Professor Colleen Lau
Professorial Research Fellow
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
+61 7 334 64747
Researcher biography
Prof Colleen Lau - MBBS (UWA), MPHTM (JCU), PhD (UQ), FRACGP, FACTM, FISTM.
Prof Colleen Lau is an NHMRC Fellow and Professorial Research Fellow at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research. Her areas of expertise include emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, and clinical travel medicine. Her wide range of research interests include infectious disease epidemiology, spatial epidemiology and disease mapping, infectious disease surveillance and elimination, vaccinations, travel health, environmental health, and digital decision support tools. Professor Lau's research projects focus on answering practical questions in clinical management of infectious diseases and operational questions on improving strategies to solve public health problems. She leads UQ's HERA program on Operational Research and Decision Support for Infectious Diseases (ODeSI).
Publications
Book Chapters
McGuinness, Sarah, Lau, Colleen and Leder, Karen (2023). Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide. (pp. NA-NA) Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley and Sons.
Graves, Patricia, Joseph, Hayley, Coutts, Shaun P., Mayfield, Helen J., Maiava, Fuatai, Leong-Lui, Tile Ann Ah, Toelupe, Palanitina Tupuimatagi, Iosia, Vailolo Toeaso, Loau, Siatua, Pemita, Paulo, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Berg Soto, Alvaro Berg, Burkot, Thomas R., Wood, Peter, Melrose, Wayne, Aratchige, Padmasiri, Capuano, Corinne, Kim, Sung Hye, Ozaki, Masayo, Yajima, Aya, Lammie, Patrick J., Ottesen, Eric, Hansell, Lepaitai, Baghirov, Rasul, Lau, Colleen L. and Ichimori, Kazuyo (2021). Control and elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Oceania: prevalence, geographical distribution, mass drug administration, and surveillance in Samoa, 1998–2017. Advances in parasitology. (pp. 27-73) edited by David Rollinson and Russell Stothard. San Diego, CA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2021.03.002
English, Karen, Lau, Colleen and Jagals, Paul (2020). The unique vulnerabilities of children to environmental hazards. Early-life environmental exposure and disease: facts and perspectives. (pp. 103-112) edited by Yankai Xia. Singapore: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-3797-4_6
Mileno, Maria D., Lau, Colleen, Lonks, John R., Garland, Joseph M., Sanchez, Martha C., Nau, Gerard J. and Larkin, Jerome M. (2019). Vaccines for adult travelers. Vaccinations. (pp. 163-177) edited by Gregory A. Poland. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-55435-0.00010-0
Lau, Colleen L. (2016). Human Leptospirosis in Oceania. Neglected tropical diseases - Oceania. (pp. 177-192) edited by Alex Loukas. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43148-2_7
Derne, Bonnie T., Weinstein, Philip and Lau, Colleen L. (2015). Wetlands as Sites of Exposure to Water-Borne Infectious Diseases. Wetlands and Human Health. (pp. 45-74) edited by C. Max Finlayson, Pierre Horwitz and Philip Weinstein. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-017-9609-5_4
Lau, Colleen and Weinstein, Philip (2011). Flooding and infectious disease in rural children. Climate Change and Rural Child Health. (pp. 95-108) edited by Erica Bell, Bastian M. Seidel and Joav Merrick. Hauppauge, NY, United States: Nova Science Publishers.
Lau, Colleen (2008). Chikungunya fever: havoc in the West Indian Ocean Islands. Environmental change and human health: case studies I. (pp. 130-145) edited by Deon V. Canyon. Red Hill, QLD, Australia: Australasian College of Tropical Medicine.
