Publications by authors named "Adelaide Nyinawingeri"
Background: Legionella pneumophila can cause severe respiratory disease and is notifiable in NSW. An analysis of notifications linked to hospitalisation and death data over the period 2010-2022 was conducted to determine the burden of disease and any association with the introduction of NSW regulatory changes in 2018.
Methods: Cases were retrospectively identified from the Notifiable Conditions Records for Epidemiology and Surveillance (NCRES).
Background And Objectives: Strategies to improve vaccination rates have been implemented with considerable benefits. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of a supported general practice intervention to 'catch up' overdue children.
Method: Between 2017 and 2018, a public health nurse visited 23 general practices with high numbers of overdue children to assist staff identify and follow up truly overdue children.
Objective: To determine whether a clinical scoring system (the mPRIEST score) could be used to identify an emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) variant with increased clinical severity.
Design: Cross sectional study comparing two time periods (Delta and Omicron waves).
Setting: Public Emergency Departments in Northern Sydney Local Health District.
Background: Pertussis continues to be a significant public health problem despite high levels of vaccination. Although hospitalizations and deaths among children greater than 12 months of age are much less frequent than among infants less than 6 months of age, only limited information is available for this age group on other measures of morbidity.
Methods: A cross-sectional study with a 6-week follow-up component was conducted in New South Wales, Australia in 2017 to measure morbidity among children 12-59 months of age notified to health authorities.