| smoking and infectious agents and risk of in situ cervical cancer in sydney, australia. | in a study of 116 in situ cervical cancer patients and 193 matched community controls in sydney, australia, smoking was found to be a major risk factor. current smokers had a adjusted relative risk [rr] of 4.5 compared to nonsmokers [95% confidence interval (ci) 2.2-9.1] and exsmokers a rr of 1.3 [95% ci 0.6-3.0]. there was a stepwise dose-response relationship between risk and number of cigarettes smoked (30+ cigarettes/day, rr = 5.1, 95% ci 1.5-17.3); this dose-response relationship was more m ... | 1989 | 2547521 |
| post-transfusion hepatitis in australia. report of the australian red cross study. | post-transfusion hepatitis developed in 2% of 842 cardiac-surgery patients surveyed in sydney (4 cases per 1000 units of transfused blood). 3 of the 18 cases were caused by hepatitis b virus even though all units of blood which contained hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) had been rejected. 1 case was caused by cytomegalovirus, and there were 14 (78%) cases of non-a, non-b hepatitis. a significantly higher proportion of the units of blood given to the patients in whom non-a, non-b hepatitis dev ... | 1982 | 6119566 |
| a serologic survey for viruses and mycoplasma pulmonis among wild house mice (mus domesticus) in southeastern australia. | plasma samples from 267 wild house mice (mus domesticus) trapped at 14 sites in southeastern australia were screened for antibody to 14 viruses normally associated with laboratory-reared rodents and to mycoplasma pulmonis. serologic prevalence was high for murine cytomegalovirus (99%, n = 94), murine coronavirus (95%), and murine rotavirus (74%). samples from mice collected at all sites contained antibody to these viruses. the serologic prevalence was lower for mouse adenovirus, strain k87 (37%) ... | 1993 | 8487371 |
| trends in incidence of aids illnesses in australia from 1983 to 1994: the australian aids cohort. | to assess time trends in incidence of aids illnesses in australia, a retrospective cohort of people diagnosed with aids from january 1, 1983 to december 31, 1994 in three hiv medicine units in sydney, melbourne, and perth was established. data on initial and subsequent aids illnesses were available for 2580 aids cases, or 45% of australian aids notifications over the study period. males represented 97.2% of the cohort, and hiv exposure category was homosexual contact for 89.9%. subcohorts were f ... | 1997 | 9377123 |
| congenital and perinatal infections with cytomegalovirus. | congenital cytomegalovirus (cmv) infections remain the leading viral cause of congenital malformations in the developed world. despite advances in our knowledge, the epidemiology and natural history of congenital cmv infection are still poorly understood, particularly in australia. congenital cmv causes illness ranging from no clinical disease (asymptomatic, but infected) through to prematurity, encephalitis, deafness and haematological disorders and death. perinatal cmv acquisition usually resu ... | 2001 | 11328477 |
| outcome of overseas commercial kidney transplantation: an australian perspective. | lack of donors has led to a worldwide increase in commercial kidney transplantation programs where recipients acquire kidneys either from executed prisoners or live non-related donors. commercial transplantation is prohibited by legislation in australia. our centres have had 16 patients who have travelled overseas to receive a commercial kidney transplant; five have subsequently died. as has been found previously, patients who received commercial transplants were more likely to develop infection ... | 2005 | 15748132 |
| symptomatic infant characteristics of congenital cytomegalovirus disease in australia. | human cytomegalovirus (cmv) is the most common cause of viral intrauterine infection. in utero transmission can occur during primary maternal infection, reactivation or reinfection of seropositive mothers. | 2005 | 16101982 |
| multiplex pcr testing detection of higher-than-expected rates of cervical mycoplasma, ureaplasma, and trichomonas and viral agent infections in sexually active australian women. | knowing the prevalence of potential etiologic agents of nongonococcal and nonchlamydial cervicitis is important for improving the efficacy of empirical treatments for this commonly encountered condition. we describe four multiplex pcrs (mpcrs), designated vdl05, vdl06, vdl07, and vdl09, which facilitate the detection of a wide range of agents either known to be or putatively associated with cervicitis, including cytomegalovirus (cmv), enterovirus (ev), epstein-barr virus (ebv), varicella-zoster ... | 2009 | 19261782 |
| increased activity and improved outcome in unrelated donor haemopoietic cell transplants for acute myeloid leukaemia in australia, 1992-2005. | numbers of unrelated donor allogeneic haemopoietic cell transplants (hct) for acute myeloid leukaemia have increased in australia in recent years. the aims of this study were to investigate the components of this change and find contributing factors to changes in outcome. | 2011 | 20492003 |
| congenital cytomegalovirus--time to diagnosis, management and clinical sequelae in australia: opportunities for earlier identification. | to report on the burden of disease in australian infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (ccmv) infection in the era of neonatal hearing screening and improved diagnostic techniques. | 2011 | 21692718 |
| antenatal screening practice for infectious diseases by general practitioners in australia. | this study aimed to assess self-reported screening practice in the antenatal setting, factors associated with screening, barriers to universal testing for hiv and follow-up for infants born to hepatitis c virus (hcv)-infected women. | 2009 | 19281578 |
| aids and the eye. a 10-year experience. | the aids database at fairfield hospital, melbourne, maintains information on eye pathology as identified by the three visiting ophthalmologists. patients underwent an eye consultation: if they had ocular symptoms; if signs were seen on direct ophthalmoscopy by physicians; or when their cd4+ve cell count fell below 50/microl. the first aids-associated eye signs were identified in mid-1984. in the subsequent decade, 3257 patients in victoria tested positive for hiv, and 845 of the 1123 who develop ... | 1996 | 8743007 |
| aids and related conditions. one year's experience in st. vincent's hospital, sydney. | fifty-six patients were referred in 1983 for assessment in connection with aids and related disorders. clinical and immunological classification of patients was carried out according to the nhmrc criteria. the presence of antibodies to an aids-associated retrovirus (arv) was determined in some patients. of the 32 patients who could be categorized, three patients had aids, and all three had serum antibodies to arv. fifteen patients had lymphadenopathy syndrome with impaired t-cell immunity. ten o ... | 1984 | 6092882 |