Journal Articles
Bonner, Carissa, Taba, Melody, Fajardo, Michael Anthony, Batcup, Carys, Newell, Ben R., Li, Amy X., Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L. and Litt, John C.B. (2024). Using health literacy principles to improve understanding of evolving evidence in health emergencies: Optimisation and evaluation of a COVID-19 vaccination risk-benefit calculator. Vaccine, 42 (24) 126296, 126296. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126296
Wen, Sophie C. H., Harris, Patrick N. A., Forde, Brian, Permana, Budi, Chatfield, Mark D., Lau, Colleen L., Spurling, Geoffrey, Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Chambers, Henry, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Clark, Julia E., Dougherty, Sonia, Blyth, Christopher C., Britton, Philip N., Clifford, Vanessa, Haeusler, Gabrielle M., McMullan, Brendan, Wadia, Ushma, Paterson, David L., Irwin, Adam D., on behalf of the PAEDS network, Carr, Jeremy, Vasilunas, Nan, Francis, Joshua R., Macartney, Kristine, Crawford, Nigel W., Wood, Nicholas, Buttery, Jim ... Glover, Catherine (2024). Characterization of gram-negative bloodstream infections in hospitalised Australian children and their clinical outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79 (3), 734-743. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae341
Finch, Emilie, Nilles, Eric J., Paulino, Cecilia Then, Skewes-Ramm, Ronald, Lau, Colleen L., Lowe, Rachel and Kucharski, Adam J. (2024). Effects of mobility, immunity and vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the Dominican Republic: a modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 37 100860, 100860. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100860
Allel, Kasim, Cabada, Miguel M, Kiani, Behzad, Martin, Beatris Mario, Tanabe, Melinda, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, De Souza Dos Santos, Gabriela, Lloveras, Susana, Shiferaw, Wondimeneh, Sartorius, Benn, Mills, Deborah J, Lau, Colleen L and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Fatal journeys: causes of death in international travellers in South America. Journal of Travel Medicine. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae119
Lawford, Harriet, Tukia, Ofa, Takai, Joseph, Sheridan, Sarah and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Operational research to inform post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in Tonga study protocol: history of lymphatic filariasis elimination, rational, objectives, and design. PLoS One, 19 (8) e0307331, e0307331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307331
Scott, Jessica L., Mayfield, Helen J., Sinclair, Jane E., Martin, Beatris Mario, Howlett, Maddison, Muttucumaru, Ramona, Won, Kimberly Y., Thomsen, Robert, Viali, Satupaitea, Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Rossana, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Field laboratory comparison of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen Test (QFAT) with Bioline Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for the detection of Lymphatic Filariasis in Samoa, 2023. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (8) e0012386, e0012386. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012386
Lawford, Harriet, Mayfield, Helen, Sam, Filipina Amosa-Lei, Viali, Satupaitea, Kamu, Tito, Cooley, Gretchen, Simon, Ashley, Martin, Diana and Lau, Colleen L (2024). Anti-filarial antibodies are sensitive indicators of lymphatic filariasis transmission and enable identification of high-risk populations and hotspots. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 147 107194, 107194. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107194
Mayfield, Helen J., Sartorius, Benn, Sheridan, Sarah, Howlett, Maddison, Mario Martin, Beatris, Thomsen, Robert, Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Rossana, Viali, Satupaitea, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa 4.5 years after one round of triple-drug mass drug administration. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (6) e0012236, e0012236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012236
Muttucumaru, Ramona, Lau, Colleen L., Leeb, Alan, Mills, Deborah J., Wood, Nicholas and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Post-marketing surveillance of 10,392 herpes zoster vaccines doses in Australia. Vaccine, 42 (13), 3166-3171. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.066
Shiferaw, Wondimeneh, Dean, Judith A., Mills, Deborah, Lau, Colleen and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Definition and classification of 'travellers' in research: a bibliometric analysis. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4) taae048. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae048
Shiferaw, Wondimeneh, Martin, Beatris Mario, Dean, Judith A., Mills, Deborah, Lau, Colleen, Paterson, David, Koh, Kenneth, Eriksson, Lars and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4) taae038. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae038
