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Research 18 Oct 2021

The impact of re‐opening the international border on COVID‐19 hospitalisations in Australia: a modelling study

Mark J Hanly, Timothy Churches, Oisin Fitzgerald, Jeffrey J Post, C Raina MacIntyre and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 39-42 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 18 Oct 2021

Congenital syphilis on the rise: the importance of testing and recognition

Mandy X Wu, Aoife Moore, Mandy Seel, Sumi Britton, Judith Dean, Janet Sharpe, Garry Inglis and Clare B Nourse

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 345-346.e1

Research letters 18 Oct 2021

The readability of official public health information on COVID‐19

Olivia A Mac, Danielle M Muscat, Julie Ayre, Pinika Patel and Kirsten J McCaffery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 373-375 Free

Research 4 Oct 2021

Drivers of the summer influenza epidemic in New South Wales, 2018–19

Celeste K Marsh, Vicky Sheppeard, Sean Tobin, Robin Gilmour and Ross M Andrews

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 33-38 Free

Research 20 Sep 2021

Failures of quarantine systems for preventing COVID‐19 outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand

Leah Grout, Ameera Katar, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Jennifer A Summers, Amanda Kvalsvig, Michael G Baker, Tony Blakely and Nick Wilson

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 320-324 Free

Research 20 Sep 2021

Adding saliva testing to oropharyngeal and deep nasal swab testing increases PCR detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in primary care and children

Jane Oliver, Shidan Tosif, Lai‐yang Lee, Anna‐Maria Costa, Chelsea Bartel, Katherine Last, Vanessa Clifford, Andrew Daley, Nicole Allard, Catherine Orr, Ashley Nind, Karyn Alexander, Niamh Meagher, Michelle Sait, Susan A Ballard, Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond, Deborah A Williamson, Nigel W Crawford and Katherine B Gibney

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 273-278 Free

Letters 20 Sep 2021

A hospital‐wide response to multiple outbreaks of COVID‐19 in health care workers: lessons learned from the field

Diana Egerton-Warburton, Lisa Kuhn and Daphne Flynn

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 286-286.e1 Free

Perspectives 6 Sep 2021

Updated Australian guidance for health care providers about “undetectable = untransmittable” for HIV

James H McMahon, Brent Allan, Daniel Grace and Nic Holas

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 201-202.e1

Research 6 Sep 2021

Modelling direct and herd protection effects of vaccination against the SARS‐CoV‐2 Delta variant in Australia

Emma S McBryde, Michael T Meehan, Jamie M Caldwell, Adeshina I Adekunle, Samson T Ogunlade, MD Abdul Kuddus, Romain Ragonnet, Pavithra Jayasundara, James M Trauer and Robert C Cope

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 427-432 Free

Letters 6 Sep 2021

Challenges in delivering telemedicine to vulnerable populations: experiences of an addiction medical service during COVID‐19

Anthony Hew, Shalini Arunogiri and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 237-237.e1 Free

Research letters 6 Sep 2021

Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Yan Cheng, Clare Boerma, Lucy Peck, Jessica R Botfield, Jane Estoesta and Kevin McGeechan

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 371-372 Free

Research letter 6 Sep 2021

The incidence of cardiac complications in patients hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia: the AUS‐COVID study

Kunwardeep S Bhatia, William Gaal, Leonard Kritharides, Clara K Chow and Ravinay Bhindi, on behalf of the AUS‐COVID Investigators

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 279-279 Free

Research letter 23 Aug 2021

Prescribing of direct‐acting antiviral therapy by general practitioners for people with hepatitis C in an unrestricted treatment program

Fergus Stafford, Gregory J Dore, Shawn Clackett, Marianne Martinello, Gail V Matthews, Jason Grebely, Anne C Balcomb and Behzad Hajarizadeh

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 332-333 Free

Research letters 16 Aug 2021

Background rates of hospital transfer and death in Australian aged care facilities: estimates to assist interpretation of rates after COVID‐19 vaccination

Hazel J Clothier, Yonatan M Mesfin, Steven Strange and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 180-181 Free

Letters 16 Aug 2021

Syphilitic hepatitis: an increasingly common presentation of an epidemic disease

Matthew Smale, William R Connell and Julien D Schulberg

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 190-190.e1

Perspectives 16 Aug 2021

Effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines: findings from real world studies

David A Henry, Mark A Jones, Paulina Stehlik and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 149-151.e1 Free

Editorials 16 Aug 2021

COVID‐19 in children: time for a new strategy

Mary‐Louise McLaws

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 212-213 Free

Perspectives 16 Aug 2021

We are not doing enough to prevent the spread of COVID‐19 and other respiratory viruses in Australian hospitals

Peter AB Wark, C Raina MacIntyre, Scott Bell, Brian Oliver and Guy B Marks

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 152-153.e1 Free

Research 16 Aug 2021

The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children who presented to Australian hospitals during 2020: a PREDICT network study

Laila F Ibrahim, Doris Tham, Vimuthi Chong, Mark Corden, Simon Craig, Paul Buntine, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Shane George, Amit Kochar, Sharon O’Brien, Karen Robins‐Browne, Shidan Tosif, Andrew Daley, Sarah McNab, Nigel W Crawford, Catherine Wilson and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 217-221 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 16 Aug 2021