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| Volume: 8 Number: 1 | |||||
| CONFERENCE PROGRAM/TIMETABLE SUPPLEMENT | |||||
| INVITED EDITORIALS: | |||||
| The Centenary of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1907-2007 | |||||
| Professor Peter Leggat | Page 1 | ||||
| One Hundred Years of Tropical Medicine: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals | |||||
| Dr Alan Hauquitz and Professor Peter Leggat | Page 1 | ||||
| INVITED REVIEW: | |||||
| Cancer in the tropics and tropical cancers: an overview | |||||
| Dr Alan Mills | Page 1 | ||||
| CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: Tropical health and cancer research in clinical practice | |||||
| Oral Presentations | |||||
| THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | |||||
| RSTM&H CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM OPENING ADDRESS: “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE | |||||
| Leggat PA, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 12 | ||||
| VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES OF SIGNIFICANCE IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA | |||||
| John McBride, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland | Page 12 | ||||
| THE GLOBAL PROGRAMME TO ELIMINATE LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS-AN UPDATE | |||||
| Prof. Dato. Dr. C. P. Ramachandran, Universiti Putra Malaysia | Page 13 | ||||
| RSTM&H CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM SESSION II | |||||
| THE SEVENTY-YEAR WAR AGAINST LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN THE PACIFIC: ARE WE ON THE VERGE OF CLAIMING VICTORY? | |||||
| Wayne Melrose, WHO Collaborating Centre for Control of Lymphatic Filariasis, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 13 | ||||
| SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS OF IMPORTANCE IN AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Rick Speare, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland. Email. richard.speare@jcu.edu.au | Page 13 | ||||
| THE INCIDENCE OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA DETECTED IN PRIMARY CARE AND THE VALUE OF DERMOSCOPY | |||||
| Scott Kitchener, Toowomba District Health Office, Queensland | Page 13 | ||||
| RSTM&H CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM SESSION III | |||||
| EMERGING & REEMERGING INFECTIONS – WHAT CHANCE CONTROL? | |||||
| Bernie J Hudson, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, PaLMS,Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards NSW | Page 14 | ||||
| TRAVEL MEDICINE: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE | |||||
| Peter A. Leggat, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 14 | ||||
| AFRICAN TICK BITE FEVER | |||||
| John Frean, National Institute for Communicable Diseases | Page 14 | ||||
| RURAL AND TROPICAL HEALTH | |||||
| RURAL CANCER RESEARCH AND OUTCOMES | |||||
| Sebesan S | Page 14 | ||||
| RURAL AND REMOTE ROAD SAFETY STUDY: WHAT’S GOING ON? | |||||
| O’Connor, TM, Rural Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 14 | ||||
| CRASH INJURIES IN RURAL AND REMOTE NORTH QUEENSLAND | |||||
| O’Connor, TM, Rural Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 14 | ||||
| SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE TROPICS | |||||
| Devine S*, Buettner PG, Mummery K, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia and School of Health and Human Movement, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. | Page 14 | ||||
| CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH | |||||
| THE IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHOEDEMA ON TOWNSVILLE WOMEN | |||||
| Sperring, R.J.*, Gray, M.A., Gordon, S. School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland. | Page 14 | ||||
| THE ROLE OF THE GP IN COLORECTAL CANCER MANAGEMENT: A RURAL URBAN COMPARISON | |||||
| Hanks, H*, James Cook University, Queensland and University of New South Wales, NSW. | Page 14 | ||||
| BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY FOR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER | |||||
| Lynne Bartlett*, Kathryn Sloots†, Madeleine Nowak*, Yik-Hong Ho† *School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia and †School of Medicine and the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. | Page 15 | ||||