Santoalaya, Carlos, Malhotra, Juhi, Fowler, James A., Warzywoda, Sarah, Debattista, Joe, Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Durham, Jo, Mullens, Amy B., Istiko, Satrio Nindyo and Dean, Judith A. (2024). Integrating sexual and reproductive health into pre-travel consultations. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4) taae024. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae024
Garnier, Salomé, Then, Cecilia, de St Aubin, Michael, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J., Dumas, Devan, Duke, William, Peña, Farah, Kucharski, Adam J., Skewes, Ronald, Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily, Coyoli, Julia, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Lau, Colleen L., Vázquez, Marietta and Nilles, Eric (2024). Trust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Dominican Republic: a national cross-sectional household survey, June–October 2021. BMJ Open, 14 (5) e081523, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081523
Steffen, Robert, Hamer, Davidson H, Chen, Lin H, Caumes, Eric and Lau, Colleen L (2024). Novel chikungunya and dengue vaccines—travel medicine applications. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4) taae064. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae064
Zhu, Yan, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Wang, Hai-Bo, Mills, Deborah J, Liang, Rong-Rong, Liu, Zhi-Bin, Lau, Colleen L and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Malaria cases in China acquired through international travel, 2013–2022. Journal of Travel Medicine. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae056
Zhu, Yan, Mills, Deborah J., Mills, Christine, Lau, Colleen L. and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Use of Dengvaxia® in Australian travellers: a case series. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (4), 1-3. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae052
Sohail, Asma, Barry, Alyssa, Auburn, Sarah, Cheng, Qin, Lau, Colleen L., Lee, Rogan, Price, Ric N., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Bareng, Paolo, McGuinness, Sarah L. and Leder, Karin (2024). Imported malaria into Australia: surveillance insights and opportunities. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (3) taad164, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad164
Martin, Beatris Mario, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J and Lau, Colleen L (2024). Towards global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: a systematic review of the application of spatial epidemiological methods to enhance surveillance and support elimination programmes. BMJ Public Health, 2 (1), e000534. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000534
Kiani, Behzad, Sartorius, Benn, Lau, Colleen L. and Bergquist, Robert (2024). Mastering geographically weighted regression: key considerations for building a robust model. Geospatial Health, 19 (1) 1271. doi: 10.4081/gh.2024.1271
Gilmour, Beth, Wangdi, Kingley, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Tsheten, Tsheten, Kelly, Matthew, Clements, Archie, Gray, Darren, Lau, Colleen, Espino, Fe Esperanza, Daga, Chona, Mapalo, Vanessa, Nashkova, Suzana, Bartlett, Adam, Gebreyohannes, Eyob Alemayehu and Alene, Kefyalew Addis (2024). Protocol for spatial prediction of soil transmitted helminth prevalence in the Western Pacific region using a meta-analytical approach. Systematic Reviews, 13 (1) 55. doi: 10.1186/s13643-024-02469-5
Tsheten, Tsheten, Alene, Kefyalew Addis, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Kelly, Matthew, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie C.A., Gray, Darren J., Daga, Chona, Mapalo, Vanessa Joy, Espino, Fe Esperanza and Wangdi, Kinley (2024). Risk mapping and socio-ecological drivers of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the Philippines: a spatial modelling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 43 100974, 100974. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100974
Lau, Colleen and Frean, John (2024). Remembering Professor Peter A. Leggat, AM, ADC (1961–2023). Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 9 (2) 28, 1-2. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed9020028
Franklin, Richard and Lau, Colleen (2024). Vale Emeritus Professor Peter A Leggat. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 57 102683, 102683. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102683
Warzywoda, Sarah, Fowler, James A., Debattista, Joe, Mills, Deborah J., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Durham, Jo, Lau, Colleen L., Mullens, Amy B., Istiko, Satrio Nindyo, Santaolaya, Carlos, Malhotra, Juhi and Dean, Judith A. (2024). The provision of sexual and reproductive health information and services to travellers: an exploratory survey of Australian travel medicine clinicians. Sexual Health, 21 (1) ARTN SH23098. doi: 10.1071/sh23098
