Professor Theo Sloots
Academic Title Holder & Honorary Professor
Child Health Research Centre
+61 7 3069 7487
Researcher biography
Professor Theo Sloots is a PhD graduate in Microbiology, with a special interest in molecular microbiology and medical virology. He is the Director of Research at the Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases (QPID) laboratory at the Queensland Children's Medical Research Institute, Brisbane. His laboratory conducts basic and applied research in infectious diseases, particularly respiratory and gastrointestinal infections, applies molecular technology to the diagnosis and characterisation of microorganisms, and investigates undiagnosed infectious disease in children. The QPID laboratory is considered a Centre of Excellence in diagnostic microbiology. Over the last 10 years Prof Sloots has attracted research funding in excess of $14 million from external granting bodies such as the NHMRC, ARC, NIH and the Children's Health Foundation. He has published extensively with 205 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and books.He is a Fellow of the Australian Society for Microbiology and a Foundation Fellow, Faculty of Science (RCPA).
Book Chapters
Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2016). Molecular amplification methods in diagnostic virology. In Lennette's Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections, Fourth Edition (pp. 19-39) : CRC Press.
Rockett, Rebecca J., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Bialasiewicz, Seweryn (2016). Human polyomaviruses. In Michael J. Loeffelholz, Richard L. Hodinka, Stephen A. Young and Benjamin A. Pinsky (Ed.), Clinical Virology Manual 5th ed. (pp. 427-442) Washington DC, United States: American Society for Microbiology (ASM). doi:10.1128/9781555819156
Liang, Fang, Arora, Neetika, Zhang, Kang Liang, Yeh, David Che Cheng, Lai, Richard, Pearson, Darnley, Barnett, Graeme, Whiley, David, Sloots, Theo, Corrie, Simon R. and Barnard, Ross T. (2013). A new, multiplex, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction system for nucleic acid detection and quantification. In Dmitry M. Kolpashchikov and Yulia V. Gerasimova (Ed.), Nucleic acid detection: methods and protocols (pp. 51-68) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-535-4_4
Goire, Namraj, Sloots, Theo P., Whiley, David M. and Nissen, Michael D. (2012). Protocol for the molecular detection of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. In Colin R. MacKenzie and Birgit Henrich (Ed.), Diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases (pp. 319-328) Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-937-2_22
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Mackay, Ian M., Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2012). Protocol for the use of enzyme-linked hybridization assays for genital ulcer disease. In Colin R. MacKenzie and Birgit Henrich (Ed.), Diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases (pp. 225-233) New York, NY, United States: Humana Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-937-2_14
Nissen, Michael D., Lambert, Stephen B., Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2010). Respiratory infections. In Margret Schuller, Theo P. Sloots, Gregory S. James, Catriona L. Halliday and Ian W. J. Carter (Ed.), PCR for clinical microbiology: an Australian and international perspective (pp. 67-82) Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9039-3_5
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2010). Malaria (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale). In Margaret Schuller, Theo P. Sloots, Gregory S. James, Catriona L. Halliday and Ian W.J. Carter (Ed.), PCR for clinical microbiology : An Australian and international perspective (pp. 373-377) Dordrecht ; London: Springer Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9039-3_64
Mackay I M, Bustin, S. A., Andrade, J. M., Kubista, M and Sloots, T P (2007). Quantification of Microorganisms: not Human, not Simple, not Quick.. In Mackay, I. M. (Ed.), Real-Time PCR in Microbiology From Diagnosis to Characterization. 1 ed. (pp. 133-182) United Kingdom: Horizon Press - Calister Academic Press.
Mackay, I. M., Mackay, J. F., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2007). Real-time PCR; History and Fluorgenic Chemistries. In Mackay, I. M. (Ed.), Real-Time PCR in Microbiology From diagnosis to characterization 1 ed. (pp. 1-40) United Kingdom: Horizon Press - Calister Academic Press.
Mackay, I. M., Arden, K. E., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2007). Challenges Facing Real-time PCR Characterization of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections.. In Mackay, I.M. (Ed.), Real-Time PCR in Microbiology from Diagnosis to Characterization. 1 ed. (pp. 269-318) United Kingdom: Horizon Press - Calister Academic Press.
Beld, M. G. H. M., Mackay, I. M., Sloots, T. P. and et. al. (2007). Experts' roundtable: Real time PCR and microbiology. In Ian M. Mackay (Ed.), Real-Time PCR in Microbiology From diagnosis to characterization (pp. 357-444) Norfolk, United Kingdom: Caister Academic.
Ratcliff, M., Chang, G., Kok, T. W. and Sloots, T. P. (2006). Molecular diagnosis of medical viruses. In Juluri R. Rao, Colin C. Fleming and John E. Moore (Ed.), Current Technology and Applicantions (pp. 269-298) Norfold, United Kingdom: Horizon Bioscience.
Whiley, D. M. and Sloots, T. P. (2006). Clinical Virology. In M. Tevfik Dorak (Ed.), Real-Time PCR 1 ed. (pp. 231-276) UK: Taylor & Francis.
Journal Articles
Smith-Vaughan, Heidi C., Binks, Michael J., Beissbarth, Jemima, Chang, Anne B., McCallum, Gabrielle B., Mackay, Ian M., Morris, Peter S., Marsh, Robyn L., Torzillo, Paul J., Wurzel, Danielle F., Grimwood, Keith, Nosworthy, Elizabeth, Gaydon, Jane E., Leach, Amanda J., MacHunter, Barbara, Chatfield, Mark D., Sloots, Theo P. and Cheng, Allen C. (2018) Bacteria and viruses in the nasopharynx immediately prior to onset of acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous Australian children. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 37 9: 1785-1794. doi:10.1007/s10096-018-3314-7
Sarna, Mohinder, Lambert, Stephen B., Sloots, Theo P., Whiley, David M., Alsaleh, Asma, Mhango, Lebogang, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Wang, David, Nissen, Michael D., Grimwood, Keith and Ware, Robert S. (2017) Viruses causing lower respiratory symptoms in young children: findings from the ORChID birth cohort. Thorax, 73 10: thoraxjnl-2017. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210233
Sarna, Mohinder, Ware, Robert S., Lambert, Stephen B., Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D. and Grimwood, Keith (2017) Timing of First Respiratory Virus Detections in Infants: A Community-Based Birth Cohort Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217 3: 418-427. doi:10.1093/infdis/jix599
Teoh, Laurel, Mackay, Ian M, Van Asperen, Peter P, Acworth, Jason P, Hurwitz, Mark, Upham, John W, Siew, Weng Hou, Wang, Claire Y T, Sloots, Theo P, Neeman, Teresa and Chang, Anne B (2017) Presence of atopy increases the risk of asthma relapse. Archives of disease in childhood, 103 4: 346-351. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2017-312982
Arden, Katherine E., Heney, Claire, Shaban, Babak, Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2017) Detection of Toscana virus from an adult traveler returning to Australia with encephalitis. Journal of Medical Virology, 89 10: 1861-1864. doi:10.1002/jmv.24839
Tang, Julian W., Lam, Tommy T., Zaraket, Hassan, Lipkin, W. Ian, Drews, Steven J., Hatchette, Todd F., Heraud, Jean-Michel, Koopmans, Marion P., the INSPIRE investigators, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn , Sloots, Theo and Tozer, Sarah (2017) Global epidemiology of non-influenza RNA respiratory viruses: data gaps and a growing need for surveillance?. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 17 10: E320-E326. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30238-4
Ye, Suifang, Whiley, David M., Ware, Robert S., Sloots, Theo P., Kirkwood, Carl D., Grimwood, Keith and Lambert, Stephen B. (2017) Detection of viruses in weekly stool specimens collected during the first 2 years of life: a pilot study of five healthy Australian infants in the rotavirus vaccine era. Journal of Medical Virology, 89 5: 917-921. doi:10.1002/jmv.24716
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Hall, Kerry K., Sloots, Theo P., Anderson, Jennie and Chang, Anne B. (2017) Upper airway viruses and bacteria in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Brisbane, Australia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17 1: . doi:10.1186/s12879-017-2349-1
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Grimwood, Keith, Toombs, Maree, Sloots, Theo P., Otim, Michael, Whiley, David, Anderson, Jennie, Rablin, Sheree, Torzillo, Paul J., Buntain, Helen, Connor, Anne, Adsett, Don, Meng Kar, Oon and Chang, Anne B. (2017) Effectiveness of a cough management algorithm at the transitional phase from acute to chronic cough in Australian children aged <15 years: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 7 3: e013796. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013796
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Grimwood, Keith, Sloots, Theo P., Whiley, David M., Acworth, Jason P., Phillips, Natalie, Marchant, Julie, Goyal, Vikas and Chang, Anne B. (2017) Upper airway viruses and bacteria and clinical outcomes in children with cough. Pediatric Pulmonology, 52 3: 373-381. doi:10.1002/ppul.23527
Li-Kim-Moy, Jean P., Yin, Jiehui K., Heron, Leon, Leask, Julie, Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael, Sloots, Theo and Booy, Robert (2017) Influenza vaccine efficacy in young children attending childcare: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53 1: 47-54. doi:10.1111/jpc.13313
Sarna, Mohinder, Alsaleh, Asma, Lambert, Stephen B., Ware, Robert S., Mhango, Lebogang P., Mackay, Ian M., Whiley, David M., Sloots, Theo P. and Grimwood, Keith (2016) Respiratory viruses in neonates: a prospective, community-based birth cohort study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 35 12: 1355-1357. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000001316
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Hart, Gareth, Oliver, Kimberly, Agnihotri, Shruti P., Koralnik, Igor J., Viscidi, Raphael, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P., Burke, Michael T., Isbel, Nicole M. and Burke, John (2016) A difficult decision: atypical JC polyomavirus encephalopathy in a kidney transplant recipient. Transplantation, 101 6: 1461-1467. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000001275
McCarthy, James S., Marquart, Louise, Sekuloski, Silvana, Trenholme, Katherine, Elliott, Suzanne, Griffin, Paul, Rockett, Rebecca, O'Rourke, Peter, Sloots, Theo, Angulo-Barturen, Inigo, Ferrer, Santiago, Jimenez-Diaz, Maria Belen, Martinez, Maria-Santos, van Huijsduijnen, Rob Hoof, Duparc, Stephan, Leroy, Didier, Wells, Timothy N. C., Baker, Mark and Mohrle, Jorg J. (2016) Linking murine and human Plasmodium falciparum challenge models in a translational path for antimalarial drug development. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 60 6: 3669-3675. doi:10.1128/AAC.02883-15
O'Grady, K. F., Grimwood, K., Sloots, T. P., Whiley, D. M., Acworth, J. P., Phillips, N., Goyal, V. and Chang, A. B. (2016) Prevalence, codetection and seasonal distribution of upper airway viruses and bacteria in children with acute respiratory illnesses with cough as a symptom. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 22 6: 527-534. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2016.02.004
Sarna, Mohinder, Ware, Robert S., Sloots, Theo, Nissen, Michael, Grimwood, Keith and Lambert, Stephen (2016) The burden of community-managed acute respiratory infections in the first 2-years of life. Pediatric Pulmonology, 51 12: 1336-1346. doi:10.1002/ppul.23480
Bialasiewicz, S., Rockett, R. J., Barraclough, K. A., Leary, D., Dudley, K. J., Isbel, N. M. and Sloots, T. P. (2016) Detection of recently discovered human polyomaviruses in a longitudinal kidney transplant cohort. American Journal of Transplantation, 16 9: 2734-2740. doi:10.1111/ajt.13799
Trembizki, Ella, Doyle, Christine, Buckley, Cameron, Jennison, Amy, Smith, Helen, Bates, John, Sloots, Theo, Nissen, Michael, Lahra, Monica M. and Whiley, David (2015) Estimating the prevalence of mixed-type gonococcal infections in Queensland, Australia. Sexual Health, 12 5: 439-444. doi:10.1071/SH15009
Syrmis, Melanie W., Pandey, Sushi, Tolson, Carla, Carter, Robyn, Congdon, Jake, Sloots, Theo, Coulter, Christopher and Whiley, David (2015) Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus complex and M. abscessus subsp massiliense culture isolates by real-time assays. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 64 790-794. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.000085
Hall, Kerry K., Chang, Anne B., Sloots, Theo P., Anderson, Jennie, Kemp, Anita, Hammill, Jan, Otim, Michael and O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F. (2015) The respiratory health of urban indigenous children aged less than 5 years: study protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics, 15 1: 1-8. doi:10.1186/s12887-015-0375-y
McCallum, Gabrielle B., Morris, Peter S., Grimwood, Keith, Maclennan, Carolyn, White, Andrew V., Chatfield, Mark D., Sloots, Theo P., Mackay, Ian M., Smith-Vaughan, Heidi, McKay, Clare C., Versteegh, Lesley A., Jacobsen, Nerida, Mobberley, Charmaine, Byrnes, Catherine A. and Chang, Anne B. (2015) Three-weekly doses of azithromycin for indigenous infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis: a multicentre, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 3 32.1-32.9. doi:10.3389/fped.2015.00032
Rockett, Rebecca, Barraclough K.A., Isbel, Nicole M., Dudley, Kevin J., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Bialasiewicz, Seweryn (2015) Specific rolling circle amplification of low-copy human polyomaviruses BKV, HPyV6, HPyV7, TSPyV, and STLPyV. Journal of Virological Methods, 215-216 17-21. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.02.004
Arden, Katherine E., Beatson, Scott A., Lambert, Stephen B., Wang, Claire W. T., McVernon, Jodie, Nissen, Michael D., Nolan, Terry, Sloots, Theo P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2015) Deep sequence characterisation of a divergent HPIV-4a from an adult with prolonged influenza-like illness. Virology Reports, 5 19-28. doi:10.1016/j.virep.2015.02.001
Ye, S., Lambert, S. B., Grimwood, K., Roczo-Farkas, S., Nimmo, G. R., Sloots, T. P., Kirkwood, C. D. and Whiley, D. M. (2015) Comparison of test specificities of commercial antigen-based assays and in-house PCR methods for detection of rotavirus in stool specimens. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53 1: 295-297. doi:10.1128/JCM.02251-14
Whiley, David M., Mackay, Ian M., Nimmo, Graeme R., Sloots, Theo P. and Nissen, Michael D. (2014) Enhancing influenza diagnostics to catch a shifting target. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 14 10: 923-923. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70916-8
Trembizki, Ella, Smith, Helen, Lahra, Monica M., Chen, Marcus, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Regan, David, Ward, James, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2014) High-throughput informative single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69 6: 1526-1532. doi:10.1093/jac/dkt544
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, McVernon, Jodie, Nolan, Terry, Lambert, Stephen B., Zhao, Guoyan, Wang, David, Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2014) Detection of a divergent Parainfluenza 4 virus in an adult patient with influenza like illness using next-generation sequencing. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 1: 275.1-275.5. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-275
Syrmis, Melanie W., Kidd, Timothy J., Moser, Ralf J., Ramsay, Kay A., Gibson, Kristen M., Anuj, Snehal, Bell, Scott C., Wainwright, Claire E., Grimwood, Keith, Nissen, Michael, Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2014) A comparison of two informative SNP-based strategies for typing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 1: 307.1-307.8. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-307
Dierig, Alexa, Heron, Leon G., Lambert, Stephen B., Yin, Jiehui Kevin, Leask, Julie, Chow, Maria Yui Kwan, Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D., Ridda, Iman and Booy, Robert (2014) Epidemiology of respiratory viral infections in children enrolled in a study of influenza vaccine effectiveness. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 8 3: 293-301. doi:10.1111/irv.12229
Gangell, C. L., Shackleton, C., Poreddy, S., Kappers, J., Gaydon, J. E., Sloots, T. P., Stick, S. M., Ranganathan, S. C. and Sly, P. D. (2014) Feasibility of parental collected nasal swabs for virus detection in young children with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 13 6: 661-666. doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2014.02.009
Tozer, S.J., Lambert, S.B., Strong, C.L., Field, H.E., Sloots, T.P. and Nissen, M.D. (2014) Potential Animal and Environmental Sources of Q Fever Infection for Humans in Queensland. Zoonoses and Public Health, 61 2: 105-112. doi:10.1111/zph.12051
Alsaleh, Asma N., Whiley, David M., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lambert, Stephen B., Ware, Robert S., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Grimwood, Keith (2014) Nasal swab samples and real-time polymerase chain reaction assays in community-based, longitudinal studies of respiratory viruses: the importance of sample integrity and quality control. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 1: 15. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-14-15
Trembizki, E., Lahra, M., Stevens, K., Freeman, K., Hogan, T., Hogg, G., Lawrence, A., Limnios, A., Pearson, J., Smith, H., Nissen, M., Sloots, T. and Whiley, D.M. (2014) A national quality assurance survey of Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 63 PART 1: 45-49. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.065094-0
Goire, Namraj, Lahra, Monica M., Chen, Marcus, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K., Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John, Regan, David, Ward, James, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2014) Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 12 3: 223-229. doi:10.1038/nrmicro3217
Alsaleh, A.N., Grimwood, K., Sloots, T.P. and Whiley, D.M. (2014) A retrospective performance evaluation of an adenovirus real-time PCR assay. Journal of Medical Virology, 86 5: 795-801. doi:10.1002/jmv.23844
Kapur, Nitin, Mackay, Ian M., Sloots, Theo P., Masters, Ian B. and Chang, Anne B. (2014) Respiratory viruses in exacerbations of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 99 8: 749-753. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-305147
Hackett, H., Bialasiewicz, S., Jacob, K., Bletchly, C., Harrower, B., Nimmo, G.R., Nissen, M.D., Sloots, T.P. and Whiley, D.M. (2014) Screening for H7N9 influenza A by matrix gene-based real-time reverse-transcription PCR. Journal of Virological Methods, 195 123-125. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.10.016
Sloots, T.P. and Nissen, M.D. (2014) PCR to diagnose infectious disease. European Pharmaceutical Review, 19 3: 68-74.
McCarthy, James S., Griffin, Paul M., Sekuloski, Silvana, Bright, A. Taylor, Rockett, Rebecca, Looke, David, Elliott, Suzanne, Whiley, David, Sloots, Theo, Winzeler, Elizabeth A. and Trenholme, Katharine R. (2013) Experimentally induced blood-stage plasmodium vivax infection in healthy volunteers. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 208 10: 1688-1694. doi:10.1093/infdis/jit394
O'Grady K.-A.F., Whiley D.M., Torzillo P.J., Sloots T.P. and Lambert S.B. (2013) Mailed versus frozen transport of nasal swabs for surveillance of respiratory bacteria in remote Indigenous communities in Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 13 543: 1-7. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-543
van der Meijden, Els, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Rockett, Rebecca J., Tozer, Sarah J., Sloots, Theo P. and Feltkamp, Mariet C. W. (2013) Different serologic behavior of MCPyV, TSPyV, HPyV6, HPyV7 and HPyV9 polyomaviruses found on the skin. PLoS One, 8 11: e81078.1-e81078.9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081078
McCallum G.B., Morris P.S., Chatfield M.D., Maclennan C., White A.V., Sloots T.P., Mackay I.M. and Chang A.B. (2013) A Single Dose of Azithromycin Does Not Improve Clinical Outcomes of Children Hospitalised with Bronchiolitis: A Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE, 8 9: 1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074316
Mackay, I. M., Wang, C. Y. T. and Sloots, T. P. (2013) Circularizing picornavirus genomes to rapidly obtain terminal sequence. Journal of Clinical Virology, 58 1: 286-287. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2013.04.020
Drescher, Benjamin J., Chang, Anne B., Phillips, Natalie, Acworth, Jason, Marchant, Julie, Sloots, Theo P., David, Michael and O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F. (2013) The development of chronic cough in children following presentation to a tertiary paediatric emergency department with acute respiratory illness: study protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics, 13 1: 1-9. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-13-125
Cox, Hannah C., Jacob, Kevin, Whiley, David M., Bletchly, Cheryl, Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2013) Bordetella holmesii and pertussis diagnosis: authors' reply. Pathology, 45 5: 532-532. doi:10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283639c0d
Bialasiewicz, S., Cho, Y., Rockett, R., Preston, J., Wood, S., Fleming, S., Shepherd, B., Barraclough, K., Sloots, T. P. and Isbel, N. (2013) Association of micropapillary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and BK viruria in kidney transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease, 15 3: 283-289. doi:10.1111/tid.12072
Ye, S., Roczo-Farkas, S., Whiley, D. M., Lambert, S. B., Robson, J., Heney, C., Nimmo, G., Grimwood, K., Sloots, T. P. and Kirkwood, C. D. (2013) Evidence of false-positive results in a commercially available rotavirus assay in the vaccine era, Australia, 2011 to 2012. Eurosurveillance, 18 21: 14-18.
Rockett, Rebecca J., Sloots, Theo P., Bowes, Sharleen, O'Neill, Nicholas, Ye, Suifang, Robson, Jenny, Whiley, David M., Lambert, Stephen B., Wang, David, Nissen, Michael D. and Bialasiewicz, Seweryn (2013) Detection of novel polyomaviruses, TSPyV, HPyV6, HPyV7, HPyV9 and MWPyV in feces, urine, blood, respiratory swabs and cerebrospinal fluid. PLoS ONE, 8 5: e62764.1-e62764.9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062764
Syrmis, Melanie W., Moser, Ralf J., Kidd, Timothy J., Hunt, Priscilla, Ramsay, Kay A., Bell, Scott C., Wainwright, Claire E., Grimwood, Keith, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2013) High-throughput single-nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of shared Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in cystic fibrosis patients using the Sequenom iPLEX platform. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 62 5: 734-740. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.055905-0
Howard, Peter F., Mccaw, James M., Richmond, Peter C., Nissen, Michael, Sloots, Theo, Lambert, Stephen B., Lai, Michael, Greenberg, Michael, Nolan, Terry and Mcvernon, Jodie (2013) Virus detection and its association with symptoms during influenza-like illness in a sample of healthy adults enrolled in a randomised controlled vaccine trial. Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 7 3: 330-339. doi:10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00395.x
Mackay, Ian M., Lambert, Stephen B., Faux, Cassandra E., Arden, Katherine E., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Nolan, Terence M. (2013) Community-wide, contemporaneous circulation of a broad spectrum of human rhinoviruses in healthy Australian preschool-aged children during a 12-month period. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 207 9: 1433-1441. doi:10.1093/infdis/jis476
Goire, N., Lahra, M. M., Ohnishi, M., Hogan, T., Liminios, A. E., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P. and Whiley, D. M. (2013) Polymerase chain reaction-based screening for the ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae F89 strain. Eurosurveillance, 18 14: 18-23. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.14.20444
Ferguson, Patricia E., Gilroy, Nicole M., Faux, Cassandra E., Mackay, Ian M., Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D., Dwyer, Dominic E. and Sorrell, Tania C. (2013) Human rhinovirus C in adult haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients with respiratory illness. Journal of Clinical Virology, 56 3: 255-259. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2012.11.010
Cox, Hannah C., Jacob, Kevin, Whiley, David M., Bletchly, Cheryl, Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2013) Further evidence that the IS481 target is suitable for real-time PCR detection of Bordetella pertussis. Pathology, 45 2: 202-203. doi:10.1097/PAT.0b013e32835cc2d7
Chang, Anne B., Grimwood, Keith, Wilson, Andrew C., van Asperen, Peter P., Byrnes, Catherine A., O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Sloots, Theo P., Robertson, Colin F., Torzillo, Paul J., McCallum, Gabrielle B., Masters, Ian B., Buntain, Helen M., Mackay, Ian M., Ungerer, Jacobus, Tuppin, Joanne and Morris, Peter S. (2013) Bronchiectasis exacerbation study on azithromycin and amoxycillin-clavulanate for respiratory exacerbations in children (BEST-2): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 14 1-10. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-53
Whiley, David M., Goire, Namraj, Rahimi, Frashta, Lahra, Monica M., Limnios, Athena E., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2013) Real-time PCR genotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates using 14 informative single nucleotide polymorphisms on gonococcal housekeeping genes. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 68 2: 322-328. doi:10.1093/jac/dks381
Rahimi, Frashta, Goire, Namraj, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John M., Ward, James, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2013) Direct urine polymerase chain reaction for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: a simple means of bringing high-throughput rapid testing to remote settings?. Sexual Health, 10 4: 299-304. doi:10.1071/SH12108
Chappell, K.J., Brealey, J.C., Mackay, I.M., Bletchly, C., Hugenholtz, P., Sloots, T.P., Sly, P.D. and Young, P.R. (2013) Respiratory syncytial virus infection is associated with increased bacterial load in the upper respiratory tract in young children. Journal of Medical Microbiology & Diagnosis, S 1: 1-9. doi:10.4172/2161-0703.S1-005
Wurzel D.F., Marchant J.M., Clark J.E., Mackay I.M., Wang C.Y.T., Sloots T.P., Upham J.W., Yerkovich S.T., Masters I.B., Baker P.J., Anderson-James S. and Chang A.B. (2013) Respiratory virus detection in nasopharyngeal aspirate versus bronchoalveolar lavage is dependent on virus type in children with chronic respiratory symptoms. Journal of Clinical Virology, 58 4: 683-688. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2013.09.016
McCaw, James M., Howard, Peter F., Richmond, Peter C., Nissen, Michael, Sloots, Theo, Lambert, Stephen B., Lai, Michael, Greenberg, Michael, Nolan, Terry and McVernon, Jodie (2012) Household transmission of respiratory viruses - assessment of viral, individual and household characteristics in a population study of healthy Australian adults. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12 345.1-345.10. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-12-345
Lambert, Stephen Bernard, Ware, Robert S., Cook, Anne L., Maguire, Frances A., Whiley, David M,, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Mackay, Ian M, Wang, David, Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D. and Grimwood, Keith (2012) Observational Research in Childhood Infectious Diseases (ORChID): a dynamic birth cohort study. BMJ Open, 2 6: e002134.1-e002134.7. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002134
Wang, C. Y. T., Greer, R. M., Delwart, E., Sloots, T. P. and Mackay, I. M. (2012) A newly designed real-time RT-PCR for SAFV detects SAFV-2 and SAFV-3 in the respiratory tracts of ill children during 2011. Journal of Clinical Virology, 55 2: 173-176. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2012.06.023
Whiley, David M., Goire, Namraj, Lahra, Monica M., Donovan, Basil, Limnios, Athena E., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2012) The ticking time bomb: escalating antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a public health disaster in waiting. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67 9: 2059-2061. doi:10.1093/jac/dks188
Chang, Anne B., Grimwood, Keith, Robertson, Colin F., Wilson, Andrew C., van Asperen, Peter P., O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Sloots, Theo P., Torzillo, Paul J., Bailey, Emily J., Mccallum, Gabrielle B., Masters, Ian B., Byrnes, Catherine .A, Buntain, Helen M., Morris, Peter S., Mackay, Ian M. and Chatfield, Mark D. (2012) Antibiotics for bronchiectasis exacerbations in children: Rationale and study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Trials, 13 156: 156-1-156-9. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-13-156
Antonsson, Annika, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Rockett, Rebecca J., Jacob, Kevin, Bennett, Ian C. and Sloots, Theo P. (2012) Exploring the Prevalence of Ten Polyomaviruses and Two Herpes Viruses in Breast Cancer. Plos One, 7 8: e39842-1-e39842-4. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039842
Whiley, David M., Jacob, Kevin, Nakos, Jennifer, Bletchly, Cheryl, Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2012) Improved detection of genetic markers of antimicrobial resistance by hybridization probe-based melting curve analysis using primers to mask proximal mutations: Examples include the influenza H275Y substitution. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67 6: 1375-1379. doi:10.1093/jac/dks040
Wang, C. Y. T., Arden, K. E., Greer, R., Sloots, T. P. and Mackay, I. M. (2012) A novel duplex real-time PCR for HPIV-4 detects co-circulation of both viral subtypes among ill children during 2008. Journal of Clinical Virology, 54 1: 83-85. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2012.01.013
Mackay, Ian M., Arden, Katherine E., Speicher, David J., O'Neil, Nicholas T., McErlean, Peter K., Greer, Ristan M., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2012) Co-circulation of four human Coronaviruses (HCoVs) in Queensland children with acute respiratory tract illnesses in 2004. Viruses, 4 4: 637-653. doi:10.3390/v4040637
Goire, Namraj, Ohnishi, Makoto, Limnios, Athena E., Lahra, Monica M., Lambert, Stephen B., Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2012) Enhanced gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance in the era of ceftriaxone resistance: A real-time PCR assay for direct detection of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae H041 strain. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67 4: 902-905. doi:10.1093/jac/dkr549
Lai, Richard, Liang, Fang, Pearson, Darnley, Barnett, Graeme, Whiley, David, Sloots, Theo, Barnard, Ross T. and Corrie, Simon R. (2012) PrimRglo: A multiplexable quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction system for nucleic acid detection. Analytical Biochemistry, 422 2: 89-95. doi:10.1016/j.ab.2011.12.038
Goire, Namraj, Freeman, Kevin, Lambert, Stephen B., Nimmo, Graeme R., Limnios, Athena E., Lahra, Monica M., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2012) The influence of target population on nonculture-based detection of markers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance. Sexual Health, 9 5: 422-429. doi:10.1071/SH12026
Yin, J. Kevin, Lahra, Monica M., Iskander, Mary, Lambert, Stephen B., Heron, Leon, Nissen, Michael D., Rost, Laura, Murphy, Jennifer, Sloots, Theo P. and Booy, Robert (2011) Pilot study of influenza vaccine effectiveness in urban Australian children attending childcare. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47 12: 857-862. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02098.x
Syrmis, M. W., Moser, R. J., Whiley, D. M., Vaska, V., Coombs, G. W., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P. and Nimmo, G. R. (2011) Comparison of a multiplexed MassARRAY system with real-time allele-specific PCR technology for genotyping of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 17 12: 1804-1810. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03521.x
Ferguson, P. E., Gilroy, N. M., Sloots, T. P., Nissen, M. D., Dwyer, D. E. and Sorrell, T. C. (2011) Evaluation of a clinical scoring system and directed laboratory testing for respiratory virus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Transplant Infectious Disease, 13 5: 448-455. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00631.x
Tozer, S.J., Lambert, S.B., Sloots, T.P. and Nissen, M.D. (2011) Q fever seroprevalence in metropolitan samples is similar to rural/remote samples in Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 30 10: 1287-1293. doi:10.1007/s10096-011-1225-y
Anuj, S. N., Whiley, D. M., Kidd, T. J., Ramsay, K. A., Bell, S. C., Syrmis, M. W., Grimwood, K., Wainwright, C. E., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2011) Rapid single-nucleotide polymorphism-based identification of clonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis by the use of real-time PCR and high-resolution melting curve analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 17 9: 1403-1408. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03439.x
O'Grady, Kerry-Ann F., Torzillo, Paul J., Rockett, Rebecca J., Whiley, David M., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Lambert, Stephen B. (2011) Successful application of a simple transport method for the conduct of respiratory virus surveillance in remote Indigenous communities in Australia. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 16 6: 766-772. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02757.x
Binks, Michael J., Cheng, Allen C., Smith-Vaughan, Heidi, Sloots, Theo, Nissen, Michael, Whiley, David, McDonnell, Joseph and Leach, Amanda J. (2011) Viral-bacterial co-infection in Australian Indigenous children with acute otitis media. BMC Infectious Diseases, 11 161: 1-8. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-161
Whiley, D.M., Limnios, A., Moon, N.J., Gehrig, N., Goire, N., Hogan, T., Lam, A., Jacob, K., Lambert, S.B., Nissen, M.D. and Sloots, T.P. (2011) False-negative results using Neisseria gonorrhoeae porA pseudogene PCR - a clinical gonococcal isolate with an N. meningitidis porA sequence, Australia, March 2011. Eurosurveillance, 16 21: 5-8.
Whiley, David M., Goire, Namraj, Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Tapsall, John W. (2011) Reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is spread internationally by genetically distinct gonococcal populations. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 66 5: 1186-1187. doi:10.1093/jac/dkr052
Chang, Anne B., Grimwood, Keith, White, Andrew V., Maclennan, Carolyn, Sloots, Theo P., Sive, Alan, McCallum, Gabrielle B., Mackay, Ian M. and Morris, Peter S. (2011) Randomized placebo-controlled trial on azithromycin to reduce the morbidity of bronchiolitis in Indigenous Australian infants: Rationale and protocol. Trials, 12 94-1-94-8. doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-94
Dang, Xin, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P., Koralnik, Igor J. and Tan, Chen S. (2011) Infrequent detection of KI, WU and MC polyomaviruses in immunosuppressed individuals with or without progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. PLoS One, 6 3: e16736.1-e16736.5. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016736
Rockett, Rebecca J., Tozer, Sarah J., Peatey, Chris, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Whiley, David M., Nissen, Michael D., Trenholme, Katharine, Mc Carthy, James S. and Sloots, Theo P. (2011) A real-time, quantitative PCR method using hydrolysis probes for the monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum load in experimentally infected human volunteers. Malaria Journal, 10 48: 48-1-48-6. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-48
Goire, Namraj, Freeman, Kevin, Tapsall, John W., Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2011) Enhancing gonococcal antimicrobial resistance surveillance: a real-time PCR assay for detection of penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae by use of noncultured clinical samples. Journal of clinical microbiology, 49 2: 513-518. doi:10.1128/JCM.02024-10
Faux, Cassandra E., Arden, Katherine E., Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D., Nolan, Terry M., Chang, Anne B., Sloots, Theo P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2011) Usefulness of published PCR primers in detecting human rhinovirus infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 2: 296-298. doi:10.3201/eid1702.101123
Whiley, David M., Jacobsson, Susanne, Tapsall, John W., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Unemo, Magnus (2010) Alterations of the pilQ gene in Neisseria gonorrhoeae are unlikely contributors to decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime in clinical gonococcal strains. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 65 12: 2543-2547. doi:10.1093/jac/dkq377
Rockett, Rebecca, Goire, Namraj, Limnios, Athena, Turra, Mark, Higgens, Geoffrey, Lambert, Stephen B., Bletchly, Cheryl, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2010) Evaluation of the cobas 4800 CT/NG test for detecting Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 86 6: 470-473. doi:10.1136/sti.2010.042812
Arden, KE, Chang, AB, Lambert, SB, Nissen, MD, Sloots, TP and Mackay, IM (2010) Newly identified respiratory viruses in children with asthma exacerbation not requiring admission to hospital. Journal of Medical Virology, 82 8: 1458-1461. doi:10.1002/jmv.21819
Whiley, David M., Goire, Namraj, Lambert, Stephen B., Ray, Sanghamitra, Limnios, E. Athena, Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Tapsall, John W. (2010) Reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone in neisseria gonorrhoeae is associated with mutations G542S, P551S and P551L in the gonococcal penicillin-binding protein 2. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 65 8: 1615-1618. doi:10.1093/jac/dkq187
Whiley, David M., Faux, Cassandra E., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Gould, Allan R., Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2010) A simple approach for preparing real-time PCR positive reaction controls for rare or emerging viruses. Journal of Clinical Virology, 48 3: 193-197. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2010.03.022
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Rockett, Rebecca, Whiley, David W., Abed, Yacine, Allander, Tobias, Binks, Michael, Boivin, Guy, Cheng, Allen C., Chung, Ju-Young, Ferguson, Patricia E., Gilroy, Nicole M., Leach, Amanda J., Lindau, Cecilia, Rossen, John W., Sorrell, Tania C., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2010) Whole-genome characterization and genotyping of global WU polyomavirus strains. Journal of Virology, 84 12: 6229-6234. doi:10.1128/JVI.02658-09
Lambert, Stephen B., Faux, Cassandra E., Hall, Lisa, Birrell, Frances A., Peterson, Karen V, Selvey, Christine E., Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D and Grimwood, Keith (2010) Errantum : Early evidence for direct and indirect effects of the infant rotavirus vaccine program in Queensland (vol 191, pg 157, 2009). Medical Journal of Australia, 192 9: 525-525.
Vestergaard, Anna L., Knudsen, Ulla B., Munk, Torben, Rosbach, Hanne, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Sloots, Theo P., Martensen, Pia M. and Antonsson, Annika (2010) Low prevalence of DNA viruses in the human endometrium and endometriosis. Archives of Virology, 155 5: 695-703. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0643-y
Arden, K. E., Faux, C. E., O'Neill, N. T., McErlean, P., Nitsche, A., Lambert, S. B., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P. and Mackay, I. M. (2010) Molecular characterization and distinguishing features of a novel human rhinovirus (HRV) C, HRVC-QCE, detected in children with fever, cough and wheeze during 2003. Journal of Clinical Virology, 47 3: 219-223. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2010.01.001
Rockett, Rebecca J., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Whiley, David M., Bletchly, Cheryl, Faux, Cassandra E., Lambert, Stephen B., Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theodorus P. (2009) A novel duplex real-time reverse transcription PCR Assay for the detection of influenza A and the novel influenza A(H1N1)strain.. Viruses, 1 3: 1204-1208. doi:10.3390/v1031204
Wainwright, C. E., France, M. W., O'Rourke, P., Anuj, S., Kidd, T. J., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P., Coulter, C., Ristovski, Z., Hargreaves, M., Rose, B. R., Harbour, C., Bell, SC and Fennelly, KP (2009) Cough-generated aerosols of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other Gram-negative bacteria from patients with cystic fibrosis.. Thorax, 64 11: 926-931. doi:10.1136/thx.2008.112466
Kugelman, Gayle, Tapsall, John W., Goire, Namraj, Syrmis, Melanie, Limnios, Athena, Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David M. (2009) Simple, rapid, and inexpensive detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistance mechanisms using heat-denatured isolates and SYBR green-based real-time PCR.. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 53 10: 4211-4216. doi:10.1128/AAC.00385-09
Goire, Namraj, Kattenbelt, Jacqueline A., Gould, Allan R., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David (2009) An example of competitive inhibition in a monoplex real-time PCR as a cause of reduced fluorescent signal response. Pathology, 41 6: 607-609. doi:10.1080/00313020903071488
Whiley, David M., Goire, Namraj, Ray, E. Sanghamitra, Limnios, Althena, Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Tapsall, John W. (2009) Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing using non-cultured clinical specimens.. Sexually Trasmitted Infections, 86 1: 51-55. doi:10.1136/sti.2009.037689
Lambert, Stephen B., Faux, Cassandra E., Hall, Lisa, Birrell, F. A., Peterson, K. V., Selvey, C. E., Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D. and Grimwood, Keith (2009) Early evidence for direct and indirect effects of the infant rotavirus vaccine program in Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia, 191 3: 157-160.
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Whiley, David M., Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2009) Detection of BK, JC, WU, or KI polyomaviruses in faecal, urine, blood, cerebrospinal fluid and respiratory samples. Journal of Clinical Virology, 45 3: 249-254. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2009.05.002
Whiley, David M., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Bletchly, Cheryl, Faux, Cassandra E., Harrower, Bruce, Gould, Allan R., Lambert, Stephen B., Nimmo, Graeme R., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2009) Detection of novel influenza A(H1N1) virus by real-time RT-PCR.. Journal of Clinical Virology, 45 3: 203-204. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2009.05.032
Greer, R. M, McErlean, P., Arden, K. E., Faux, C. E., Nitsche, A., Lambert, S. B., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P. and Mackay, I. M. (2009) Do rhinoviruses reduce the probability of viral co-detection during acute respiratory tract infections?. Journal of Clinical Virology, 45 1: 10-15. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2009.03.008
Buhrer-Skinner, Monika, Muller, Reinhold, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Sloots, Theo P., Debattista, Joseph, Gordon, Rose and Buettner, Petra G. (2009) The check is in the mail: piloting a novel approach to Chlamydia trachomatis testing using self-collected, mailed specimen.. Sexual Health, 6 2: 163-169. doi:10.1071/SH08076
Tapsall, John, Read, Phillip, Carmody, Christopher, Bourne, Christopher, Ray, Sanghamitra, Limnios, Athena, Sloots, Theo and Whiley, David (2009) Two cases of failed ceftriaxone treatment in pharyngeal gonorrhoea verified by molecular microbiological methods.. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 58 5: 683-687. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.007641-0
Kidd, Timothy J., Ramsay, Kay A., Hu, Honghua Hu, Bye, Peter T. P., Elkins, Mark R., Grimwood, Keith, Harbour, Colin, Marks, Guy B., Nissen, Michael D., Robinson, Phillip J., Rose, Barbara R., Sloots, Theo P., Wainwright, Claire E., Bell, Scott C. and ACPinCF Investigators (2009) Low rates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa misidentification in isolates from Cystic Fibrosis patients.. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47 5: 1503-1509. doi:10.1128/JCM.00014-09
Bialasiewicz, S., Whiley, D. M., Buhrer-Skinner, M., Bautista, C., Barker, K., Aitken, S., Gordon, R., Muller, R., Lambert, S. B., Debattista, J., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2009) A novel gel-based method for self collection and ambient temperature postal transport of urine for PCR detection of Chlamydia trachomatis.. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85 2: 102-105. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.032607
Chang, Anne B., Clark, Ron, Acworth, Jason P., Petsky, Helen L. and Sloots, Theo P. (2009) The impact of viral respiratory infection on the severity and recovery from an asthma exacerbation.. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 28 4: 290-294. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e31819067b1
Tozer, Sarah J., Lambert, Stephen B., Whiley, David M., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lyon, Michael J, Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2009) Detection of Human Bocavirus in respiratory, fecal and blood samples by real-time PCR. Journal of Medical Virology, 81 3: 488-493. doi:10.1002/jmv.21409
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lambert, Stephen B., Whiley, David M., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2009) Merkel cell polyomavirus DNA in respiratory specimens from children and adults. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15 3: 492-494. doi:10.3201/eid1503.081067
Anuj, Snehal N., Whiley, David M., Kidd, Timothy J., Bell, Scott C., Wainwright, Claire E., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2009) Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the ecfX and the gyrB genes. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease, 63 2: 127-131. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.09.018
Chuk, L-m R, Stephen Lambert, May, M.L., Beard, F. H., Sloots, T. P., Selvey, C. E. and Nissen, Michael D. (2008) Pertussis in infants: How to protect the vulnerable?. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 32 4: 449-456.
Mackay, Ian M., Lambert, Stephen B., McErlean, Peter K., Faux, Cassandra E., Arden, Katherine E., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2008) Prior evidence of a putative novel rhinovirus species in Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14 11: 1823-1824. doi:10.3201/eid1411.080725
Hopkins, Peter, McNeil, Keith, Kermeen, Fiona, Musk, Michael, McQueen, Emily, Mackay, Ian, Sloots, Terry and Nissen, Michael (2008) Human metapneumovirus in lung transplant recipients and comparison to respiratory syncytial virus. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 178 8: 876-881. doi:10.1164/rccm.200711-1657OC
Tozer, S., Whiley, D. M., Lunn, G., Rawlinson, W. D., Sammels, L. M., Sloots, T. P. and Nissen, M. D. (2008) Identification of Australian human respiratory syncytial virus strains containing a 60-nucleotide duplication within the G glycoprotein gene.. Pathology, 40 6: 632-635. doi:10.1080/00313020802320655
Chang, Anne B., Clark , Ronald, Sloots, Theo P., Stone, David G., Petsky, Helen L., Thearle, Donna, Champion, Anita A., Wheeler, Coralie and Acworth, Jason P. (2008) A 5- verus 3- day course of oral corticosteroids for children with asthma exacerbations who are not hospitalised: a randomized control trial. Medical Journal of Australia, 189 6: 306-310.
Lambert, Stephen B., Whiley, David M., O'Neill, Nicholas T., Andrews, Emily C., Canavan, Fiona M., Bletchly, Cheryl, Siebert, David J., Sloots, Theo P. and Nissen, Michael D. (2008) Comparing nose-throat swabs and nasopharyngeal aspirates collected from children with symptoms for respiratory virus identification using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Pediatrics, 122 3: e615-e620. doi:10.1542/peds.2008-0691
Syrmis, Melanie, Bell, Scott, Bye, Peter, Coulter, Chris, Harbour, Colin, Iredell, Jon, Kidd, Tim, O'Carroll, Mark, Rose, Barbara, Wainwright, Claire, Sloots, Theo and Nissen, Michael (2008) High prevalence of a class 1 integron-associated aadB gene cassette in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from an Australian cystic fibrosis patient population. Pathology, 40 5: 524-525. doi:10.1080/00313020802197921
Sloots, T. P., Whiley, D. M., Lambert, S. B. and Nissen, M. D. (2008) Emerging respiratory agents: New viruses for old diseases?. Journal of Clinical Virology, 42 3: 233-243. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2008.03.002
Whiley, D. M., Lambert, S., Bialasiewicz, S., Goire, N., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2008) False-Negative results in nucleic acid amplification tests: do we need to routinely use two genetic targets in all assays to overcome problems caused by sequence variation?. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 34 2: 71-76. doi:10.1080/10408410801960913
McErlean, Peter, Shackelton, Laura A., Andrews, Emily, Webster, Dale R., Lambert, Stephen B., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2008) Distinguishing molecular features and clinical characteristics of a putative new rhinovirus species, Human Rhinovirus C (HRV C). PLoS one, 3 4: e1847-e1847. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001847
Herd, K. A., Nissen, M. D., Hopkins, P. M., Sloots, T. P. and Tindle, R. W. (2008) Major histocompatibility complex class I cytotoxic T lymphocyte immunity to human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in individuals with previous hMPV infection and respiratory disease. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 197 4: 584-592. doi:10.1086/526536
Bialasiewicz, S., Whiley, D. M., Lambert, S. B., Jacob, K., Bletchly, C., Wang, D., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2008) Presence of the newly discovered human polyomaviruses KI and WU in Australian patients with acute respiratory tract infection. Journal of Clinical Virology, 41 2: 63-68. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2007.11.001
Lambert, Stephen B., Allen, Kelly M., Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D. and Nolan, Terry M. (2008) Human metapneumovirus and human coronavirus NL63 - In reply. Pediatrics, 121 2: 446-447. doi:10.1542/peds.2007-3386
Goire, Namraj, Nissen, Michael D., LeCornec, Genevera M., Sloots, Theo P. and Whiley, David, M. (2008) A duplex Neisseria gonorrhoeae real-time polymerase chain reaction assay targeting the gonoccoccal porA pseudogene and multicopy opa genes. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 61 1: 6-12. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.12.007
Whiley, David M., Garland, Suzanne M., Harnett, Geoffrey, Lum, Gary, Smith, David W., Tabrizi, Sepehr N., Sloots, Theo P. and Tapsall, John W. (2008) Exploring 'best practice' for nucleic acid detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Sexual Health, 5 1: 17-23. doi:10.1071/SH07050
Lambert, Stephen B., Allen, Kelly M., Druce, Julian D., Birch, Chris J., Mackay, Ian M., Carlin, John B., Carapetis, Jonathan R., Sloots, Theo P., Nissen, Michael D. and Nolan, Terence M. (2007) Community epidemiology of human Metapneumovirus, human Coronavirus NL63, and other respiratory viruses in healthy preshcool-aged children using parent-collected specimens. Pediatrics, 120 4: e929-e937. doi:10.1542/peds.2006-3703
Bialasiewicz, S., Whiley, D. M., Lambert, S. B., Gould, A., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2007) Development and evaluation of real-time PCR assays for the detection of the newly identified KI and WU polyomaviruses. Journal of Clinical Virology, 40 1: 9-14. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2007.07.015
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Whiley, David M., Lambert, Stephen B., Wang, David, Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2007) A newly reported human polyomavirus, KI virus, is present in the respiratory tract of Australian children. Journal of Clinical Virology, 40 1: 15-18. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2007.07.001
Whiley, David M., Limnios, E. Athena, Ray, Sanghamitra, Sloots, Theo P. and Tapsall, John W. (2007) Diversity of penA alterations and subtypes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains from Sydney, Australia, that are less susceptible to ceftriaxone. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy, 51 9: 3111-3116. doi:10.1128/AAC.00306-07
Whiley, David, Bates, John, Limnios, Athena, Nissen, Michael D., Tapsall, John and Sloots, Theo P. (2007) Use of a novel screening PCR indicates presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with a mosaic penA gene sequence in Australia. Pathology, 39 4: 445-446. doi:10.1080/00313020701444515
McErlean, P., Shackelton, L. A., Lambert, S. B., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P. and Mackay, I. M. (2007) Characterisation of a newly identified human rhinovirus, HRV-QPM, discovered in infants with bronchiolitis. Journal of Clinical Virology, 39 2: 67-75. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2007.03.012
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Whiley, David M., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2007) Impact of competitive inhibition and sequence variation upon the sensitivity of Malaria PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45 5: 1621-1623. doi:10.1128/JCM.02145-06
Gaynor, Anne M., Nissen, Michael D., Whiley, David M., Mackay, Ian M., Lambert, Stephen B., Wu, Guang, Brennan, Daniel C., Storch, Gregory A., Sloots, Theo P. and Wang, David (2007) Identification of a novel polyomavirus from patients with acute respiratory tract infections. PLoS Pathogens, 3 5 e64: 0595-0604. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030064
Whiley, David M., Limnios, E. Athena, Sloots, Theo P. and Tapsall, John W. (2007) Further questions regarding the role of Mosaic penA sequences in conferring reduced susceptibility to Ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 51 2: 802-803. doi:10.1128/AAC.01307-06
Spence, Luke, Brown, Wendy J., Pyne, David B., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P., McCormack, Joseph G., Locke, A. Simon and Fricker, Peter A. (2007) Incidence, etiology, and symptomatology of upper respiratory illness in elite athletes. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39 4: 577-586. doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e31802e851a
Ratcliff, R. M., Chang, G., TuckWeng, K. and Sloots, T. P. (2007) Molecular diagnosis of medical viruses.. Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 9 87-102.
Lum, G., Garland, S. M., Tabrizi, S., Harnett, G., Smith, D. W., Sloots, T. P., Whiley, D. M. and Tapsall, J. W. (2006) Supplemental testing is still required in Australia for samples positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae by nucleic acid detection tests. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44 11: 4292-4294. doi:10.1128/JCM.01577-06
Tapsall, John, David Whiley and Sloots, Theodorus P. (2006) Applications of molecular testing in clinical laboratories for the diagnosis and control of gonorrhea. Future Microbiology, 1 3: 317-324. doi:10.2217/17460913.1.3.317
Lambert, Stephen, Mackay, Ian M., Sloots, Theo P. and Nissen, Michael D. (2006) Human coronavirus nomenclature. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 25 7: 662-662. doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000225784.06712.8e
Mackay, Ian M., Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Jacob, Kevin C., McQueen, Emily, Arden, Katherine E., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2006) Genetic diversity of human metapneumovirus over 4 consecutive years in Australia. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 193 12: 1630-1633. doi:10.1086/504260
Herd, Karen A., Mahalingam, Suresh, Mackay, Ian M., Nissen, Michael, Sloots, Theo P. and Tindle, Robert W. (2006) Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitope vaccination protects against human metapneumovirus infection and disease in mice. Journal of Virology, 80 4: 2034-2044. doi:10.1128/JVI.80.4.2034-2044.2006
Tan, E. L., Chow, Tak Kwong, Kumarasinghe, G., Lin, T. Tze Pin, Mackay, I. M., Sloots, T. P. and Poh, C. L. (2006) Specific detection of enterovirus 71 directly from clinical specimens using real-time RT-PCR hybridization probe assay. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 20 2: 135-140. doi:10.1016/j.mcp.2005.11.003
Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2006) Sequence variation can affect the performance of minor groove binder TaqMan probes in viral diagnostic assays. Journal of Clinical Virology, 35 1: 81-83. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2005.05.002
Whiley, David M., Anderson, Trevor P., Barratt, Kevin, Beaman, Miles H., Buda, Philip J., Carter, Martine, Freeman, Kevin, Hallsworth, Peter, Limnios, E. Athena, Lum, Gary, Merien, Fabrice, Vernel-Pauillac, Frédérique, Tapsall, John W., Witt, Michael J., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2006) Evidence that the gonococcal porA pseudogene is present in a broad range of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains; suitability as a diagnostic target. Pathology, 38 5: 445-448. doi:10.1080/00313020600928253
Sloots, Theo P., McErlean, Peter, Speicher, David J., Arden, Katherine E., Nissen, Michael D. and Mackay, Ian M. (2006) Evidence of human coronavirus HKU1 and human bocavirus in Australian children. Journal of Clinical Virology, 35 1: 99-102. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2005.09.008
Whiley, David M., Tapsall, John W. and Sloots, Theo P. (2006) Nucleic acid amplification testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae: An ongoing challenge. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 8 1: 3-15. doi:10.2353/jmoldx.2006.050045
Sloots, T. P., Mackay, I. M., Bialasiewicz, S., Jacob, K. C., McQueen, E., Harnett, G. B., Siebert, D. J., Masters, I. B., Young, P. R. and Nissen, M. D. (2006) Human metapneumovirus, Australia, 2001-2004. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12 8: 1263-1266. doi:10.3201/eid1708.051239
Arden, Katherine E., McErlean, Peter, Nissen, Michael D, Sloots, Theo P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2006) Frequent detection of human rhinoviruses, paramyxoviruses, coronaviruses, and bocavirus during acute respiratory tract infections. Journal of Medical Virology, 78 9: 1232-1240. doi:10.1002/jmv.20689
Mackay, Ian M., Harnett, Gerry, Jeoffreys, Neisha, Bastian, Ivan, Sriprakash, Kadaba S., Siebert, David and Sloots, Theo P. (2006) Detection and discrimination of herpes simplex viruses, Haemophilus ducreyi, Treponema pallidum, and Calymmatobacterium (Klebsiella) granulomatis from genital ulcers. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 42 10: 1431-1438. doi:10.1086/503424
Lu, Xiaoyan, Chittaganpitch, Malinee, Olsen, Sonja J., Mackay, Ian M., Sloots, Theo P., Fry, Alicia M. and Erdman, Dean D. (2006) Real-time PCR assays for detection of bocavirus in human specimens. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology, 44 9: 3231-3235. doi:10.1128/JCM.00889-06
Mahalingam, S., Schwarze, J., Zaid, A., Nissen, M., Sloots, T., Tauro, S., Storer, J., Alvarez, R. and Tripp, R. A. (2006) Perspective on the host response to human metapneumovirus infection: what can we learn from respiratory syncytial virus infections?. Microbes And Infection, 8 1: 285-293. doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2005.07.001
Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2005) A 5 '-nuclease real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of a broad range of influenza A subtypes, including H5N1. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 53 4: 335-337. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.08.002
Lum, G., Freeman, K., Nguyen, N. L., Limnios, E. A., Tabrizi, S. M., Carter, I., Chambers, I. W., Sloots, T. P., Whiley, D. M., Garland, S. M. and Tapsall, J. (2005) A cluster of culture positive gonococcal infections but with false negative cppB gene based PCR. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 81 5: 400-402. doi:10.1136/sti.2004.013805
Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2005) Sequence variation in primer targets affects the accuracy of viral quantitative PCR. Journal of Clinical Virology, 34 2: 104-107. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2005.02.010
Whiley, David M., Buda, Philip P., Freeman, Kevin, Prattle, Neville I., Bates, John and Sloots, Theo P. (2005) A real-time PCR assay for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in genital and extragenital specimens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 52 1: 1-5. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.12.011
Tapsall, J. W., Limnios, E. A., Nguyen, N. L., Carter, I., Lum, G., Freeman, K., Tabrizi, S. N., Garland, S. M., Whiley, D. M., Sloots, T. P. and Chambers, I. W. (2005) Cryptic-plasmid-free gonococci may contribute to failure of cppB gene-based assays to confirm results of BD ProbeTEC PCR for identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43 4: 2036-2037. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2036-2037.2005
Arden, Katherine E., Nissen, Michael D., Sloots, Theo P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2005) New human coronavirus, HCoV-NL63, associated with severe lower respiratory tract disease in Australia. Journal Of Medical Virology, 75 3: 455-462. doi:10.1002/jmv.20288
Punch, G., Syrmis, M. W., Rose, B. R., Harbour, C., Bye, P. T. P., Nissen, M. D., Elkins, M. R. and Sloots, T. P. (2005) Method for detection of respiratory viruses in the sputa of patients with cystic fibrosis. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 24 1: 54-57. doi:10.1007/s10096-004-1273-7
Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2005) Melting curve analysis using hybridisation probes: limitations in microbial molecular diagnostics. Pathology, 37 3: 254-256. doi:10.1080/00313020500099270
Whiley, David M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2005) Comparison of three in-house multiplex PCR assays for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis using real-time and conventional detection methodologies. Pathology, 37 5: 364-370. doi:10.1080/00313020500254552
Mackay, Ian M., Bialasiewiecz, Seweryn, Waliuzzaman, Zubair, Chidlow, Glenys R., Fegredo, David C., Laingam, Somprasong, Adamson, Penny, Harnett, Gerald B., Rawlinson, William, Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2004) Use of the P gene to genotype human metapneumovirus identifies 4 viral subtypes. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 190 11: 1913-1918. doi:10.1086/425013
Syrmis, Melanie W., O'Carroll, Mark R., Sloots, Theo P., Coulter, Chris, Wainwright, Claire E., Bell, Scott C. and Nissen, Michael D. (2004) Rapid genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates harboured by adult and paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis using repetitive-element-based PCR assays. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 53 11: 1089-1096. doi:10.1099/jmm.0.45611-0
Whiley, D. M., Buda, P. J., Bayliss, J., Cover, L., Bates, J. and Sloots, T. P. (2004) A new confirmatory Neisseria gonorrhoeae real-time PCR assay targeting the porA pseudogene. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 23 9: 705-710. doi:10.1007/s10096-004-1170-0
O'Carroll, M. R., Syrmis, M. W., Wainwright, C. E., Greer, R. M., Mitchell, P., Coulter, C., Sloots, T. P., Nissen, M. D. and Bell, S. C. (2004) Clonal strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in paediatric and adult cystic fibrosis units. European Respiratory Journal, 24 1: 101-106. doi:10.1183/09031936.04.00122903
Boivin, Guy, Mackay, Ian, Sloots, Theo P., Madhi, Shabir, Freymuth, François, Wolf, Dana, Shemer-Avni, Yonat, Ludewick, Herbert, Gray, Gregory C. and LeBlanc, Eric (2004) Global genetic diversity of human metapneumovirus fusion gene. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10 6: 1154-1157. doi:10.3201/eid1006.031097
Whiley, David M., LeCornec, Genevera M., Baddeley, Annette, Savill, John, Syrmis, Melanie W., Mackay, Ian M., Siebert, David J., Burns, Dominic, Nissen, Michael and Sloots, Theo P. (2004) Detection and differentiation of Plasmodium species by polymerase chain reaction and colorimetric detection in blood samples of patients with suspected malaria. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease, 49 1: 25-29. doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2003.10.014
Whiley, David M., Mackay, Ian M., Syrmis, Melanie W., Witt, Michael J. and Sloots, Theo P. (2004) Detection and differentiation of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 by a duplex LightCycler PCR that incorporates an internal control PCR reaction. Journal of Clinical Virology, 30 1: 32-38. doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2003.08.003
Syrmis, Melanie W., Whiley, David M., Thomas, Marion, Mackay, Ian M., Williamson, Jeanette, Siebert, David J., Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2004) A sensitive, specific, and cost-effective multiplex reverse transcriptase-PCR assay for the detection of seven common respiratory viruses in respiratory samples. Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 6 2: 125-131. doi:10.1016/S1525-1578(10)60500-4
Whiley, David M., Arden, Katherine E., Mackay, Ian M., Syrmis, Melanie W. and Sloots, Theo P. (2004) Simultaneous detection and differentiation of human Polyomaviruses JC and BK by a rapid and sensitive PCR-ELAHA assay and a survey of the JCV subtypes within an Australian population. Journal of Medical Virology, 72 3: 467-472. doi:10.1002/jmv.20005
Dimech, Wayne, Bowden, Scott D., Brestovac, Brian, Byron, Keith, James, Greg, Jardine, Darren, Sloots, Theo and Dax, Elizabeth M. (2004) Validation of assembled nucleic acid-based tests in diagnostic microbiology laboratories. Pathology, 36 1: 45-50. doi:10.1080/0031302032000174941
Whiley, D. M., Syrmis, M. W., Mackay, I. M. and Sloots, T. P. (2003) Preliminary comparison of three lightcycler pcr assays for the detection of herpes simplex virus in swab specimens. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 22 12: 764-767. doi:10.1007/s10096-003-1031-2
Mackay, Ian M., Gardam, Tim, Arden, Katherine E., McHardy, Suzi, Whiley, David M., Crisante, Erin and Sloots, Theo P. (2003) Co-detection and discrimination of six human herpesviruses by multiplex PCR-ELAHA. Journal of Clinical Virology, 28 3: 291-302. doi:10.1016/S1386-6532(03)00072-6
Whiley, D. M., Syrmis, M. W., Mackay, I. M. and Sloots, T. P. (2003) Detection of Influenza type A virus by LightCycler RT-PCR. Australian Journal of Medical Science, 24 3: 136-139.
Whiley, David M., Crisante, Michelle E., Syrmis, Melanie W., Mackay, Ian M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2003) Detection of Neisseria meningitidis by LightCycler PCR. Pathology, 35 4: 347-349. doi:10.1080/0031302031000152874
Mackay, Ian M., Jacob, Kevin C., Woolhouse, Daniel, Waller, Katharine, Syrmis, Melanie W., Whiley, David M., Siebert, David J., Nissen, Michael and Sloots, Theo P. (2003) Molecular assays for detection of human metapneumovirus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41 1: 100-105. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.1.100-105.2003
Whiley, David M ., Crisante, Michelle E., Syrmis, Melanie W., Mackay, Ian M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2003) Detection of Neisseria Meningitidis in clinical samples by a duplex read-time PCR targeting the porA and ctrA Genes. Molecular Diagnosis, 7 3: 141-145.
Whiley, D. M., Crisante, M. E., Syrmis, M. E., Mackay, I. M. and Sloots, T. P. (2003) Detection of Neisseria Meningitidis in clinical samples by a duplex real-time PCR targeting the porA and ctrA genes. Molecular Diagnostics, 7 3/4: 141-145.
Whiley, David M., Syrmis, Melanie W., Mackay, Ian M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2002) Detection of human respiratory syncytial virus in respiratory samples by LightCycler reverse transcriptase PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40 12: 4418-4422. doi:10.1128/JCM.40.12.4418-4422.2002
Whiley, David M., LeCornec, Genevera M., Mackay, Ian M., Siebert, David J. and Sloots, Theo P. (2002) A real-time PCR assay for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by LightCycler. Diagnostic Microbiology And Infectious Disease, 42 2: 85-89. doi:10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00326-1
Nissen, Michael D., Siebert, David J., Mackay, Ian M., Sloots, Theo P. and Withers, Stephen J. (2002) Evidence of human metapneumovirus in Australian children. Medical Journal of Australia, 176 4: 188-188.
Nissen, Michael D. and Sloots, Theo P. (2002) Rapid diagnosis in pediatric infectious diseases: The past, the present and the future. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 21 6: 605-612. doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000016466.92786.9d
Whiley, David M., Mackay, Ian M. and Sloots, Theo P. (2001) Detection and differentiation of human polyomaviruses JC and BK by LightCycler PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 39 12: 4357-4361. doi:10.1128/JCM.39.12.4357-4361.2001
Lott, William B., Takyar, Seyedtaghi S., Tuppen, Joseph, Crawford, Darrell H. G., Harrison, Michael, Sloots, Theo P. and Gowans, Eric J. (2001) Vitamin B12 and hepatitis C: Molecular biology and human pathology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98 9: 4916-4921. doi:10.1073/pnas.081072798
MacGinley, Robert, Bartley, Paul B., Sloots, Theo P. and Johnson, David W. (2001) Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis in a renal allograft recipient diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid and successfully treated with ganciclovir. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 16 1: 197-198. doi:10.1093/ndt/16.1.197
Mackay, I., Metharom, P., Sloots, T. P. and Wei, M. Q. (2001) Quantitative PCR-ELAHA for the determination of retroviral vector transduction efficiency. Molecular Therapy, 3 5: 801-808. doi:10.1006/mthe.2001.0320
Klussmann, Jens Peter, Muller, Andreas, Wagner, Mathias, Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando, Jungehuelsing, Markus, Sloots, Theo, Ablashi, Dharam V. and Krueger, Gerhard R. F. (2000) Human herpesvirus type 8 in salivary gland tumors. Journal of Clinical Virology, 16 3: 239-246. doi:10.1016/S1386-6532(99)00077-3
Nissen, M., McEniery, J., Delbridge, G., Pearn, John H., Sloots, T. and Whight, C. (1995) Acute hypertrophic cardiomyopathy possibly associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 14 1: 74-76.
Conference Papers
Goyal, V., Grimwood, K., Masters, I., Brynes, C., Marchant, J., Morris, P., Ware, R., Van Aspern, P., O'Grady, K., Torzillo, P., McCallum, G., Champion, A., Buntain, H., Mackay, I., Sloots, T., Ungerer, J., Binks, M. and Chang, A. (2018). Amoxycillin-clavulanate vs azithromycin for respiratory exacerbations of bronchiectasis in children: A multi-centre double blind non-inferiority RCT. In: The Australia & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science and The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (ANZSRS/TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, (54-54). 23–27 March 2018.
Mccallum, G., Morris, P., Grimwood, K., Maclennan, C., White, A., Sloots, T., Mackay, I, Smith-Vaughan, H., Byrnes, C. and Chang, A. (2015). Improving the Management of Indigenous Children Hospitalised with Bronchiolitis: a Multicenter Rct. In: Abstracts of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science, Annual Scientific Meeting. The Annual Scientific Meeting for Leaders in Lung Health and Respiratory Science (TSANZSRS), Gold Coast, QLD Australia, (30-30). 27 March - 1 April 2015. doi:10.1111/resp.12494_9
Kumar, A., Czovek, D., Shackleton, C., Hantos, Z., Grimwood, K., Sarna, M., Whiley, D., Sloot, T., Alsaleh, A., Lambert, S. and Sly, P. (2015). Wheezy episodes during the first year of life decrease airway distensibility. In: Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science, Annual Scientific Meeting 2015, Gold Coast, Australia, (27-27). 27 March – 1 April, 2015. doi:10.1111/resp.12494_7
Teoh, L., Van Asperen, P., Acworth, J., Hurwitz, M., Upham, J., Wang, C., Mackay, I, Sloots, T., Neeman, T. and Chang, A. (2014). Recovery From Acute Asthma Exacerbations in Children: Influence of Viruses, Eczema and Atopy. In: Abstracts of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2014, Adelaide, SA Australia, (75-75). 4-9 April 2014. doi:10.1111/resp.12263_4
Rockett, Rebecca, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lambert, Stephen B., Ware, Robert, Whiley, David M., Nissen, Michael D., Grimwood, Keith and Sloots, Theo P. (2013). WU, KI, MW and MCV polyomavirus infection in the first 2 years of life. In: Abstracts of the 5th International Conference on Polyomaviruses and Human Diseases: Basic and Clinical Perspectives. 5th International Conference on Polyomaviruses and Human Diseases: Basic and Clinical Perspectives, Stresa Italy, (304-305). 09-11 May 2013.
Wurzel, D. F., Marchant, J. M., Mackay, I. M., Wang, C. Y. T., Sloots, T., Upham, J., Yerkovich, S., Clark, J., Masters, I. B. and Chang, A. B. (2013). Protracted bacterial bronchitis in children: results of a large prospective cohort study. In: Abstracts of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2013 Annual Scientific Meetings. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2013 Annual Scientific Meetings, Darwin, NT, Australia, (77-77). 22-27 March 2013. doi:10.1111/resp.12046
Drescher, B. J., Chang, A. B., Phillips, N., Acworth, J., Marchant, J. M., Sloots, T. and O'Grady, K. F. (2013). Chronic cough following acute respiratory illness in children. In: Abstracts of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2013 Annual Scientific Meetings. Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand and the Australian & New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science 2013 Annual Scientific Meetings, Darwin, NT, Australia, (76-76). 22-27 March 2013. doi:10.1111/resp.12046
Lambert, Stephen B., Peterson KV, Selvey CE, Sloots, Theodorus P., Nissen, Michael D. and Keith Grimwood (2011). The changing epidemiology of rotavirus in Queensland, Australia, three years after the introduction of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine. In: The 7th World Congress of the World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Melbourne , Australia, (). 16 - 19th, 2011.
Lambert, Stephen B., Peterson, K., Selvey, C., Sloots, Theodorus P., Nissen, Michael D. and Grimwood, Keith (2011). The continuing decline: rotavirus in Queensland following the introduction of multivalent vaccine. In: Public Health Association Communicable Disease Control Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, (). 4-6 April 2011.
Barnard, R., Lai, R., Pearson, D., Phua, Z. Y., Whiley, D., Sloots, T. and Barnett, G. (2009). A new multiplexable, quantitative, real-time system for detection of nucleic acids. In: Mike L. Taussig, New Biotechnology. Abstracts of the 14th European Congress on Biotechnology. 14th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona, Spain, (S17-S18). 13-16 September 2009. doi:10.1016/j.nbt.2009.06.044
Lambert, Stephen B., Faux, Cassandra E., Hall, L., Birrell, F. E., Peterson, K. V., Selvey, C., Sloots, T. P., Nissen, M. D. and Grimwood, K. (2009). Early evidence for direct and indirect effects of the infant rotavirus vaccine program in Queensland, Australia. In: European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, 27th Annual Scientic Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, (). 9-13 June 2009.
Mackay, I. M., McErlean, P., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2007). The impact of quasispecies on respiratory virus PCR.. In: IX International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections. IX International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections Abstract P20., Hong Kong, (). March 2007.
Bialasiewicz S., Whiley D., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2007). The impact of oligonucleotide design on PCR sensitivity. Abstract M-54. In: Clinical Virology Symposium. Clinical Virology Symposium, Clearwater, FL, USA, (). 2007.
Sloots, T. P., McErlean, P., Speicher D. J., Arden, K., Nissen, M. D. and Mackay, I.M. (2006). Evidence of human coronavirus NL63, HKU1 and human bocavirus in Australian children with acute respiratory infection. In: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia, (). 2006.
Sloots, T. P., Mackay, I. M., Jacob, K.C., Bialasiewicz, S. and Nissen, M. D. (2006). A four year study of human metapneumovirus in Australia. In: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia,, (). 2-6 July 2006.
McErlean P., Shackelton L., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P. and Mackay, Ian M. (2006). A newly identified human rhinovirus present in young children with bronchiolitis. In: Proceedings : IX International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections. IX International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, (). 3-6 March 2007.
Bialasiewicz S., Whiley D. and Sloots, Theodorus P. (2006). The impact of competitive inhibition and sequence variation upon the sensitivity of malaria PCR. In: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting. Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, Australia, (). 2006.
Bialasiewicz S., Whiley D., Nissen, M. D. and Sloots, T. P. (2006). Factors influencing the sensitivity of the malarial PCR assay.. In: ASM SVM Special Interest Group Meeting, Brisbane, (). 2006.
Bialasiewicz S., Whiley D. and Sloots, Theodorus P. (2006). The impact of competitive inhibition and sequence variation upon the sensitivity of malaria PCR.. In: Annual Health and Medical Research Conference of Queensland. Annual Health and Medical Research Conference of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia., (). 2006.
Spence, L., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P., McCormack, J. G., Locke, S., Pyne, D. B., Fricker, P. A. and Brown, W. J. (2005). Upper respiratory illness aetiology and symptomatology in elite and recreationally competitive athletes. In: J. A. Woods, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity: 7th ISEI Symposium Abstracts. 7th ISEI Symposium, Monte Carlo, (469-470). 15-17 September, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2005.06.001
Syrmis, M., O'Carroll, M., Iredell, J., Wainwright, C., Coulter, C., Sloots, T., Bell, S. and Nissen, M. (2005). Detection of an integron associated aadB resistance gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with CF. In: P. J. Thompson, Respirology. 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Perth, Australia, (A16-A16). 18-23 March, 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00663.x-i1
Syrmis, M., O'Carroll, M., Iredell, J., Wainwright, C. E., Coulter, C., Sloots, T., Bell, S. C. and Nissen, M. (2005). Detection of an integron associated aadb-resistance gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with CF. In: H. G. M. Heijerman, 28th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference. 28th European Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Crete, Greece, (S57-S57). 22-25 Jun, 2005.
Spence, L., Nissen, M. D., Sloots, T. P., McCormack, J. G., Locke, S., Pyne, D., Fricker, P. and Brown, W. J. (2004). Identifying the aetiology of upper respiratory illness in elite and recreational athletes. In: C. Finch, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport: 2004 Australian Conference Program and Abstracts. Hot Topics from the Red Centre, Alice Springs, NT, Australia, (48-48). 6-9 October 2004. doi:10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80138-5
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Hamlet, S., Whiley, D., Sloots, T., Cullinan, M., Westerman, B., Palmer, J., West, M. and Seymour, G. (2002). Prevalence of Bacteroides forsythus in a cardiovascular diseased population: A case controlled analysis using real-time PCR. In: Journal of Dental Research. 80th General Session of the International Association of Dental Research, San Diego, (A115-A115). 6-9th March, 2002.
Whiting, P.W., Gowans, E.J., Sloots, T.P., Mackay, I.M., Tillack, S., Harrison, M., Beller, E.M. and Crawford, D.H.G. (2002). The effects of vitamin B12 on hepatitis C virus replication. In: Abstracts of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association. Digestive Disease Week and the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association. Digestive Disease Week and the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association, San Francisco, CA, United States, (74-74). 19-22 May 2002.
Irving, I, Williamson, J, Mollee, P, Morton, AJ, Sloots, T, Siebert, D and Durrant, S (2001). Low dose valaciclovir for the prevention of CMV disease post allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. In: Bone Marrow Transplantation. , , (S154-S155). .
Cooksley, W. G. E., Crawford, D., Gowans, E. J., Harrison, M., Lott, W. B., Macdonald, G. and Sloots, T. (2000). Effects of cobalamin on hepatitis C virus translation and replication. In: Annual Mtg of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease. Ann Mtg of American Assn for the Study of Liver Disease, Dallas, Texas, ((abstract)). 27-31 Oct, 2000.
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