| RECOVERY OF BOWEL FUNCTION IS RELATED TO AGE, AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ANTERIOR RESECTION FOR COMPLICATED SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS | |||||
| CT Lu, Y-H Ho, Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 16 | ||||
| SUPPLEMENTARY HOME BIOFEEDBACK THERAPY FOR FAECAL INCONTINENCE: A PILOT OF 4 PATIENTS | |||||
| Lynne Bartlett*, Kathryn Sloots†, Yik-Hong Ho† *School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia and †School of Medicine and the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. | Page 16 | ||||
| TROPICAL MEDICINE AND ENVENOMATION | |||||
| INVITED PAPER: CHANGING DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA SINCE COLONIAL CONTACT AND INDEPENDENCE | |||||
| Cooke R. University of Queensland, Brisbane | Page 17 | ||||
| WITHOUT THE LEAST SUSPICION OF ITS BEING OF A POISONOUS QUALITY, WE HAD ORDERED IT FOR SUPPER...FISH POISONING IN AUSTRALIA 1995-2006 | |||||
| Kenneth.D.Winkel1, Benjamin Lui2, Martyn Kirk3, Kathleen Fullerton3, Craig Dalton4, Bill Nimorakiotakis1 1 Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne; 2 Epworth Hospital Emergency Department; 3 OzFoodNet, Department of Health & Ageing, Canberra; 4 Hunter New England Area Health Service, Newcastle | Page 17 | ||||
| DEVELOPING A TOXINOLOGY TOOLKIT FOR AN UNDER-DEVELOPED WORLD | |||||
| David J Williams (1,2*), Simon D Jensen (1,2), Ronelle E Welton (3), Teatulohi Matainaho (2), Wolfgang Wüster (1,4), Vera Ignjatovic (5), James Tibballs (1,6), Bill Nimorakiotakis (1) Kenneth D Winkel (1) (1) Australian Venom Research Unit, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic,3010. Australia (2) School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, PNG (3) Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Vic, 3010,Australia (4) School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom (5) School of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic, 3010, Australia (6) Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Vic, 3010,Australia | Page 17 | ||||
| NOVEL APPROACH TO GENITAL CHLAMYDIA TESTING AND MANAGEMENT IN BUDGET TRAVELLERS IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Buhrer Skinner M (1,2) and Muller R (1) (1) Anton Breinl Centre, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland (2) Institute of Primary Health and Ambulatory Care, Queensland Health, Townsville, Queensland | Page 17 | ||||
| HISTORY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE IN QUEENSLAND | |||||
| Hansman D. 66 Alexandra Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia 5067 | Page 18 | ||||
| DINNER PRESENTATION | |||||
| RECENT ADVANCES IN COLONOSCOPY AND COLONOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF EARLY COLORECTAL CANCERS | |||||
| Konishi F*, Togashi K, Sagihara N, Kawmaura Y. Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical University | Page 18 | ||||
| PLENARY: THE 14TH ASHDOWN ORATION | |||||
| MORPHOLOGICAL AND GENETIC PATHWAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER | |||||
| Fumio Konishi,* Hiroshi Noda, Kazutomo Togashi, Takafumi Maeda, Yutaka Kawamura, Department of Surgery, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical University | Page 19 | ||||
| ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE | |||||
| OBESITY/NUTRITION AND CANCER | |||||
| Kennedy L – No abstract received. | Page 20 | ||||
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF COLORECTAL CANCER | |||||
| Alfred Lam, Professor of Pathology, Griffith University | Page 20 | ||||
| PET.CT SCANS AND CANCER DIAGNOSIS | |||||
| Ramsay SC, Townsville Nuclear Medicine, Mater Hospital Pimlico & Department of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 20 | ||||
| SKIN CANCER I | |||||
| WHAT IS APPROPRIATE SUN EXPOSURE? LAYING SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS FOR SOLVING A PUBLIC HEALTH DILEMMA | |||||
| Olds, W.J.*, Kimlin, M.G. Australian Sun and Health Research Laboratory, Insitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove,Brisbane, Queensland | Page 20 | ||||
| SUNSCREEN USE AND VITAMIN D STATUS | |||||
| M.G. Kimlin(1), A. Brodie1, C.A. Lang1, S. Harrison (2), M. Nowak (2), and M.R. Moore (3) (1) Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology; (2) Skin Cancer Research Group, James Cook University, Townsville; (3) National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicity, University of Queensland. | Page 21 | ||||
| ASSOCIATION OF SKIN COLOUR AND VITAMIN D (25(OH)D) | |||||
| Lang C.A.*(1) , Kimlin M.G.(1) , Harrison S.(2), Nowak M.,(2) and Moore M.R.(3) (1)Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland; (2)Skin Cancer Research Group, James Cook University, Queensland; (3)National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicity, University of Queensland, Queensland | Page 21 | ||||
| SUN EXPOSURE AND RISK PERCEPTION OF OUTDOOR WORKERS | |||||
| Saris, K*. and Kimlin, M. G. Australian Sun and Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. | Page 21 | ||||
| BASAL CELL CARCINOMA, INFECTION WITH HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS AND SMOKING | |||||
| Thomas Iftner (1), Angelika Iftner (1), Petra G Buettner*(2), Simone L Harrison(2), Margaret Glasby(2), Beverly A Raasch(3), and Claus Garbe(4) (1)Research Section Experimental Virology, Institute of Medical Virology, Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany; (2)Skin Cancer Research Group within the North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia; (3)Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates; (4)Department of Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany. | Page 22 | ||||
| CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND ORATION | |||||
| DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS MELANOMA | |||||
| Professor Claus Garbe – No abstract received | Page 22 | ||||
| SKIN CANCER PLENARY | |||||
| CURRENT OPEN ISSUES IN MELANOMA: FROM SURGERY TO IMMUNOTHERAPY | |||||
| Professor Alessandro Testori – No abstract received. | Page 22 | ||||
| SKIN CANCER II | |||||
| SUN PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWNSVILLE AND THURINGOWA COMMUNITY MARKETS | |||||
| Bartlett L*(1), Cross N (1), Cross N (1), Huth N (1), Jackson S (1), Jensen A (1), Jongkryg M (1), King J (1), Lee P (1), Nugent C (1), Passmore J (1), Phillips R (1), Webster K(1), Wedel C (1), Baker M (2), (1)School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia (2)M2Marketingmatters, PO Box 1861, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia | Page 22 | ||||
| KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT SUNBURN AND SOLAR KERATOSES IN AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Raasch BA*, Buettner PG , United Arab Emirates University Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, and School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, Skin Cancer Research Group, James Cook University, Australia | Page 22 | ||||
| MINOR SKIN EXCISIONS IN GENERAL PRACTICE IN NORTH QUEENSLAND | |||||
| Heal C*, Buettner P, Raasch B, Browning S., School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 23 | ||||
| GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION OF INCIDENCE OF CUTANEOUS MELANOMA IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Petra Buettner* and Robert MacLennan, Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, within North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville, and Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane | Page 23 | ||||
| MEETING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS | |||||
| AWARENESS OF THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NORTH QUEENSLAND | |||||
| Hauquitz A*, Leggat P, Long S, Speare R., James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 23 | ||||
| WHY MEDICAL STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT | |||||
| Preston, R*; Veitch, PC; Grant, M; Veitch, J; Savage, R, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 23 | ||||
| 2ND COPEMAN ORATION | |||||
| TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED: MALARIA ACQUIRED OUTSIDE ENDEMIC AREAS | |||||
| Frean JA, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa | Page 24 | ||||
| CONFERENCE DINNER PRESENTATION | |||||
| MELANOMA STAGE IV VACCINATIONS: HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS AND SALMONELLA STUDIES | |||||
| Professor Alessandro Testori – No abstract received. | Page 24 | ||||
| Poster Presentations | |||||
| RURAL AND TROPICAL HEALTH | |||||
| LESSONS FROM THE FIELD: CONDUCTING PRACTICE BASED RESEARCH | |||||
| Heal, C, Veitch, P, Preston, R*, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Queensland | Page 25 | ||||
| LIFESTYLE TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS OF GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN ADULTS – THE DIETITIAN’S PERSPECTIVE | |||||