Allel, Kasim, Cabada, Miguel M., Lau, Collen, Mills, Deborah, Franklin, Richard C., Zhu, Yan and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2024). Causes of death among international travellers in Peru, 2017 to 2021. Journal of Travel Medicine, 31 (1) taad163, 1-11. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad163
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mills, Deborah J., Zhu, Yan and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Can a single visit rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis eliminate the need for rabies immunoglobulin in last minute travellers?. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (8) taad139, 1-3. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad139
Mario Martin, Beatris, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen, Then Paulino, Cecilia, De St Aubin, Micheal, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily, Skewes Ramm, Ronald, Dumas, Devan, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Peña, Farah, Abdalla, Gabriela, Lopez, Beatriz, de la Cruz, Lucia, Henríquez, Bernarda, Baldwin, Margaret, Sartorius, Benn, Kucharski, Adam, Nilles, Eric James and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Using regional sero-epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Anti-S antibodies in the Dominican Republic to inform targeted public health response. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (11) 493, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8110493
Kiani, Behzad, Lau, Colleen and Bergquist, Robert (2023). From Snow’s map of cholera transmission to dynamic catchment boundary delineation: current front lines in spatial analysis. Geospatial Health, 18 (2) ARTN 1247. doi: 10.4081/gh.2023.1247
Foxlee, Nicola D., Taleo, Siti Aishah, Mathias, Agnes, Townell, Nicola, McIver, Lachlan and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 on knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Ni-Vanuatu health workers regarding antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic resistance, 2018 and 2022: a mixed methods study. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (10) 477, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8100477
Rees, Eleanor M., Lotto Batista, Martín, Kama, Mike, Kucharski, Adam J., Lau, Colleen L. and Lowe, Rachel (2023). Quantifying the relationship between climatic indicators and leptospirosis incidence in Fiji: A modelling study. PLoS Global Public Health, 3 (10) e0002400, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002400
Guo, Yihan, Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Christine and Furuya‐Kanamori, Luis (2023). Immune response after rabies pre‐exposure prophylaxis and a booster dose in Australian bat carers. Zoonoses and Public Health, 70 (6), 465-472. doi: 10.1111/zph.13048
Willis, Gabriela A., Kearns, Therese, Mayfield, Helen J., Sheridan, Sarah, Thomsen, Robert, Naseri, Take, David, Michael C., Engelman, Daniel, Steer, Andrew C., Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Scabies prevalence after ivermectin-based mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, Samoa 2018–2019. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (8) e0011549, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011549
Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Deborah J., Mayfield, Helen, Gyawali, Narayan, Johnson, Brian J., Lu, Hongen, Allel, Kasim, Britton, Philip N., Ling, Weiping, Moghaddam, Tina and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2023). A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (7) taad113. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad113
Cadavid Restrepo, Angela M., Martin, Beatris M., Fuimaono, Saipale, Clements, Archie C. A., Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Spatial predictive risk mapping of lymphatic filariasis residual hotspots in American Samoa using demographic and environmental factors. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (7) e0010840, e0010840. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010840
Shaw, Callum, McLure, Angus, Graves, Patricia M., Lau, Colleen L. and Glass, Kathryn (2023). Lymphatic filariasis endgame strategies: Using GEOFIL to model mass drug administration and targeted surveillance and treatment strategies in American Samoa. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (5) e0011347, 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011347
McGuinness, Sarah L, Lau, Colleen L. and Leder, Karin (2023). Co-circulation of Murray-Valley Encephalitis Virus and Japanese Encephalitis Virus in south-eastern Australia. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (7) taad059. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad059
Nilles, Eric J., de St. Aubin, Michael, Dumas, Devan, Duke, William, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Abdalla, Gabriela, Jarolim, Petr, Oasan, Timothy, Garnier, Salome, Iihoshi, Naomi, Lopez, Beatriz, de la Cruz, Lucia, Puello, Yosanly Cornelio, Baldwin, Margaret, Roberts, Kathryn W., Peña, Farah, Durski, Kara, Sanchez, Isaac Miguel, Gunter, Sarah M., Kneubehl, Alexander R., Murray, Kristy O., Lino, Allison, Strobel, Sarah, Baez, Amado Alejandro, Lau, Colleen L., Kucharski, Adam, Gutiérrez, Emily Zielinski, Skewes-Ramm, Ronald, Vasquez, Marietta and Paulino, Cecilia Then (2023). Monitoring temporal changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels and variant-specific risk for infection, Dominican Republic, March 2021-August 2022. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29 (4), 723-733. doi: 10.3201/eid2904.221628
Assoum, Mohamad, Lau, Colleen L., Thai, Phong K., Ahmed, Warish, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V., Choi, Phil Min, Jackson, Greg and Selvey, Linda A. (2023). Wastewater surveillance can function as an early warning system for COVID-19 in low-incidence settings. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (4) 211, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040211
McHugh, Lisa, Dyda, Amalie, Guglielmino, Christine, Buckley, Cameron, Lau, Colleen L., Jennison, Amy V., Regan, David G., Wood, James, Whiley, David and Trembizki, Ella (2023). The changing epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae genogroups and antimicrobial resistance in Queensland, Australia, 2010–15: a case series analysis of unique Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates. Sexual Health, 20 (4), 296-302. doi: 10.1071/sh22118
McGuinness, Sarah L., Lau, Colleen L. and Leder, Karin (2023). The evolving Japanese encephalitis situation in Australia and implications for travel medicine. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (2) taad029, 1-4. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad029
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Gyawali, Narayan, Mills, Deborah J., Mills, Christine, Hugo, Leon E, Devine, Gregor J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Immunogenicity of a single fractional intradermal dose of Japanese encephalitis live attenuated chimeric vaccine. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (2) taac122, 1-8. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac122
Nilles, Eric J., Paulino, Cecilia Then, de St Aubin, Michael, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Sanchez, Isaac Miguel, Murray, Kristy O., Lau, Colleen L., Gutiérrez, Emily Zielinski, Ramm, Ronald Skewes, Vasquez, Marietta and Kucharski, Adam (2023). Tracking immune correlates of protection for emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 23 (2), 153-154. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00001-4
Foxlee, Nicola D., Lui, Amsaline, Mathias, Agnes, Townell, Nicola and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Antibiotic consumption in Vanuatu before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2018 to 2021: An interrupted time series analysis. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (1) 23, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8010023
Nilles, Eric J., Paulino, Cecilia Then, de St. Aubin, Michael, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Mayfield, Helen, Dumas, Devan, Finch, Emilie, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Iselin, Louisa, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Oasan, Timothy, Yu, Jingyou, Wan, Huahua, Peña, Farah, Iihoshi, Naomi, Abdalla, Gabriela, Lopez, Beatriz, Cruz, Lucia de la, Henríquez, Bernarda, Espinosa-Bode, Andres, Puello, Yosanly Cornelio, Durski, Kara, Baldwin, Margaret, Baez, Amado Alejandro, Merchant, Roland C., Barouch, Dan H., Skewes-Ramm, Ronald ... Lau, Colleen L. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021. Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 16 100390, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100390
Williams, Olivia, Ross, V.R., Lau, C.L. and Mayfield, H.J. (2022). Epidemiology of cruciate ligament reconstruction in the Australian Defence Force and predictors of outcome. BMJ Military Health, 170 (4) e002150, 348-353. doi: 10.1136/military-2022-002150
Jagals, Paul, Kim, Injeong, Brereton, Claire and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Assessment of environmental impacts on health: examples from the Pacific Basin. Annals of Global Health, 88 (1) 92, 1-9. doi: 10.5334/aogh.3671
Assoum, Mohamad, Ortu, Giuseppina, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie C. A., Halton, Kate, Fenwick, Alan and Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares (2022). Impact of a 5-year mass drug administration programme for soil-transmitted helminthiases on the spatial distribution of childhood anaemia in Burundi from 2007 to 2011. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (10) 307, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7100307
