Publications
Here you can see the latest outputs from our research and engagement as well as other works that have been published by members of the Q Fever Group. Please feel free to contact us if you require access to publication full texts.
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Other Publications
2023
Hou, K., Firestone, S.M., Stevenson, M. (2023). Scenario tree modelling to inform surveillance design for maintaining freedom from Coxiella burnetii infection in Australian commercial dairy goat herds. Preventative Veterinary Medicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106024.
2022
Hou, K., Wiethoelter, A., Stevenson, M., Soares Magalhaes, R., Lignereux, L., Caraguel, C., … Firestone, S. (2022). A cross-sectional survey of risk factors for the presence of Coxiella burnetii in Australian commercial dairy goat farms. Australian Veterinary Journal, 100(7), pp. 296-305. DOI: 10.1111/avj.13163
Tolpinrud, A., Stenos, J., Chaber, A., Devlin, J. M., Herbert, C., Pas, A., … Firestone, S. M. (2022). Validation of an Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay and Commercial Q Fever Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Use in Macropods. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 60(7), pp. 12-. DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00236-22
Proboste T., Clark N.J., Tozer S., Wood C., Lambert S.B., Soares Magalhães R.J. (2022). Profiling Risk Factors for Household and Community Spatiotemporal Clusters of Q Fever Notifications in Queensland between 2002 and 2017. Pathogens, 11(8):830. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11080830
Abeykoon, A. H., Poon, M., Firestone, S. M., Stevenson, M. A., Wiethoelter, A. K. & Vincent, G. A. (2022). Performance Evaluation and Validation of Air Samplers To Detect Aerosolized Coxiella burnetii. Microbiology Spectrum, pp. 11-. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00655-22
Voss, L., Huaman, J., Pacioni, C., Tolpinrud, A., Helbig, K., Carvalho, T. & Firestone, S. (2022). Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in wild deer populations in eastern Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal, pp. 9- DOI:. 10.1111/avj.13223
Tan, T. S. E., Hernandez‐Jover, M., Hayes, L. M., Wiethoelter, A. K., Firestone, S. M., Stevenson, M. A., & Heller, J. (2022). Identifying scenarios and risk factors for Q fever outbreaks using qualitative analysis of expert opinion. Zoonoses and Public Health. DOI: 10.1111/zph.12923
Gardner, B.R., Stenos, J., Hufschmid, J., Arnould, J.P., McIntosh, R.R., Tadepalli, M., Tolpinrud, A., Marenda, M., Lynch, M. and Stent, A. (2022). An old pathogen in a new environment–implications of Coxiella burnetii in Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferos). Frontiers in Marine Science, p.6. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.809075
2021
Wood, CM, Perkins, NR, Tozer, SJ, Johnson, W, Barnes, TS, McGowan, M, Gibson, JS, Alawneh, J, Firestone, SM, & Woldeyohannes, SM (2021). Prevalence and spatial distribution of Coxiella burnetii seropositivity in northern Australian beef cattle adjusted for diagnostic test uncertainty. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 189, 105282. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105282
Proboste, T, Deressa, FB, Li, Y, Kal, DO, Gelalcha, BD, Soares Magalhães RJ (2021) Geographical Variation in Coxiella burnetii Seroprevalence in a Dairy Farm Located in South-Western Ethiopia: Understanding the Broader Community Risk. Pathogens, 10(6), 646. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10060646
2020
Caraguel C, Bassett S, González-Barrio D, Elsworth P and Chaber A-L (2020). Comparison of three serological tests for the detection of Coxiella burnetii specific antibodies in European wild rabbits. BMC Veterinary Research, 16: 1-5. DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02526-w.
Abeykoon AMH, Clark NJ, Soares Magalhães RJ, Vincent GA, Stevenson MA, Firestone SM, Wiethoelter A (2020) Coxiella burnetii in the environment: A systematic review and critical appraisal of sampling methods. Zoonoses and Public Health DOI: 10.1111/zph.12791.
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Canevari, JT (2020) Q fever in intensively managed dairy goats: Transmission dynamics, production losses and control interventions, PhD thesis. https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/items/fd18c7f9-dfca-5259-af40-6d51539d9ede
2019
Wood, C., Muleme, M., Tan, T., Bosward, K., Gibson, J., Alawneh, J., McGowan, M., Barnes, T.S., Stenos, J., Perkins, N., Firestone, S.M. & Tozer, S. (2019) Validation of an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for the detection of IgG antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in bovine serum. Prev. Vet. Med., 169, 104698.
Clark, N.J., Caraguel, C., Heller, J., Soares Magalhães, R.J. and Firestone, S. Australia’s drought could be increasing Q fever risk, but there are ways we can protect ourselves. The Conversation. March 12, 2019.
2018
Canevari, J.T., Firestone, S.M., Vincent, G., Campbell, A., Tan, T., Muleme, M., Cameron, A.W.N. & Stevenson, M.A., 2018. The prevalence of Coxiella burnetii shedding in dairy goats at the time of parturition in an endemically infected enterprise and associated milk yield losses. BMC Vet. Res. 14(1):353.
Bond, K.A., Franklin, L., Sutton, B., Stevenson, M.A., Firestone, S.M., 2018. A review of 20 years of human acute Q Fever notifications in Victoria, 1994-2013. Aust. Vet. J. 96:223-230.
Clark N., Soares Magalhães R.J., 2018. Airborne geographical dispersal of Q Fever from livestock holdings to human communities: a systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence. BMC Infect. Dis. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3135-4.
2017
Bond, K.A., Franklin, L.J., Sutton, B., Firestone, S.M., 2017. Q-Vax Q fever vaccine failures, Victoria, Australia 1994–2013. Vaccine 35, 7084-7087. DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.10.088
Muleme (2017) Coxiella burnetii infections in intensively-managed dairy goats: elucidation of transmission dynamics and vaccination strategies, PhD thesis. https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/197548
Muleme, M., Stenos, J., Vincent, G., Wilks, C.R., Devlin, J.M., Campbell, A., Cameron, A., Stevenson, M.A., Graves, S., Firestone, S.M., 2017. Peripartum dynamics of Coxiella burnetii infections in intensively managed dairy goats associated with a Q fever outbreak in Australia. Prev. Vet. Med. 139, 58-66.
2016
Muleme, M., Stenos, J., Vincent, G., Campbell, A., Graves, S., Warner, S., Devlin, J.M., Nguyen, C., Stevenson, M.A., Wilks, C.R., Firestone, S.M., 2016. Bayesian validation of the indirect immuno-fluorescence assay and its superiority to the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and complement fixation test for detecting antibodies against Coxiella burnetii in goat serum. Clin. Vaccine Immunol., CVI. 00724-00715.
2015
Stevenson, M.A., Firestone, S.M., 2015. Veterinary epidemiology and ‘One Health’ in Australasia. Aust. Epidemiol. 22, 35-38.
Bond, K.A., Vincent, G., Wilks, C.R., Franklin, L., Sutton, B., Stenos, J., Cowan, R., Lim, K., Athan, E., Harris, O., Macfarlane-Berry, L., Segal, Y., Firestone, S.M., 2015. One Health approach to controlling a Q fever outbreak on an Australian goat farm. Epidemiol. Infect., 1-13.
Other Q Fever Group Member Publications
Simon Firestone (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=z9_YatsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra)
John Stenos (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=_bobtt0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra)
Ricardo Soares Magalhães (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=aAh0t1AAAAAJ&hl=en)
Nicholas Clark (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=5bO9uxEAAAAJ&hl=en)
Charles Caraguel (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=X2131y0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)
Jane Heller (https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=JZA_jFYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao)