Infectious Disease Research - publications and reports
Campylobacteriosis and food safety
Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., French, N., Baker, M. G. (2023). Bacteria: Campylobacter. In Reference module in food sciences. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822521-9.00035-6 [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].
Baker, M., L. Grout and N. Wilson (2021). "Update on the campylobacter epidemic from chicken meat in New Zealand: the urgent need for an upgraded regulatory response." Epidemiology & Infection 149.
Lake, R. J., D. M. Campbell, S. C. Hathaway, E. Ashmore, P. J. Cressey, B. J. Horn, S. Pirikahu, J. M. Sherwood, M. G. Baker, P. Shoemack, J. Benschop, J. C. Marshall, A. C. Midwinter, D. A. Wilkinson and N. P. French (2021). "Source attributed case-control study of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand." Int J Infect Dis 103: 268-277.
Wilson, B., N. Jones, T. Wood, A. Jagroop-Dearing, J. Kubovy and M. G. Baker (2021). "Clinical outcomes of campylobacteriosis: a case series analysis of hospitalisations associated with the Havelock North Campylobacter outbreak Anita." The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online) 134(1547): 71-84.
Adnan, M., X. Gao, X. Bai, E. Newbern, J. Sherwood, N. Jones, M. Baker, T. Wood and W. Gao (2020). "Potential Early Identification of a Large Campylobacter Outbreak Using Alternative Surveillance Data Sources: Autoregressive Modelling and Spatiotemporal Clustering." JMIR Public Health Surveill 6(3): e18281.
Baker, M. G., L. Grout and N. Wilson (2020). "Update on the campylobacter epidemic from chicken meat in New Zealand: The urgent need for an upgraded regulatory response." Epidemiol Infect 149: e30.
Allan, P. D., C. Palmer, F. Chan, R. Lyons, O. Nicholson, M. Rose, S. Hales and M. G. Baker (2018). "Food safety labelling of chicken to prevent campylobacteriosis: consumer expectations and current practices." BMC Public Health 18(1): 414.
Muellner, P., E. Pleydell, R. Pirie, M. Baker, D. Campbell, P. Carter and N. French (2013). "Molecular-based surveillance of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand–from source attribution to genomic epidemiology." Eurosurveillance 18(3): 20365.
Baker, M. G., A. Kvalsvig, J. Zhang, R. Lake, A. Sears and N. Wilson (2012). "Declining Guillain-Barre syndrome after campylobacteriosis control, New Zealand, 1988-2010." Emerg Infect Dis 18(2): 226-233.
Sears, A., M. G. Baker, N. Wilson, J. Marshall, P. Muellner, D. M. Campbell, R. J. Lake and N. P. French (2011). "Marked campylobacteriosis decline after interventions aimed at poultry, New Zealand." Emerging infectious diseases 17(6): 1007.
Baker, M. and N. Wilson (2007). "The compelling case for urgent action to control New Zealand's foodborne campylobacteriosis epidemic." Proceedings of the Food Safety, Animal Welfare and Biosecurity Branch of the New Zealand Veterinary Association 265: 67-76.
Baker, M., N. Wilson, W. Nelson and B. Harris (2007). "Chicken meat is clearly the most important source of human Campylobacter infection in New Zealand." New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science 61(2): 44.
Enteric diseases
Chua, P. L., V. Huber, C. F. S. Ng, X. T. Seposo, L. Madaniyazi, S. Hales, A. Woodward and M. Hashizume (2021). "Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study." The Lancet Planetary Health 5(7): e436-e445.
Lal, A., M. Hashizume and S. Hales (2017). "Indian Ocean Dipole and Cryptosporidiosis in Australia: Short-Term and Nonlinear Associations." Environ Sci Technol 51(14): 8119-8127.
Teng, A. M., T. Blakely, M. G. Baker and D. Sarfati (2017). "The contribution of Helicobacter pylori to excess gastric cancer in Indigenous and Pacific men: a birth cohort estimate." Gastric Cancer 20(4): 752-755.
Lal, A., T. Dobbins, N. Bagheri, M. G. Baker, N. P. French and S. Hales (2016). "Cryptosporidiosis risk in New Zealand children under 5 years old is greatest in areas with high dairy cattle densities." EcoHealth 13(4): 652-660.
Lal, A., A. W. Lill, M. McIntyre, S. Hales, M. G. Baker and N. P. French (2015). "Environmental change and enteric zoonoses in New Zealand: a systematic review of the evidence." Aust N Z J Public Health 39(1): 63-68.
Lal, A., M. G. Baker, S. Hales and N. P. French (2013). "Potential effects of global environmental changes on cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis transmission." Trends in parasitology 29(2): 83-90.
Lal, A., T. Ikeda, N. French, M. G. Baker and S. Hales (2013). "Climate variability, weather and enteric disease incidence in New Zealand: time series analysis." PLoS One 8(12): e83484.
Lal, A., S. Hales, N. French and M. G. Baker (2012). "Seasonality in human zoonotic enteric diseases: a systematic review." PLoS One 7(4): e31883.
Thornley, C. N., G. C. Simmons, M. L. Callaghan, C. M. Nicol, M. G. Baker, K. S. Gilmore and N. K. Garrett (2003). "First incursion of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT160 into New Zealand." Emerging infectious diseases 9(4): 493.
Influenza
Chambers, T., A. Segal and F. Sassi (2021). "Interventions using behavioural insights to influence children's diet‐related outcomes: A systematic review." Obesity Reviews 22(2): e13152.
Gray, L., S. B. Rose, J. Stanley, J. Zhang, N. Tassell-Matamua, V. Puloka, A. Kvalsvig, S. Wiles, S. A. Murton and D. M. Johnston (2021). "Factors influencing individual ability to follow physical distancing recommendations in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population survey." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 51(sup1): S107-S126.
Wilson, N., G. Rice, G. Thomson and M. G. Baker (2021). "Remembering past pandemics to ensure we plan for the future: updated New Zealand survey of memorials to the 1918 influenza pandemic| OPEN ACCESS."
Huang, Q. S., D. Bandaranayake, T. Wood, E. C. Newbern, R. Seeds, J. Ralston, B. Waite, A. Bissielo, N. Prasad, A. Todd, L. Jelley, W. Gunn, A. McNicholas, T. Metz, S. Lawrence, E. Collis, A. Retter, S. S. Wong, R. Webby, J. Bocacao, J. Haubrock, G. Mackereth, N. Turner, B. McArdle, J. Cameron, E. G. Reynolds, M. G. Baker, C. C. Grant, C. McArthur, S. Roberts, A. Trenholme, C. Wong, S. Taylor, P. Thomas, J. Duque, D. Gross, M. G. Thompson, M. A. Widdowson, I. Southern Hemisphere, R. Vaccine Effectiveness and T. Surveillance Investigation (2019). "Risk Factors and Attack Rates of Seasonal Influenza Infection: Results of the Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance (SHIVERS) Seroepidemiologic Cohort Study." J Infect Dis 219(3): 347-357.
Prasad, N., Q. S. Huang, T. Wood, N. Aminisani, C. McArthur, M. G. Baker, R. Seeds, M. G. Thompson, M.-A. Widdowson and E. C. Newbern (2019). "Influenza-associated outcomes among pregnant, postpartum, and nonpregnant women of reproductive age." The Journal of infectious diseases 219(12): 1893-1903.
Iuliano, A., K. Roguski, H. Chang, D. Muscatello, R. Palekar, S. Tempia, C. Cohen, J. Gran, D. Schanzer and B. Cowling (2018). "Global Seasonal Influenza-associated Mortality Collaborator Network. Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study." Lancet 391(10127): 1285-1300.
Summers, J. A., M. Baker and N. Wilson (2018). "New Zealand's experience of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic: a systematic review after 100 years." N Z Med J 131(1487): 54-69.
Thompson, M. G., N. Pierse, Q. S. Huang, N. Prasad, J. Duque, E. C. Newbern, M. G. Baker, N. Turner and C. McArthur (2018). "Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing influenza-associated intensive care admissions and attenuating severe disease among adults in New Zealand 2012–2015." Vaccine 36(39): 5916-5925.
Wong, S.-S., C. M. Oshansky, X.-Z. J. Guo, J. Ralston, T. Wood, R. Seeds, C. Newbern, B. Waite, G. Reynolds and M.-A. Widdowson (2018). "Severe influenza is characterized by prolonged immune activation: results from the SHIVERS Cohort Study." The Journal of infectious diseases 217(2): 245-256.
Fell, D. B., E. Azziz-Baumgartner, M. G. Baker, M. Batra, J. Beaute, P. Beutels, N. Bhat, Z. A. Bhutta, C. Cohen, B. De Mucio, B. D. Gessner, M. G. Gravett, M. A. Katz, M. Knight, V. J. Lee, M. Loeb, J. M. Luteijn, H. Marshall, H. Nair, K. Pottie, R. A. Salam, D. A. Savitz, S. J. Serruya, B. Skidmore, J. R. Ortiz, W. H. O. t. t. e. i. d. t. i. v. impact and m. economic (2017). "Influenza epidemiology and immunization during pregnancy: Final report of a World Health Organization working group." Vaccine 35(43): 5738-5750.
Khieu, T. Q., N. Pierse, L. F. Telfar-Barnard, J. Zhang, Q. S. Huang and M. G. Baker (2017). "Modelled seasonal influenza mortality shows marked differences in risk by age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic position in New Zealand." Journal of Infection 75(3): 225-233.
Wilson, N., C. Ferguson, G. Rice, M. G. Baker, B. Schrader, C. Clement and G. Thomson (2017). "Remembering the 1918 influenza pandemic: national survey of memorials and scope for enhancing educational value around pandemic preparedness." N Z Med J 130(1465): 53-70.
Davis, R. E., E. Dougherty, C. McArthur, Q. S. Huang and M. G. Baker (2016). "Cold, dry air is associated with influenza and pneumonia mortality in Auckland, New Zealand." Influenza and other respiratory viruses 10(4): 310-313.
Makowharemahihi, C., J. Wall, G. Keay, C. Britton, M. McGibbon, P. LeGeyt, J. Maipi and V. Signal (2016). "Quality improvement: Indigenous influence in oral health policy, process, and practice." Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 27(1): 54-60.
Pierse, N., H. Kelly, M. G. Thompson, A. Bissielo, S. Radke, Q. S. Huang, M. G. Baker and N. Turner (2016). "Influenza vaccine effectiveness for hospital and community patients using control groups with and without non-influenza respiratory viruses detected, Auckland, New Zealand 2014." Vaccine 34(4): 503-509.
Wilson, N., M. Boyd, S. Nisa, C. Clement and M. Baker (2016). "Did exposure to a severe outbreak of pandemic influenza in 1918 impact on long-term survival?" Epidemiology & Infection 144(15): 3166-3169.
Jennings, L. C., P. C. Priest, R. A. Psutka, A. R. Duncan, T. Anderson, P. Mahagamasekera, A. Strathdee and M. G. Baker (2015). "Respiratory viruses in airline travellers with influenza symptoms: Results of an airport screening study." J Clin Virol 67: 8-13.
Khieu, T. Q., N. Pierse, L. F. Telfar-Barnard, Q. S. Huang and M. G. Baker (2015). "Estimating the contribution of influenza to hospitalisations in New Zealand from 1994 to 2008." Vaccine 33(33): 4087-4092.
MacRae, J., T. Love, M. G. Baker, A. Dowell, M. Carnachan, M. Stubbe and L. McBain (2015). "Identifying influenza-like illness presentation from unstructured general practice clinical narrative using a text classifier rule-based expert system versus a clinical expert." BMC medical informatics and decision making 15(1): 1-11.
Summers, J. (2015). "A flu that brought nations to a standstill." Hektoen International 7(3).
Huang, Q. S., M. Baker, C. McArthur, S. Roberts, D. Williamson, C. Grant, A. Trenholme, C. Wong, S. Taylor and L. LeComte (2014). "Hospital-based surveillance for severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) caused by influenza and other respiratory pathogens, New Zealand." Western Pacific Surveillance and Response(2).
Summers, J. A., J. Stanley, M. G. Baker and N. Wilson (2014). "Risk factors for death from pandemic influenza in 1918-1919: a case-control study." Influenza Other Respir Viruses 8(3): 329-338.
Turner, N., N. Pierse, A. Bissielo, Q. Huang, S. Radke, M. Baker, M. Widdowson, H. Kelly and S. i. team (2014). "Effectiveness of seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in preventing influenza hospitalisations and primary care visits in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2013." Euro Surveill 19(34): 20884.
Turner, N., N. Pierse, A. Bissielo, Q. S. Huang, M. G. Baker, M. A. Widdowson, H. Kelly and S. i. team (2014). "The effectiveness of seasonal trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in preventing laboratory confirmed influenza hospitalisations in Auckland, New Zealand in 2012." Vaccine 32(29): 3687-3693.
Wilson, N., J. Oliver, G. Rice, J. A. Summers, M. G. Baker, M. Waller and G. D. Shanks (2014). "Age-specific mortality during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic and possible relationship to the 1889-92 influenza pandemic." J Infect Dis 210(6): 993-995.
Wilson, N., J. Summers and M. G. Baker (2014). "Impact of the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic on the New Zealand military and persisting lessons for pandemic control." Microbiology Australia 35(3): 138-140.
Summers, J. A., G. D. Shanks, M. G. Baker and N. Wilson (2013). "Severe impact of the 1918-19 pandemic influenza in a national military force." N Z Med J 126(1378): 36-47.
Summers, J. A., N. Wilson, M. G. Baker and M. Gottfredsson (2013). "The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 in two remote island nations: Iceland and New Zealand." N Z Med J 126(1373): 74-80.
Hale, M. J., R. S. Hoskins and M. G. Baker (2012). "Screening for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Auckland International Airport, New Zealand." Emerg Infect Dis 18(5): 866-868.
Jacobs, J. H., B. N. Archer, M. G. Baker, B. J. Cowling, R. T. Heffernan, G. Mercer, O. Uez, W. Hanshaoworakul, C. Viboud, J. Schwartz, E. Tchetgen Tchetgen and M. Lipsitch (2012). "Searching for sharp drops in the incidence of pandemic A/H1N1 influenza by single year of age." PLoS One 7(8): e42328.
Summers, J. A. (2012). "Pandemic Influenza Outbreak on a Troop Ship—Diary of a Soldier in 1918." Emerging Infectious Diseases 18(11): 1900.
Wilson, N., L. T. Barnard, J. A. Summers, G. D. Shanks and M. G. Baker (2012). "Differential mortality rates by ethnicity in 3 influenza pandemics over a century, New Zealand." Emerg Infect Dis 18(1): 71-77.
Wilson, N., J. A. Summers and M. G. Baker (2012). "The 2009 influenza pandemic: a review of the strengths and weaknesses of the health sector response in New Zealand." N Z Med J 125(1365): 54-66.
Bandaranayake, D., M. Jacobs, M. Baker, D. Hunt, T. Wood, A. Bissielo, M. Macfarlane, L. Lopez, G. Mackereth and Q. Huang (2011). "The second wave of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) in New Zealand, January-October 2010." Euro Surveill 16(6): 19788.
Barry, T., S. Manning, M. S. Lee, R. Eggleton, S. Hampton, J. Kaur, M. G. Baker and N. Wilson (2011). "Respiratory hygiene practices by the public during the 2009 influenza pandemic: an observational study." Influenza Other Respir Viruses 5(5): 317-320.
Jutel, A., M. G. Baker, J. Stanley, Q. S. Huang and D. Bandaranayake (2011). "Self-diagnosis of influenza during a pandemic: a cross-sectional survey." BMJ Open 1(2): e000234.
Lipsitch, M., L. Finelli, R. T. Heffernan, G. M. Leung, S. C. Redd and H. n. S. Group (2011). "Improving the evidence base for decision making during a pandemic: the example of 2009 influenza A/H1N1." Biosecur Bioterror 9(2): 89-115.
Manning, S., T. Barry, M. G. Baker and N. Wilson (2011). "Hand Hygiene practices at a hospital entrance after the 2009 influenza pandemic: observational study over 1 year." The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online) 124(1334).
Summers, J., N. Wilson and M. Baker (2011). "New research on pandemic influenza at the World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, 7-11 August 2011." Eurosurveillance 16(45): 20011.
Summers, J. A., M. Gottfredsson, N. Wilson and M. G. Baker (2011). "P1-524 Comparative study of the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 in two island nations: Iceland and New Zealand." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 65(Suppl 1): A212-A212.
Wilson, N., L. T. Barnard, J. Summers, D. Shanks and M. Baker (2011). "P2-489 Relatively high mortality for Maori and Pacific peoples in the 2009 influenza pandemic and comparisons with previous pandemics." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 65(Suppl 1): A356-A356.
Baker, M. G., C. N. Thornley, C. Mills, S. Roberts, S. Perera, J. Peters, A. Kelso, I. Barr and N. Wilson (2010). "Transmission of pandemic A/H1N1 2009 influenza on passenger aircraft: retrospective cohort study." BMJ 340: c2424.
Bandaranayake, D., Q. S. Huang, A. Bissielo, T. Wood, G. Mackereth, M. G. Baker, R. Beasley, S. Reid, S. Roberts, V. Hope and H. N. S. I. Team (2010). "Risk factors and immunity in a nationally representative population following the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic." PLoS One 5(10): e13211.
Summers, J. A., N. Wilson, M. G. Baker and G. D. Shanks (2010). "Mortality risk factors for pandemic influenza on New Zealand troop ship, 1918." Emerg Infect Dis 16(12): 1931-1937.
Wilson, N., P. Howden‐Chapman and M. G. Baker (2010). "Co‐benefits and 'no regrets' benefits of influenza pandemic planning." Influenza And Other Respiratory Viruses 4(3): 113.
Zheng, T., B. Adlam, T. Rawdon, W. Stanislawek, S. Cork, V. Hope, B. Buddle, K. Grimwood, M. Baker and J. O'keefe (2010). "A cross-sectional survey of influenza A infection, and management practices in small rural backyard poultry flocks in two regions of New Zealand." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 58(2): 74-80.
Baker, M., H. Kelly and N. Wilson (2009). "Pandemic H1N1 influenza lessons from the southern hemisphere." Euro Surveill 14(42): 19370.
Baker, M. G., N. Wilson, Q. S. Huang, S. Paine, L. Lopez, D. Bandaranayake, M. Tobias, K. Mason, G. F. Mackereth, M. Jacobs, C. Thornley, S. Roberts and C. McArthur (2009). "Pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v in New Zealand: the experience from April to August 2009." Euro Surveill 14(34): 19319.
Duncan, A. R., P. C. Priest, L. C. Jennings, C. R. Brunton and M. G. Baker (2009). "Screening for influenza infection in international airline travelers." Am J Public Health 99 Suppl 2(S2): S360-362.
Eichner, M., M. Schwehm, N. Wilson and M. G. Baker (2009). "Small islands and pandemic influenza: potential benefits and limitations of travel volume reduction as a border control measure." BMC infectious diseases 9(1): 1-5.
Murray, R., C. Chandler, Y. Clarkson, N. Wilson, M. Baker, R. Cunningham, R. Wellington and G. Hand Hygiene Study (2009). "Sub-optimal hand sanitiser usage in a hospital entrance during an influenza pandemic, New Zealand, August 2009." Euro Surveill 14(37): 19331.
Nishiura, H. and N. Wilson (2009). "Transmission dynamics of the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand: analyses of national and city data." N Z Med J 122(1296): 81-86.
Nishiura, H., N. Wilson and M. G. Baker (2009). "Estimating the reproduction number of the novel influenza A virus (H1N1) in a Southern Hemisphere setting: preliminary estimate in New Zealand." N Z Med J 122(1299): 73-77.
Nishiura, H., N. Wilson and M. G. Baker (2009). "Quarantine for pandemic influenza control at the borders of small island nations." BMC infectious diseases 9(1): 1-14.
Schwehm, M., M. Eichner, N. Wilson and M. G. Baker (2009). "A freely available software tool for assessing aspects of pandemic influenza risk reduction for small islands." N Z Med J 122(1295): 94-95.
Schwehm, M. and N. Wilson (2009). "Potential impact of pandemic influenza interventions in New Zealand: a brief modelling study." N Z Med J 122(1291): 117-121.
Wilson, N. and M. G. Baker (2009). "Comparison of the content of the New Zealand influenza pandemic plan with European pandemic plans." N Z Med J 122(1290): 36-46.
Wilson, N. and M. G. Baker (2009). "The emerging influenza pandemic: estimating the case fatality ratio." Euro Surveill 14(26): 19255.
