Publications

encroachment of echinococcus granulosus into urban areas in eastern queensland, australia.	to investigate the prevalence of echinococcus granulosus in wild dogs (dingos and dingo-domestic dog hybrids) living in and around human habitation on fraser island and in townships of the maroochy shire, on queensland's sunshine coast, australia.	2008	18673469
serological evidence of coxiella burnetii exposure in native marsupials and introduced animals in queensland, australia.	summarythe state of queensland has the highest incidence of q fever in australia. in recent years, there has been an increase in human cases where no contacts with the typical reservoir animals or occupations were reported. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of coxiella burnetii in australian native animals and introduced animals in northern and southeastern queensland. australian native marsupials sampled included the brushtail possum (trichosurus vulpecula) and common no ...	2011	21892986
dingoes (canis dingo meyer, 1793) continue to be an important reservoir host of dirofilaria immitis in low density housing areas in australia.	heartworm (dirofilaria immitis) is a parasitic nematode responsible for canine and feline cardiopulmonary dirofilariasis and human zoonotic filariosis in both tropical and temperate regions throughout the world. importantly, this study in the wet tropics of far north queensland found d. immitis remains at high prevalence (72.7%) in wild dingoes in low density housing areas in australia. this prevalence is equivalent to the highest levels seen in wild dogs in australia and represents an ongoing r ...	2016	26790730