| Madeleine Nowak, Petra Büttner, Simone Harrison, Cynthia McCutchan, Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research within the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 25 | ||||
| LIFESTYLE TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS OF GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE – THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE | |||||
| Madeleine Nowak (1), Petra Büttner (1), Beverly Raasch (2), Kym Daniell (2), Simone Harrison (1), Cynthia McCutchan (1) (1)School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, and (2)School of Medicine, North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research within the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 26 | ||||
| LIFESTYLE TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE – A CASE SERIES | |||||
| Madeleine Nowak (1), Petra Büttner (1), Simone Harrison (1), Kym Daniell (2), Beverly Raasch (2), Rick Speare (1) - (1) School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences. (2) School of Medicine, North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research within the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville. | Page 26 | ||||
| THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED: PATIENT’S VIEWS OF WHAT CAUSED THEIR ROAD CRASHES | |||||
| Blackman, R, Rural Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 26 | ||||
| PERHAPS IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE THIRSTY IN THE TROPICS: ALCOHOL AND ROAD CRASHES - A PICTORIAL DISPLAY | |||||
| Blackman, R, Rural Health Research Unit, School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 27 | ||||
| RABIES POST-EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT OF TRAVELLERS PRESENTING TO TRAVEL HEALTH CLINICS IN AUCKLAND AND HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND | |||||
| Marc T.M. Shaw (1,2), Brigid O’Brien (1), Peter A Leggat* (2) - (1)Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand. (2)Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. | Page 27 | ||||
| SURVEY OF DEPLOYED DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM MEMBERS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE THE ASIAN TSUNAMI: PRE-TRAVEL HEALTH PREPARATION | |||||
| Peter A. Leggat* and Peter Aitken, Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland | Page 27 | ||||
| CANCER | |||||
| BASELINE RESULTS OF A UNIQUE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF MELANOCYTIC NAEVI (MOLES) IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CAN BE PREVENTED. | |||||
| Harrison SL*, Buettner PG, MacLennan R, Woosnam J, Hutton L. - Skin Cancer Research Group, NQCCR, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland. | Page 27 | ||||
| THE CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL ROLES OF P16 PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN A LARGE COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER | |||||
| Lam AKY, Ong, K, Ho YH School of Medicine, Griffi th University, Queensland, and the School of Medicine, James Cook University, Queensland | Page 28 | ||||
| STATEWIDE SURVEY OF SUN PROTECTION KNOWLEDGE, POLICY AND PRACTICES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES IN QUEENSLAND | |||||
| Harrison SL*, Saunders V, Nowak M. - Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, within North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research (NQCCR), James Cook University, Queensland. Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, within North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research (NQCCR), James Cook University, Queensland. Skin Cancer Research Group, NQCCR, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Queensland. | Page 28 | ||||
| RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CANCERS AND LATITUDE IN AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Madeleine Nowak, Petra Büttner, Simone Harrison - Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, within the North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University. | Page 28 | ||||
| Volume: 7 Number: 2 | |||||
| INVITED EDITORIAL | |||||
| The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine: The first 15 years | |||||
| Associate Professor Peter A Leggat | Page 17 | ||||
| INVITED SERIES | |||||
| Destinations and health 1: Singapore | |||||
| Dr Yann Meunier | Page 19 | ||||
| Traditional medical treatments VII: What modern medicine can learn from traditional medicine | |||||