Wilson, N., K. Mason, M. Tobias, M. Peacey, Q. Huang and M. Baker (2009). "Interpreting “Google Flu Trends” data for pandemic H1N1 influenza: the New Zealand experience." Eurosurveillance 14(44): 19386.
Wilson, N., J. Summers, M. Baker and G. Rice (2009). "A bizarre case of drowning as a result of pandemic influenza (1918 pandemic)." Clinical Correspondence.
McLeod, M., H. Kelly, N. Wilson and M. G. Baker (2008). "Border control measures in the influenza pandemic plans of six South Pacific nations: a critical review." N Z Med J 121(1278): 62-72.
McLeod, M. A., M. Baker, N. Wilson, H. Kelly, T. Kiedrzynski and J. L. Kool (2008). "Protective effect of maritime quarantine in South Pacific jurisdictions, 1918-19 influenza pandemic." Emerg Infect Dis 14(3): 468-470.
Wilson, N., M. G. Baker and L. C. Jennings (2008). "The clioepidemiology of pandemic influenza and next steps for pandemic influenza research in New Zealand." N Z Med J 121(1284): 6-10.
McSweeny, K., A. Colman, N. Fancourt, M. Parnell, S. Stantiall, G. Rice, M. Baker and N. Wilson (2007). "Was rurality protective in the 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand?" The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online) 120(1256).
Roberts, M. G., M. Baker, L. C. Jennings, G. Sertsou and N. Wilson (2007). "A model for the spread and control of pandemic influenza in an isolated geographical region." J R Soc Interface 4(13): 325-330.
Sertsou, G., N. Wilson, M. Baker, P. Nelson and M. G. Roberts (2006). "Key transmission parameters of an institutional outbreak during the 1918 influenza pandemic estimated by mathematical modelling." Theor Biol Med Model 3(1): 38.
Wilson, N., M. Baker, P. Crampton and O. Mansoor (2005). "The potential impact of the next influenza pandemic on a national primary care medical workforce." Hum Resour Health 3(1): 7.
Wilson, N., O. Mansoor and M. Baker (2005). "Estimating the impact of the next influenza pandemic on population health and health sector capacity in New Zealand." 100 Years Ago in the NZMJ 118(1211): 1.
Wilson, N., O. Mansoor, D. Lush and T. Kiedrzynski (2005). "Modeling the impact of pandemic influenza on Pacific Islands." Emerg Infect Dis 11(2): 347-349.
Wilson, N., G. Rice, G. Thomson and M. Baker (2005). "Re-evaluating a local public health control measure used in New Zealand for the pandemic influenza of 1918." The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online) 118(1224).
Salmonellosis
Lal, A., S. Hales, M. Kirk, M. G. Baker and N. P. French (2016). "Spatial and temporal variation in the association between temperature and salmonellosis in NZ." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 40(2): 165-169.
Britton, E., S. Hales, K. Venugopal and M. G. Baker (2010). "Positive association between ambient temperature and salmonellosis notifications in New Zealand, 1965–2006." Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 34(2): 126-129.
Lal, A., M. Baker, N. P. French, M. Dufour and S. Hales (2012). "The epidemiology of human salmonellosis in New Zealand, 1997–2008." Epidemiology & Infection 140(9): 1685-1694.
Wilson, N. and M. Baker (2009). "A systematic review of the aetiology of salmonellosis in New Zealand." Accessed from the New Zealand Food Safety Website (www. nzfsa. govt. nz).
Baker, M., C. Thornley, L. Lopez, N. Garrett and C. Nicol (2007). "A recurring salmonellosis epidemic in New Zealand linked to contact with sheep." Epidemiology & Infection 135(1): 76-83.
Thornley, C. N., G. C. Simmons, M. L. Callaghan, C. M. Nicol, M. G. Baker, K. S. Gilmore and N. K. Garrett (2003). "First incursion of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT160 into New Zealand." Emerging infectious diseases 9(4): 493.
Birrell, J. M., Wilson, B., Taylor, S., & Bennett, J. (2023). Invasive group A streptococcal disease in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand: Epidemiology, manifestations and impact. New Zealand Medical Journal / Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1575), 33-41. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/.
Bennett, J., Moreland, N. J., Zhang, J., Crane, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., Carapetis, J., Williamson, D. A., & Baker, M. G. (2022). Risk factors for group A streptococcal pharyngitis and skin infections: A case control study. ,Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific 26, 100507. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100507.
Bennett, J. and M. Baker (2022). Skin infections confirmed as a cause of rheumatic fever www.labonline.com.au.
Bennett, J., N. J. Moreland, D. A. Williamson, J. Carapetis, J. Crane, A. L. Whitcombe, S. Jack, M. Harwood and M. G. Baker (2022). "Comparison of group A streptococcal titres in healthy children and those with pharyngitis and skin infections." Journal of Infection 84(1): 24-30.
Whitcombe, A. L., R. McGregor, J. Bennett, J. K. Gurney, D. A. Williamson, M. G. Baker and N. J. Moreland (2022). "Increased breadth of Group A Streptococcus antibody responses in children with Acute Rheumatic Fever compared to precursor pharyngitis and skin infections." J Infect Dis.
Bennett, J. (2020). Call for better ways to treat skin infections www.nzdoctor.co.nz.
Bennett, J., N. J. Moreland, J. Oliver, J. Crane, D. A. Williamson, D. Sika-Paotonu, M. Harwood, A. Upton, S. Smith and J. Carapetis (2019). "Understanding group A streptococcal pharyngitis and skin infections as causes of rheumatic fever: protocol for a prospective disease incidence study." BMC Infectious Diseases 19(1): 1-10.
Cannon, J. W., S. Jack, Y. Wu, J. Zhang, M. G. Baker, E. Geelhoed, J. Fraser and J. R. Carapetis (2018). "An economic case for a vaccine to prevent group A streptococcus skin infections." Vaccine 36(46): 6968-6978.
Williamson, D. A., S. R. Ritchie, S. A. Roberts, G. W. Coombs, M. G. Thomas, O. Hannaford, M. G. Baker, D. Lennon and J. D. Fraser (2014). "Clinical and molecular epidemiology of community-onset invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection in New Zealand children." Epidemiol Infect 142(8): 1713-1721.
Williamson, D. A., J. Zhang, S. R. Ritchie, S. A. Roberts, J. D. Fraser and M. G. Baker (2014). "Staphylococcus aureus infections in New Zealand, 2000-2011." Emerg Infect Dis 20(7): 1156-1161.
Williamson, D. A., A. Lim, M. G. Thomas, M. G. Baker, S. A. Roberts, J. D. Fraser and S. R. Ritchie (2013). "Incidence, trends and demographics of Staphylococcus aureus infections in Auckland, New Zealand, 2001-2011." BMC Infect Dis 13(1): 569.
Williamson, D. A., S. R. Ritchie, D. Lennon, S. A. Roberts, J. Stewart, M. G. Thomas and M. G. Baker (2013). "Increasing incidence and sociodemographic variation in community-onset Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in New Zealand children." Pediatr Infect Dis J 32(8): 923-925.
O'Sullivan, C. and M. G. Baker (2012). "Serious skin infections in children: a review of admissions to Gisborne Hospital (2006-2007)." N Z Med J 125(1351): 55-69.
O'Sullivan, C. and M. G. Baker (2012). "Skin infections in children in a New Zealand primary care setting: exploring beneath the tip of the iceberg." N Z Med J 125(1351): 70-79.
O'Sullivan, C., M. G. Baker, J. Zhang, A. Davies and G. Cramp (2012). "The epidemiology of serious skin infections in New Zealand children: comparing the Tairawhiti region with national trends." N Z Med J 125(1351): 40-54.
O'Sullivan, C. E., M. G. Baker and J. Zhang (2011). "Increasing hospitalizations for serious skin infections in New Zealand children, 1990-2007." Epidemiol Infect 139(11): 1794-1804.
O'Sullivan, C. E. and M. G. Baker (2010). "Proposed epidemiological case definition for serious skin infection in children." Journal of paediatrics and child health 46(4): 176-183.
Tuberculosis
Baker, M., D. Das, K. Venugopal and P. Howden-Chapman (2008). "Tuberculosis associated with household crowding in a developed country." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 62(8): 715-721.
Das, D., M. Baker and L. Calder (2006). "Tuberculosis epidemiology in New Zealand: 1995-2004." The New Zealand Medical Journal (Online) 119(1243).
