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Australasian College of Tropical Medicine Annals of the ACTM Table Of Contents |
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| Volume: 11 Number: 2 | |||||
| EDITORIAL | |||||
| The “100 Years of Tropical Medicine Conference” | |||||
| David C. Porter, Peter A. Leggat and Derek R. Smith | Page 29 | ||||
| CONFERENCE MATERIAL | |||||
| Conference Program | |||||
| Page 32 | |||||
| Biographies | |||||
| Emeritus Professor David A. Warrell | Page 38 | ||||
| Emeritus Professor Robert Steffen | Page 38 | ||||
| Professor Dato Dr CP Ramachandran | Page 38 | ||||
| Dr Santanu Chatterjee | Page 38 | ||||
| Professor Sandra Harding | Page 38 | ||||
| Professor Robin A. Cooke | Page 38 | ||||
| Associate Professor Tim Inglis | Page 38 | ||||
| Major-General Paul Alexander | Page 39 | ||||
| Professor Peter A. Leggat | Page 39 | ||||
| Professor Rick Speare | Page 39 | ||||
| Jeff Warner | Page 39 | ||||
| Associate Professor Gracelyn Smallwood | Page 39 | ||||
| Professor Derek R. Smith | Page 39 | ||||
| Dr John Heydon | Page 39 | ||||
| Dr Susan Heydon | Page 39 | ||||
| Associate Professor David C. Porter | Page 40 | ||||
| Dr Andrew Johnson | Page 40 | ||||
| Dr Chris Hogan | Page 40 | ||||
| Dr Matthew Meerkin | Page 40 | ||||
| Dr Carolyn Hullick | Page 40 | ||||
| Ailsa Bunker | Page 40 | ||||
| Penny Petinos | Page 40 | ||||
| Rosemary Cooper | Page 40 | ||||
| Poster Abstracts | |||||
| The Art of Artesunate Quality Testing in the Field | |||||
| Reuben Jim, Ronelle Welton, Jan Rozendaal, Cathy Tomo (Public Health Unit, Oil Search Limited PNG, Moro, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea | Page 41 | ||||
| Never Too Old: Is this the Oldest Reported Patient with Infectious Mononucleosis? Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Immunosenescence in Extreme Longevity | |||||
| Lyndall Dial, Sue Moreton, Peter Davidson, Lydia Pitcher, Erin Simleit, Kimmy Lim, Fabian Lim (Haematology Department, QML Pathology, Brisbane), Shane Sondergeld (Walton Bridge Medical Centre, Brisbane) | Page 41 | ||||
| Dengue Drama for the Tropics | |||||
| Kimmy Lim, Lyndall Dial, Peter Dines, Lydia Pitcher (Haematology Department, Queensland Medical Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) Cairns Lab (Cairns Laboratory, Queensland Medical Laboratory, Cairns, Queensland, Australia) Townsville Laboratory (Queensland Medical Laboratory, Townsville, Queensland, Australia) | Page 41 | ||||
| KoRV (Koala Retrovirus) Associated Acute Leukaemia/Lymphona | |||||
| Lyndall Dial, Kimmy Lim, Fabian Lim, Lydia Pitcher (Haematology Department, QML Pathology, Brisbane, Queensland), Shaun Hickey, Brett Stone (Vetnostics Department, QML Pathology, Brisbane, Queensland) | Page 41 | ||||
| Harmful Algal and Cyanobacterial Toxins Research at Queensland Health | |||||
| Peter James, Geoff Brown, Wasantha Wickramasinghe, Sue Poole, Glenn McGregor, Ross Sadler, Barbara Sendall, Tony Carroll, Alan Seawright, A’edah Abu Bakar, Matti Lang, Michael Bartkow, Glen Shaw, (Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services; School of Public Health, Griffith University; University of the Sunshine Coast; Agri-Science Queensland, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation; National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), University of Queensland; Department of Environment and Resource Management; School of Environment, Griffith University; Eskitis Institute for Cellular and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University; Seqwater; Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Australia) | Page 42 | ||||
| Analysis of SFRP1 Gene Expression Levels on Breast Cancer Samples Derived from Formalin-Fixed-Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) Tissue Can Be Used to Determine Cancer Progression and Prognosis | |||||
| Annette Lane, Peter Simpson, Ana Cristina Vargas, Lynne Reid, Leonard Da Silva, Sunil Lakhani (Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, RBWH, Brisbane, Australia) | Page 42 | ||||
| HELLP Syndrome | |||||
| Marco DiGirolamo, Amy Farman (SA Pathology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Adelaide, Australia) | Page 42 | ||||
| Anti-Mullerian Hormone - A Measure of Ovarian Reserve | |||||
| Sheree Howells, Lyn Krebs, Greg Ward, L Price (Biochemistry Laboratory, Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology (SNP) Taringa, Queensland, Australia | Page 42 | ||||
| Sero-Epidemiological Study of Rickettsial Spotted Fever Group Antibodies Among High-Risk Human Populations on Barrow Island and Southwest Western Australia | |||||
| Yazid Abdad (Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, VIC, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, WA), John Dyer (Fremantle Hospital, WA), Angus Cook (School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, WA), John Stenos (Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, VIC) and Stan Fenwick (School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, WA) | Page 42 | ||||
| “Up in the Air” – Safety and Security of Travellers | |||||
| Peter A Leggat (School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 43 | ||||
| Improving Client Services | |||||
| Debbie Elliott (CSR staff Gold Coast, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia) | Page 43 | ||||
| Pre-Analytical Processing in CSR | |||||
| Debbie Elliott (CSR staff Gold Coast Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland, Australia) | Page 43 | ||||
| Seroprevalence to Q Fever (Coxiella Burnetti) Amongst Residents of the Hunter New England Region of New South Wales | |||||
| A Islam, J Ferguson, R Givney, Stephen Graves (No Affiliations Provided) | Page 43 | ||||
| Global Mortality From Jellyfish Stings 1996-2010 | |||||
| Peter J Fenner, M Corkeron, L A Gershwin(James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Ken D Winkel (Australian Venom Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) | Page 43 | ||||
| The Impact of “Niche” Education Programs on Student Enrolments in a School of Public Health | |||||
| Peter Aitken, Lawrence Brown, Peter A Leggat, and Rick Speare (Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine; Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia) | Page 43 | ||||
| Preparedness for Short-Term Isolation among Queensland Residents: Implications for Pandemic Disease and Disaster Planning | |||||
| Peter Aitken, Lawrence Brown, Peter A Leggat, and Rick Speare (Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia) | Page 44 | ||||
| Problem Solving in Immuno-Haematology: Genotyping As an Adjunct to Serology | |||||
| Robert Flower (Research and Business Development, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Queensland), Yew-Wah Lieu, Brett Wilson (Red Cell Reference Laboratory, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), Glenda Millard, Helen O’Brien and Catherine Hyland (Research and Business Development, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Queensland) | Page 44 | ||||
| Crocodiles: Potential Carriers for Mycobacteria Ulcerans? | |||||
| Jennifer Vaughn, Alastair Smith, John McBride and Brenda Govan, Ellen Ariel (James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 44 | ||||
| Spontaneous Fermentation of Sago Starch Derived from Papua New Guinea | |||||
| Elizabeth Nasing (Environmental and Public Health Research Group, Microbiology and Immunology James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland; Australia), Andrew Greenhill(Environmental and Public Health Research Group, Microbiology and Immunology James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland; Australia and Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Gorkoa, Papua New Guinea), and Jeff Warner (Environmental and Public Health Research Group, Microbiology and Immunology James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland; Australia) | Page 44 | ||||
| The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and 100 Years of Tropical Medicine | |||||
| Peter A Leggat (Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 44 | ||||
| The Australian Travel Health Advisory Group: Activities of a Joint Travel Industry and Travel Medicine Group Promoting Healthy Travel | |||||
| Peter A Leggat (James Cook University, Australia) , B Hudson (Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia and James Cook University, Australia), N Zwar (University of New South Wales, Australia), B Claxton (4Virgin Blue, Australia) on behalf of the Travel Health Advisory Group | Page 45 | ||||
| Legacies of the Leishmans | |||||
| David Porter (Pathology Queensland, The Townsville Hospital,Townsville, Queensland), Margaret Coten (Leishman Historian, Bicton, Perth, Australia) | Page 45 | ||||
| Ulcers, Bites, Trauma, Infection or What? | |||||
| Alison Boyd, T Olejniczak, J Boyd, R Williams (St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Northern Hospital, Melbourne, Royal Darwin Hospital, Australia) | Page 46 | ||||
| A Sub-Faculty of Expedition Medicine for Australasia | |||||
| Marc T M Shaw (Worldwise New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand and Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) and Peter A Leggat (Anton Breinl Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 46 | ||||
| Workshop and Oral Presentations | |||||
| Histochemical Workshop | |||||
| Assessing the Quality of Tissue Processing: It’s Not Easy! | |||||
| Geoffrey Rolls - Leica Microsystems Ltd, Mount Waverley Victoria, Australia | Page 47 | ||||
| Digital Photography and Photomicroscopy – Hands on Workshop | |||||
| Robin Cooke - Graduate School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia | Page 47 | ||||
| Travel Medicine Satellite Symposium | |||||
| Conference Report | |||||
| Peter A. Leggat - School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia | Page 47 | ||||
| Hepatitis - Where do we stand, where should we stand? | |||||
| Robert Steffen - Division of Epidemiology and Prevention of Communicable Diseases, University of Zurich, Switzerland | Page 47 | ||||
| Decennial Lecture Oral Paper | |||||
| “Up in the Air” – Safety and Security of Travellers | |||||
| Peter A. Leggat - School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia | Page 48 | ||||
| Keynote Address | |||||
| Snake Bite Envenoming: 100 Years of Australian Contributions to Combating the World’s Most Neglected Tropical Disease | |||||
| David Warrell - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK | Page 48 | ||||
| Oral Presentation | |||||
| Anton Breinl and his Legacy of Institutes and Centres | |||||
| Rick Speare - Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia | Page 48 | ||||
| Eye Worms, Leprosy, Ticks and Plague: An Account of the Life and Work of John Fielding FRMS, Founding Medical Laboratory Technologist in the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine | |||||
| Leigh Winsor Health, Safety & Rehabilitation Office, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia | Page 48 | ||||
| Another Nasty Mosquito Disease Kindly Brought to you by the Indo-Papuan Conveyor | |||||
| Scott Ritchie - James Cook University, Cairns, Australia | Page 49 | ||||
| Sago Haemolytic Disease: Pigbel of the PNG Lowlands | |||||
| Jeffrey Warner (Environmental and Public Health Research Group, Microbiology and Immunology James Cook University), Andrew Greenhill1 (Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Gorkoa, Papua New Guinea), Asiak Pue (University of Queensland, Entox; Australia and Department of Primary Industry, Brisbane, Australia), Jack Ng (University of Queensland, Entox; Australia), Mary Fletcher (Department of Primary Industry, Brisbane, Australia), Elizabeth Nasing, Miila Gena1, Latifeh Atagazi1, Warren Shipton (Environmental and Public Health Research Group, Microbiology and Immunology James Cook University; Australia) | Page 49 | ||||
| Risk and Prevention of Neurological Infections in Travellers | |||||
| Robert Steffen (Division of Epidemiology and Prevention of Communicable Diseases, University of Zurich, Switzerland) | Page 49 | ||||
| The Pharmaceutical Care Risks of International Travellers | |||||
| Ian Heslop, Michelle Bellingan (School of Pharmacy & Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Richard Speare (School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Beverley Glass (School of Pharmacy & Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia) | Page 49 | ||||
| Haemovigilance: A Global Perspective | |||||
| Chris Hogan (National Blood Authority, Canberra, Australia) | Page 49 | ||||
| Dengue Fever Viral Exposure Rates Among Australian Blood Donors During Local Outbreaks | |||||
| Robert Flower, Jesse Fryk, Catherine Hyland (Research and Business Development, The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), John McBride (James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Queensland, Australia), Scott Ritchie (James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Queensland, Australia and Tropical Public Health Unit Network, Queensland Health, Cairns, Queensland, Australia), Helen Faddy (Research and Business Development, The Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) | Page 50 | ||||
| Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in Life Sciences and Medicine - Translational Considerations for the Medical Scientist | |||||
| Filip Braet (Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Australia) | Page 50 | ||||
| Phlebotomy – Aiming for Excellence - The New Zealand Experience | |||||
| Ailsa Bunker (Middlemore Hospital Laboratory, Auckland, New Zealand) | Page 50 | ||||
| Central Station at the Pathology Queensland Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Central Laboratory | |||||
| Lara Keller, Angela Coriat (Pathology Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia) | Page 50 | ||||
| Pre and Post Analytical Pathology: Part of the Holy Trinity or Are They the Ugly Sisters? | |||||
| Grant McBride (Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, Australia) | Page 50 | ||||
| Sun-Safe Clothing Helps to Prevent the Development of Pigment¬ed Moles – Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial in Young Australian Children | |||||
| Simone Harrison, PG Buettner, R MacLennan, J Woosnam, L Hutton, M Nowak (Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia; and Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia) | Page 51 | ||||
| Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Tropical Queensland: Implications for Cancer Treatment Resources | |||||
| Michael Collins (Townsville Cancer Centre and North Queensland Cancer Services, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia) | Page 51 | ||||
| Making Outdoor Workers Use Sun Protection is the Most Important Step in Reducing the High Rates of Epithelial Skin Cancer in North Queensland Men | |||||
| Torres Woolley (Skin Cancer Research Group, North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 51 | ||||
| An Evaluation of the Sun Protective Practices of Townsville Primary School Students | |||||
| Denise Trapp, Simone Harrison, Madeleine Nowak, Petra Buettner (Skin Cancer Research Group, School of Public Health Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia) | Page 51 | ||||
| Does Single Application of Topical Chloramphenicol to Sutured Wounds Reduce Incidence of Wound Infection After Minor Sur¬gery? Prospective Randomised Placebo Controlled Double Blind Trial | |||||
| Clare F Heal, Petra G Buettner (James Cook University, Queensland, Australia), Robert Cruikshank, David Graham (Walkerston Medical Centre, Mackay, Queensland, Australia), Sheldon Browning (James Cook University, Queensland, Australia), Jayne Pendergast(Walkerston Medical Centre, Mackay, Queensland, Australia), Herwig Drobetz, Carl Lisec (James Cook University, Queensland, Australia) | Page 52 | ||||
| The Impact of Tourism in Developing Countries on Local Host Communities - The Nurses’ Role | |||||
| Irmgard Bauer (School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 52 | ||||
| Defence Health Reform in a Time of Strategic Change | |||||
| Kerry Clifford (Joint Health Command, Australian Defence Force Lavarack Barracks Medical Centre, La¬varack Barracks, Townsville, Australia) | Page 52 | ||||
| Collaboration in Research: Gaining a District Wide Snapshot of Staff Knowledge about Dementia | |||||
| Wendy Smyth (Queensland Health, Australia), Anne Gardner (Queensland Health, Australia & James Cook University, Townsville, Australia), Sonia Hines, Elaine Fielding, Sara Franklin (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), Wendy Moyle (Griffith University, Australia), Elizabeth Beattie (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) | Page 52 | ||||
| Keeping the Dressing On: Haemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Dressings in the Tropics | |||||
| Kim Hughes, Joleen McArdle (Queensland Health, Australia), Anne Gardner(Queensland Health, Australia & James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 53 | ||||
| Modern Microbiology in the Tropics | |||||
| Roderick Campbell (Retired Emeritus Professor, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 53 | ||||
| Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vets and Infection Control | |||||
| Rick Speare, Diana Mendez, Jen Cox, Jenni Judd (Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 53 | ||||
| Q Fever in Holland: An Australian Perspective | |||||
| Stephen Graves (Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory and Division of Microbiology, Hunter Area Pathology Service, Newcastle, Australia) | Page 53 | ||||
| A Case of Fitzhugh-Curtis Syndrome | |||||
| Fleur Francis (Pathology Queensland, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia) | Page 53 | ||||
| Field Applications of Molecular Microbiology | |||||
| Tim J Inglis (Division of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Path West Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Western Australia) | Page 54 | ||||
| Alcoholic Liver Dysfunction: A Case Presentation | |||||
| Matthew Meerkin (University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia) | Page 54 | ||||
| Cardiac Transplantation at the Crossroads: A Call for Improved Cardioprotection of the Donor Heart | |||||
| Geoffrey P Dobson, Donna M Rudd (Heart Research Laboratory, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 54 | ||||
| Hyponatraemia in Emergency Department Patients in Tropical North Queensland | |||||
| Usman H Malabu, D Porter, S Cooksley, RL Kennedy (School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 54 | ||||
| Improved Plasma Lipid Profile with Nuts High in Monounsaturated or Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis | |||||
| Malcolm Forbes, A Joseph, A Gardner, RL Kennedy (Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia) | Page 54 | ||||
| Vitamin D Levels of Adults from Townsville - A City in Tropical Australia | |||||
| Madeleine Nowak, Simone Lee Harrison, Petra G Buettner (School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville Queensland, Australia), Michael Kimlin (School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville Queensland, Australia, & Australian Sun and Health Research Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia), David Porter (School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the North Queen¬sland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville Queensland, Australia & Pathology Queensland, Queensland Health, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Lee Kennedy (School of Medicine and the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, within the North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Rick Speare (School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Science within the North Queensland Centre for Cancer Research, James Cook University, Townsville Queensland, Australia) | Page 55 | ||||
| Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma – An Overview of the Histology and Subsequent New Chemotherapy and Gene-Targeted Treatment Options | |||||
| Anthony van Zwieten (Northside Pathology, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia) | Page 55 | ||||
| Parasitology and Mycology in Anatomical Pathology | |||||
| Robin A Cooke (Graduate School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) | Page 55 | ||||
| KIMMS - Key Incident Monitoring and Management System | |||||
| Penny Petinos, Kathy Bayley, Mark Mackay, David Bryce, David Porter (RCPA KIMMS QAP, Sydney, Australia) | Page 55 | ||||
| The Health and Economic Costs of Pre and Post Analytical Errors | |||||
| David Porter (Pathology Queensland, Australia & James Cook University, Townsville, Australia), Jennie Gibney, Neil Silvester, Jena Paterson (Pathology Queensland, Australia), Melissa MacCabe (The Townsville Health Service District), Bree Williams (Pathology Queensland), Wayne Armistead, Natalie Wilson, Monica Trujillo (The Townsville Health Service District) | Page 55 | ||||
| Emergency Donor Panels: Managing the Risk of Emergency Blood Supply in Rural and Remote Queensland | |||||
| Gina Clare Queensland Blood Management Program, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia | Page 56 | ||||
| Blood at the Base - Mount Isa Hospital’s Massive Transfusion | |||||
| Christopher Buck (Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, Australia) | Page 56 | ||||
| We Know We Care, But Can We Do Better? Reducing Red Cell Consumption and Costs through Better Management of Inventory | |||||
| Geoff Simon (Queensland Blood Management Program, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia) | Page 56 | ||||
| A Review of Laboratory Performance Using the RCPA Transfusion QAP Over the Last 25 Years | |||||
| Arthur Joyce (Mater Pathology, Brisbane, Australia), John Rowell (Pathology Queensland), Allan Sandercock, Neville (RCPA Transfusion QAP, Queensland, Australia) | Page 56 | ||||
© ACTM - Kym Daniell November 23, 2007