| Dr Graham Pinn | Page 23 | ||||
| SUBMITTED PAPER | |||||
| Imported trichostrongylid infection in Tasmania | |||||
| Richard Bradbury | Page 25 | ||||
| SUBMITTED REVIEW | |||||
| Diagnosing haemochromatosis in tropical Australia | |||||
| Dr Chris Whittington | Page 29 | ||||
| CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS: Life Science in the Tropics | |||||
| Oral Presentation | |||||
| Thirteenth Ashdown Oration | |||||
| Adventure in tropical disease investigation. | |||||
| Rick Speare - School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 32 | ||||
| Inaugural Copeman Oration | |||||
| On the nature of research | |||||
| Roderick Campbell - School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 32 | ||||
| Review of thirteen cases of Brachylaima cribbi intestinal fluke worm infection in children and adults from South Australia | |||||
| Andrew Butcher Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia | Page 32 | ||||
| Paper | |||||
| Review of thirteen cases of Brachylaima cribbi intestinal fluke worm infection in children and adults from South Australia | |||||
| Andrew Butcher Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia | Page 32 | ||||
| Papers | |||||
| Review of thirteen cases of Brachylaima cribbi intestinal fluke worm infection in children and adults from South Australia | |||||
| Andrew Butcher Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia | Page 32 | ||||
| Rickettsial diseases | |||||
| Stephen Graves - Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory & Hunter Area Pathology Service | Page 33 | ||||
| Melioidosis | |||||
| Natkunam Ketheesan - School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 33 | ||||
| Mycobacterium | |||||
| Robert Norton - Queensland Health Pathology Services, Townsville | Page 33 | ||||
| Snakes, venoms and medicine | |||||
| Tony Woods - School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide | Page 33 | ||||
| Colorectal cancer | |||||
| Alfred Lam - Griffith Medical School and Queensland Health Pathology, Brisbane | Page 33 | ||||
| Establishment and coordination of a telepathology service at Fiji Islands and applications to North Queensland | |||||
| Venkatesh Murthy Shashidhar - School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 34 | ||||
| Different histological subtypes of basal cell carcinoma, different clinical behaviour, and possibly different aetiology | |||||
| Bev A. Raasch (1), Petra G. Buettner (2), Claus Garbe (3) - (1)School of Medicine, (2)School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine James Cook University, (3)Department of Dermatology, Eberhard-Karls University, Tuebingen, Germany | Page 34 | ||||
| Characterisation of the CMI response in both seropositive individuals and patients with melioidosis using intracellular cytokine staining through FACS analysis and measuring the proliferation of lymphocytes in response to stimulation with B. pseudomallei antigens | |||||
| Lazzaroni S (1,2), Barnes J (1), Govan B (1), Norton R (3), Ketheesan N (1,2) - (1)School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townvsille. (2)School of Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville (3) Queensland Health Pathology Services, The Townsville Hospital | Page 34 | ||||
| Biogeographical determinants influencing the distribution of B. pseudomallei and the causal relationships between host, environment, disease incidence and manifestation | |||||
| Rolf Nilsson - School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 34 | ||||
| The role of selected fungi isolated from sago starch in pathogenesis of sago haemolytic disease | |||||
| Latifeh Atagazli - School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 34 | ||||
| Acquired-B phenomenon - A case report | |||||
| Kristy Marshall - School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 34 | ||||
| Fever screening at Cairns airport | |||||
| John McBride - School of Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns | Page 34 | ||||
| A case of eosinophilia and iron deficiency | |||||
| Richard Bradbury - Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania | Page 35 | ||||
| Methods for the detection of C. burnetii DNA in various sample types | |||||
| Michelle Lockhart - Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory | Page 35 | ||||
| Antiretroviral drugs for the western Pacific | |||||
| John McBride - School of Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns | Page 35 | ||||
| Polymerase chain reaction method as an acute phase detection tool as well as an epidemiological marker in the diagnosis of Leptospirosis | |||||
| Nicholas Nuttall - Queensland Health Pathology Scientific Services | Page 35 | ||||
| Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia: A case study | |||||
| Christine Knauth - Queensland Health pathology Services | Page 35 | ||||
| Queensland snake venom detection requests | |||||
| David Porter - Queensland Health Pathology Services Townsville | Page 35 | ||||
| Estimation of brown snake antivenom doses | |||||
| Geoffrey Isbister - Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin | Page 35 | ||||
| Marine stingers: An emerging world health issue | |||||
| Lisa-ann Gershwin - Surf Life Saving and James Cook University, Townsville | Page 36 | ||||
| Poster Presentations | |||||
| Upper Body Musculoskeletal Disorders among Occupational Therapy Students | |||||
| Derek R. Smith (1,2) Peter A. Leggat (1) and Michele Clark (1) - (1)Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki. (2) School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 36 | ||||
| Hostellers’ knowledge of transmission and prevention of avian influenza when travelling abroad | |||||
| Peter A. Leggat (1), Deborah Mills (2) and Richard Speare (1) - (1) School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville. (2) Travel Doctor, Brisbane. | Page 36 | ||||
| INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS | |||||
| INDEX OF VOLUME | |||||
| Volume: 6 Number: 2 | |||||
| INVITED EDITORIAL | |||||
| Disaster response and preparedness | |||||
| Associate Professor Peter A Leggat, Dr Jonathan V Hodge and Dr Peter Aitken | Page 17 | ||||
| INVITED REVIEWS | |||||
| Snakebite epidemiology in Papua New Guinea | |||||
| David Williams and Dr Ken Winkel | Page 19 | ||||
| INVITED SERIES | |||||
| Traditional medical treatments IV: Stinging nettle | |||||
| Dr Graham Pinn | Page 24 | ||||
| CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS | |||||
| Abstracts from Capricornia meeting | |||||
| Oral presentations | |||||
| Exotic snakes and snakebite in Australia: How prepared are we? | |||||
| Mahdi A (1,2), Nimorakiotakis W (1), Winkel K (1) - (1)Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, VIC Australia (2)Department of Emergency Medicine, Austin and Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, VIC Australia. | Page 26 | ||||
| Trends in antimalarial prescriptions in Australia 1998-2002 | |||||
| Peter A Leggat, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 27 | ||||
| A randomised double blind comparative trial of atovaquone/proguanil combination and doxycycline in the chemoprophylaxis of malaria in Australian Defence Force personnel | |||||
| Peter Nasveld, Scott Kitchener, Michael Edstein and Bruce Russell Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane | Page 27 | ||||
| Poster Presentations | |||||
| A Case of Bancroftian Filariasis in a Traveller to Thailand | |||||
| Marc TM Shaw (1,2) and Peter A Leggat (1) - (1)Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University; (2) Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand, Auckland | Page 27 | ||||
| Travel Medicine: An Australian Perspective | |||||
| Peter A Leggat, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 28 | ||||
| Bee Sting Mortality in Australia 1979-1998 McGain F, Winkel K | |||||
| Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU), Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, 3010 Vic. | Page 28 | ||||
| Needlestick and Sharps Injuries among Australian Medical Students | |||||
| Derek R Smith (1,2) and Peter A Leggat (1) - (1) Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University; (2) Department of Hazard Assessment, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan | Page 28 | ||||
| ACTM Regional Scientific Meeting "From Hobart to Harare - Tropical Medicine in Times of Conflict and Disasters" and 2nd Workshop on Parasite Identification | |||||
| Convocation address | |||||
| The NICD – an invitation to the ACTM | |||||
| Frean, JA - National Institute for Communicable Diseases and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. | Page 29 | ||||
| Plenary Session: Another time, another place, another war. | |||||
| UDI, the war and the role of the Rhodesian Army Medical Corps | |||||