Das, D., M. Baker, K. Venugopal and S. McAllister (2006). "Why the tuberculosis incidence rate is not falling in New Zealand." NZMJ 119(1243).
Zoonoses and One Health
Mayfield, H. J., C. S. Smith, J. H. Lowry, C. H. Watson, M. G. Baker, M. Kama, E. J. Nilles and C. L. Lau (2018). "Predictive risk mapping of an environmentally-driven infectious disease using spatial Bayesian networks: A case study of leptospirosis in Fiji." PLoS neglected tropical diseases 12(10): e0006857.
Lal, A., M. Hashizume and S. Hales (2017). "Indian Ocean Dipole and Cryptosporidiosis in Australia: Short-Term and Nonlinear Associations." Environ Sci Technol 51(14): 8119-8127.
Lal, A., A. W. Lill, M. McIntyre, S. Hales, M. G. Baker and N. P. French (2015). "Environmental change and enteric zoonoses in New Zealand: a systematic review of the evidence." Aust N Z J Public Health 39(1): 63-68.
Lal, A., T. Dobbins, N. Bagheri, M. G. Baker, N. P. French and S. Hales (2016). "Cryptosporidiosis risk in New Zealand children under 5 years old is greatest in areas with high dairy cattle densities." EcoHealth 13(4): 652-660.
Lal, A., M. G. Baker, S. Hales and N. P. French (2013). "Potential effects of global environmental changes on cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis transmission." Trends in parasitology 29(2): 83-90.
Lal, A., S. Hales, N. French and M. G. Baker (2012). "Seasonality in human zoonotic enteric diseases: a systematic review." PLoS One 7(4): e31883.
Thornley, C., M. Baker, P. Weinstein and E. Maas (2002). "Changing epidemiology of human leptospirosis in New Zealand." Epidemiology & Infection 128(1): 29-36.
Prinsen, G., Baker, M., Benschop, J., Collins-Emerson, J., Douwes, J., Fayaz, A., … Yeung, P. (2023). “We don't really do doctors.” Messages from people diagnosed with occupational leptospirosis for medical professionals on infection, hospitalisation, and long-term effects. Heliyon, 9, e19303. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19303
Murray, C., Rose, S. B., Kvalsvig, A., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections in Aotearoa New Zealand: A review of clinician-notified gonorrhoea and syphilis data. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC22147
Graham, F. F., Harte, D. J. G., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Environmental investigation and surveillance for Legionella in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000-2020 [Short communication]. Current Microbiology, 80(5), 156. doi: 10.1007/s00284-023-03261-9 Wilson, N., Boyd, M., Kerr, J., Kvalsvig, A., & Baker, M. (2023). The need for long-term thinking: Especially for preventing catastrophic risks. The Briefing, (15 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/need-long-term-thinking-especially-preventing-catastrophic-risks [Commentary].
Murray, C., Rose, S. B., Kvalsvig, A., & Baker, M. G. (2022, November). Improving contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections in light of Aotearoa's Covid-19 response: A qualitative study. Poster session presented at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Murray, C., Rose, S. B., Kvalsvig, A., & Baker, M. G. (2022, October). Improving contact tracing for STIS in Aotearoa: Key informants share their views. Verbal presentation at the 43rd New Zealand Sexual Health Society Virtual Health Conference: He waka eke noa, [Online].
Wilson, N., Payne, B., & Boyd, M. (2023). Mathematical optimization of frost resistant crop production to ensure food supply during a nuclear winter catastrophe. Scientific Reports, 13, 8254. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35354-7
Wilson, N., Prickett, M., & Boyd, M. (2023). Food security during nuclear winter: A preliminary agricultural sector analysis for Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal / Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1574), 65-81. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Wilson, N., Clement, C., Summers, J. A., Thomson, G., Harper, G. (2022). Differential lifespan impacts on veterans by war exposure in the First World War. BMJ Military Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/military-2022-002278.
Durrheim, D. N., Baker, M. G., Capeding, M. R., Goh, K. T., Lee, D., Papania, M., … Xu, A. (2022). Accelerating measles elimination in the Western Pacific Region during the calm between the storms. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 23, 100495. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100495 [Commentary].