientific article

Leptospirosis: an emerging disease in travellers

scientific article published on 06 January 2010

Low chikungunya virus seroprevalence two years after emergence in Fiji

scientific article published on 02 November 2019

Low uptake of Japanese encephalitis vaccination among Australian travellers

scientific article published on 12 December 2020

Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in American Samoa: Evaluation of Molecular Xenomonitoring as a Surveillance Tool in the Endgame

scientific article

Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: Geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Measuring the Effect of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections on Cognitive Function in Children: Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Evidence

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

Medical and psychological problems faced by young Australian gap year travellers

scientific article published on September 2017

New evidence for endemic circulation of Ross River Virus in the Pacific Islands and the potential for emergence

scientific article (publication date: February 2017)

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing 'number needed to test' by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

scientific article published on 28 December 2020

Predictive risk mapping of an environmentally-driven infectious disease using spatial Bayesian networks: A case study of leptospirosis in Fiji

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Prevalence and risk factors associated with lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration

scientific article published on 4 August 2017

Response to Letter:

Role of Environmental Factors in Shaping Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Fiji

scientific article published in February 2018

Ross River Virus Antibody Prevalence, Fiji Islands, 2013-2015

scholarly article by Maite Aubry et al published April 2019 in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Seroprevalence and spatial epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis in American Samoa after successful mass drug administration

scientific article

Seroprevalence of dengue in American Samoa, 2010.

scientific article published in February 2013

Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Spatial epidemiological approaches to inform leptospirosis surveillance and control: A systematic review and critical appraisal of methods

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014.

scientific article

Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands

scholarly article by Mike Kama et al published August 2019 in Emerging Infectious Diseases

The Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, 2012.

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

The emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 2001 to 2013.

scientific article published on 14 June 2015

The extensive networks of frequent population mobility in the Samoan Islands and their implications for infectious disease transmission

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

The immunogenicity of a modified intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedule--a case series of 420 travelers

scientific article published on 15 August 2011

The impact of Livestock Manure Control Policy on human leptospirosis in Republic of Korea using interrupted time series analysis

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

The impact of an 8-year mass drug administration programme on prevalence, intensity and co-infections of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Burundi

scientific article published on 22 September 2016

The importance of surveillance for informing pretravel medical advice: imported malaria in New Zealand 1997-2009.

scientific article published on 23 January 2014

The tolerability of a combined hepatitis A and typhoid vaccine in children aged 2-16 years: an observational study

scientific article

Transmission modelling of environmentally persistent zoonotic diseases: a systematic review

scientific article

Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: A case study of leptospirosis in Fiji

scholarly article by Colleen L. Lau et al published November 2017 in Environmental Modelling and Software

Use of geographically weighted logistic regression to quantify spatial variation in the environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in Fiji: a modelling study.

scientific article

Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji

Zika seroprevalence declines and neutralizing antibodies wane in adults following outbreaks in French Polynesia and Fiji

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

List of works by Colleen L. Lau

A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia ⬇️

A Large Leptospirosis Outbreak following Successive Severe Floods in Fiji, 2012

A Synthetic Population for Modelling the Dynamics of Infectious Disease Transmission in American Samoa

A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018

A cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey of typhoid fever in Fiji

A framework for assessing and predicting the environmental health impact of infectious diseases: a case study of leptospirosis ⬇️

A stitch in time: unrecognized retained foreign bodies after a needlefish injury

A systematic review and meta-analysis of management options for adults who respond poorly to hepatitis B vaccination

A systematic review of human and animal leptospirosis in the Pacific Islands reveals pathogen and reservoir diversity.

Absence of serological evidence of Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Coxiella burnetii infections in American Samoa

Adverse Events Following Immunization With Combined vs Concurrent Monovalent Hepatitis A and Typhoid Vaccines in Children

Animal bites and rabies exposure in Australian travellers

Antibiotic Resistance in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Systematic Scoping Review

Antibodies to Leptospira among blood donors in higher-risk areas of Australia: possible implications for transfusion safety

Assessing the social and environmental determinants of pertussis epidemics in Queensland, Australia: a Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis.

Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

Biodiversity and leptospirosis risk: a case of pathogen regulation?

Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: fuelling the fire?

Combating infectious diseases in the Pacific Islands: sentinel surveillance, environmental health, and geospatial tools

Could intradermal be an economical alternative route of administration for Japanese encephalitis vaccines?

Delays in Patient Presentation and Diagnosis for Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection) in Victoria, Australia, 2011-2017

Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands

Detecting and confirming residual hotspots of lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa 8 years after stopping mass drug administration

Distribution of rickettsioses in Oceania: past patterns and implications for the future

Drug-free holidays: Compliance, tolerability, and acceptability of a 3-day atovaquone/proguanil schedule for pre-travel malaria chemoprophylaxis in Australian travellers

Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?

Emerging tropical diseases in Australia. Part 1. Leptospirosis.

First evidence of concurrent enzootic and endemic transmission of Ross River virus in the absence of marsupial reservoirs in Fiji

Has the effectiveness of Australia's travel bans against China on the importation of COVID-19 been overestimated?

Human Leptospirosis Infection in Fiji: An Eco-epidemiological Approach to Identifying Risk Factors and Environmental Drivers for Transmission

Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration: Comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance - American Samoa, 2016

Immunogenicity of a modified intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedule using a purified chick embryo cell vaccine: an observational study

Impact of pre-departure preparation on the health and wellbeing of Australian gap year travellers

Imported cases of Ross River virus disease in New Zealand - a travel medicine perspective.

Interactions between timing and transmissibility explain diverse flavivirus dynamics in Fiji

Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010: epidemiology, environmental drivers, and the management of emergence

Leptospirosis in American Samoa--estimating and mapping risk using environmental data

Leptospirosis: an emerging disease in travellers

Low chikungunya virus seroprevalence two years after emergence in Fiji

Low uptake of Japanese encephalitis vaccination among Australian travellers

Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination in American Samoa: Evaluation of Molecular Xenomonitoring as a Surveillance Tool in the Endgame

Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: Geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups

Measuring the Effect of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections on Cognitive Function in Children: Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Evidence

Medical and psychological problems faced by young Australian gap year travellers

New evidence for endemic circulation of Ross River Virus in the Pacific Islands and the potential for emergence

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing 'number needed to test' by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

Predictive risk mapping of an environmentally-driven infectious disease using spatial Bayesian networks: A case study of leptospirosis in Fiji

Prevalence and risk factors associated with lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration

Response to Letter:

Role of Environmental Factors in Shaping Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi, Fiji

Ross River Virus Antibody Prevalence, Fiji Islands, 2013-2015

Seroprevalence and spatial epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis in American Samoa after successful mass drug administration

Seroprevalence of dengue in American Samoa, 2010.

Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands

Spatial epidemiological approaches to inform leptospirosis surveillance and control: A systematic review and critical appraisal of methods

Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014.

Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands

The Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, 2012.

The emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 2001 to 2013.

The extensive networks of frequent population mobility in the Samoan Islands and their implications for infectious disease transmission

The immunogenicity of a modified intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedule--a case series of 420 travelers

The impact of Livestock Manure Control Policy on human leptospirosis in Republic of Korea using interrupted time series analysis

The impact of an 8-year mass drug administration programme on prevalence, intensity and co-infections of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Burundi

The importance of surveillance for informing pretravel medical advice: imported malaria in New Zealand 1997-2009.

The tolerability of a combined hepatitis A and typhoid vaccine in children aged 2-16 years: an observational study

Transmission modelling of environmentally persistent zoonotic diseases: a systematic review

Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: A case study of leptospirosis in Fiji

Use of geographically weighted logistic regression to quantify spatial variation in the environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in Fiji: a modelling study.

Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji

Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji

Zika seroprevalence declines and neutralizing antibodies wane in adults following outbreaks in French Polynesia and Fiji