Travel & Tropical Infections
Learn more about travel and tropical infections below.
Travel & Tropical Infections Research
Clinical Studies
Completed
- Incidence of influenza, dengue and Japanese encephalitis in Australian travellers visiting South and south-eastern Asia
Publications
Dengue fever in travelers: recognizing warning signs and managing severe dengue in a non-endemic setting.
Tai A, Reboso R, Padiglione AA, Gunerathne C. Korman TM.
Med J Aust [in press]
International Travel in the Immunocompromised Patient: A cross-sectional survey of travel advice in 254 consecutive patients.
Bialy C, Horne K, Dendle C, Kanellis J, Littlejohn G, Ratnam I, Woolley I.
Int Med J 2015 [In Press]
Low risk of Japanese encephalitis in short-term Australian travelers to Asia.
Ratnam I, Leder K, Black J, Biggs BA, Matchett E, Padiglione A, Woolley I, Panagiotidis T, Gherardin T, Luxemburger C, Torresi J.
J Travel Med. 2013 May;20(3):206-8. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12019. Epub 2013 Mar 8.
PMID: 23577868 [PubMed – in process]
Incidence and risk factors for acute respiratory illnesses and influenza virus infections in Australian travellers to Asia.
Ratnam I, Black J, Leder K, Biggs BA, Gordon I, Matchett E, Padiglione A, Woolley I, Karapanagiotidis T, Gherardin T, Demont C, Luxemburger C, Torresi J.
J Clin Viriol 2013 Feb 1. pii: S1386-6532(13)00032-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.01.008. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23380660 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
Visiting friends and relatives may be a risk for non-adherence for HIV-positive travellers.
Woolley I, Bialy C.
Int J STD AIDS. 2012 Nov;23(11):833-4. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.012063.
PMID: 23155108 [PubMed – in process]
Shooting At The DARC: Potential Issues with Species-Specific Antimalarials.
Woolley I. Horne K.
Infect Disord Drug Targets 2012 Oct 1;12(5):357-9.
PMID:23017161 [PubMed – in process]
Incidence and seroprevalence of dengue virus infections in Australian travellers to Asia.
Ratnam I, Black J, Leder K, Biggs BA, Matchett E, Padiglione A, Woolley I, Panagiotidis T, Gherardin T, Pollissard L, Demont C, Luxemburger C, Torresi J.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Jun;31(6):1203-10. Epub 2011 Oct 9.
PMID: 21983919 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
Development and validation of an instrument to assess the risk of developing viral infections in Australian travelers during international travel.
Ratnam I, Torresi J, Matchett E, Pollissard L, Luxemburg C, Lemoh CN, Black JF.
J Travel Med. 2011 Jul-Aug;18(4):262-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00533.x. Epub 2011 Jun 15.
PMID: 21722238 [PubMed – in process]
Neurocysticercosis causing sudden death.
Holmes NE, Iles LE, Danks RA, Korman TM.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Jun;31(2):117-9.
PMID: 20139756 [PubMed – in process]
Increasing rates and clinical consequences of nalidixic acid-resistant isolates causing enteric fever in returned travellers: an 18-year experience.
Hume S, Schulz T, Vinton P, Korman T, Torresi J.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Aug;28(8):963-70. Epub 2009 Apr 9.
PMID: 19357879 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Chikungunya virus infection in travellers to Australia.
Johnson DF, Druce JD, Chapman S, Swaminathan A, Wolf J, Richards JS, Korman T, Birch C, Richards MJ.
Med J Aust. 2008 Jan 7;188(1):41-3.
PMID: 18205563 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE ]Free Article
Hypovolemic shock and metabolic acidosis in a refugee secondary to O1 serotype Vibrio cholerae enteritis.
Chen LF, Woolley IJ, Visvanathan K, Korman TM.
Commun Dis Intell. 2006;30(2):233-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 16841506 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Human fasciolosis acquired in an Australian urban setting.
Hughes AJ, Spithill TW, Smith RE, Boutlis CS, Johnson PD.
Med J Aust. 2003 Mar 3;178(5):244-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 12603192 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
Vibrio cholerae in Victoria.
Pierce AB, Broughton SJ, Johnson PD, Grayson ML.
Med J Aust. 2000 Jan 3;172(1):44, 46. No abstract available.
PMID: 10682025 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Malaria acquired in Bali.
Munckhof WJ, Grayson ML, Turnidge JD.
Med J Aust. 1995 Jul 17;163(2):111. No abstract available.
PMID: 7616891 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Malaria acquired in Bali.
Munckhof WJ, Grayson ML, Turnidge JD.
Med J Aust. 1995 Feb 20;162(4):223. No abstract available.
PMID: 7877552 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Neurocysticercosis and new-onset seizures in short term travellers to Bali.
Oman KM, Kempster P, Grayson ML.
Med J Aust. 1994 Sep 19;161(6):399. No abstract available.
PMID: 8090128 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
Cerebral sparganosis in an East Timorese refugee.
Munckhof WJ, Grayson ML, Susil BJ, Pullar MJ, Turnidge J.
Med J Aust. 1994 Aug 15;161(4):263-4.
PMID: 8047034 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]