| Goldsmid, JM - Discipline of Pathology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia | Page 30 | ||||
| The Role of the Forensic Pathologist in the Rhodesian War | |||||
| Lee KA - Department of Forensic Medicine. Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle | Page 30 | ||||
| Terror in the Tropics – A Clinician’s Retro perspective | |||||
| Schreuder, GD - Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania, General Practitioner, Amiens Clinic, Hobart | Page 30 | ||||
| Rural medicine – adapting to circumstances | |||||
| Dr Paul H Canter - Group Medical Consultant, Illovo Sugar Ltd. | Page 30 | ||||
| Experiences of a Land Mine Victim | |||||
| Rickards Rob - Qantas Training Captain B737 (Ex Rhodesian Army ex Air Zimbabwe) | Page 30 | ||||
| DEET is good for helicopters too: medical experiences in the SADF | |||||
| Frean, JA - National Institute for Communicable Diseases and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. | Page 31 | ||||
| A physiotherapist’s experiences in dealing with victims of political violence in South Africa | |||||
| Garland, M - Eastern Shore Physiotherapy, Howrah, Tasmania | Page 31 | ||||
| Margaretha Isaäcson, the SAIMR, and the SADF | |||||
| National Institute for Communicable Diseases and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. | Page 31 | ||||
| Development of a Postgraduate Course in Disaster Health | |||||
| Peter Aitken (1,2), Peter Leggat (2)* and Jon Hodge (2,3) - (1)Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital; (2)Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University; (3)Defence Health Services, North Queensland | Page 31 | ||||
| Symposium 1: Travel Medicine/Tropical Medicine: Chair: Dr C Webster | |||||
| Ant Sting Allergy within Australia – a threat to residents and travellers | |||||
| Michael Wiese - Specialist Pharmacist, Royal Hobart Hospital | Page 32 | ||||
| Trends in malaria and antimalarial use in Australia 1998-2002 | |||||
| Peter A Leggat - Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 32 | ||||
| Protection against the severe sequelae of a malarial infection by platelets | |||||
| Foote SJ (1,2), Marshall V (1) - (1)The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. 3000, Australia (2)The Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia | Page 32 | ||||
| Potential of Malaria Epidemics on the Andaman Islands Post Tsunami | |||||
| Shanks, GD - Australian Army Malaria Institute, Enoggera Qld 4052 Australia | Page 33 | ||||
| Is There A Doctor On Board? Medical emergencies on commercial aircraft | |||||
| Webster, CH - EMIRATES Medical Services, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. | Page 33 | ||||
| Symposium 2: Tropical Medicine/VeterinaryTropical Medicine: Chair: Dr Sue Rogers | |||||
| Dientamoeba fragilis – clinical significance and diagnosis | |||||
| Stark DJ - St.Vincent’s Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Sydney, Australia | Page 33 | ||||
| A Case of Gastrointestinal Myiasis in Tasmania? | |||||
| Bradbury, R - Microbiology Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Australia and School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia | Page 33 | ||||
| A case of Chagas’ Disease in Tasmania? | |||||
| Dr Erika Cox, Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania Prof. John Goldsmid, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania | Page 33 | ||||
| Anthrax – the zoonosis in southern Africa | |||||
| Frean, JA - National Institute for Communicable Diseases and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. | Page 34 | ||||
| Zoonotic challenges in Tasmania | |||||
| Goldsmid, JM, and Bettiol, SS - Discpline of Pathology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7000 | Page 34 | ||||
| The Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease (D.F.T.D.) – A problem unresolved | |||||
| Harington J S (1) and McGlashan N D (2) - (1)School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; (2)School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia | Page 34 | ||||
| Poster Sessions | |||||
| Illness and injury to travellers on a premium expedition to Iceland | |||||
| Marc TM Shaw (1,2) and Peter A Leggat (2) - (1)Worldwise Travellers Health Centres of New Zealand, Auckland; (2)Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville | Page 34 | ||||
| Travel medicine: An Australian Perspective | |||||
| PA Leggat, Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia | Page 35 | ||||