Lemin, Morgan E., Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Spatially explicit environmental factors associated with Lymphatic Filariasis infection in American Samoa. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (10) 295, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7100295
Yakob, Laith, Hu, Wenbiao, Frentiu, Francesca D, Gyawali, Narayan, Hugo, Leon E, Johnson, Brian, Lau, Colleen, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Magalhaes, Ricardo Soares and Devine, Gregor (2022). Japanese encephalitis emergence in Australia: the potential population at risk. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76 (2), 335-337. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac794
McLure, Angus, Graves, Patricia M., Lau, Colleen, Shaw, Callum and Glass, Kathryn (2022). Modelling lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: GEOFIL predicts need for new targets and six rounds of mass drug administration. Epidemics, 40 100591, 100591. doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100591
McPherson, Brady, Mayfield, Helen J., McLure, Angus, Gass, Katherine, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Williams, Steven A., Pilotte, Nils, Kearns, Therese, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Evaluating molecular xenomonitoring as a tool for lymphatic filariasis surveillance in Samoa, 2018–2019. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (8) 203, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7080203
Sinclair, Jane E., Mayfield, Helen J., Short, Kirsty R., Brown, Samuel J., Puranik, Rajesh, Mengersen, Kerrie, Litt, John C. B. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia. npj Vaccines, 7 (1) 93, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00517-6
Guglielmino, Christine J. D., Sandhu, Sumeet, Lau, Colleen L., Buckely, Cameron, Trembizki, Ella, Whiley, David M. and Jennison, Amy V. (2022). Molecular characterisation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae associated with disseminated gonococcal infections in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective surveillance study. BMJ Open, 12 (8) e061040, e061040. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061040
Islam, Nazmul, Xu, Chang, Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Deborah J., Clark, Justin, Devine, Gregor J., Hugo, Leon E., Gyawali, Narayan, Thalib, Lukman and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2022). Persistence of antibodies, boostability, and interchangeability of Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Vaccine, 40 (26), 3546-3555. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.079
Rees, Eleanor M., Lau, Colleen L., Kama, Mike, Reid, Simon, Lowe, Rachel and Kucharski, Adam J. (2022). Estimating the duration of antibody positivity and likely time of Leptospira infection using data from a cross-sectional serological study in Fiji. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (6) e0010506, e0010506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010506
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Gyawali, Narayan, Mills, Deborah J., Hugo, Leon E., Devine, Gregor J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). The emergence of Japanese encephalitis in Australia and the implications for a vaccination strategy. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (6) 85, 85. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7060085
Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L., Sinclair, Jane E., Brown, Samuel J., Baird, Andrew, Litt, John, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Short, Kirsty R., Waller, Michael and Mengersen, Kerrie (2022). Designing an evidence-based Bayesian network for estimating the risk versus benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine, 40 (22), 3072-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.004
Curtis, Stephanie J., Langham, Freya J., Tang, Mei Jie, Vujovic, Olga, Doyle, Joseph S., Lau, Colleen L. and Stewardson, Andrew J. (2022). Hospitalisation with injection‐related infections: validation of diagnostic codes to monitor admission trends at a tertiary care hospital in Melbourne, Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review, 41 (5), 1053-1061. doi: 10.1111/dar.13471
Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Christine and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2022). Long-term persistence of antibodies and boostability after rabies intradermal pre-exposure prophylaxis. Journal of Travel Medicine, 29 (2) taab188. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab188
Stanhope, Jessica, Mayfield, Helen J., Guillaume, Joseph H. A., Sahin, Oz, Weinstein, Philip and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Synergising decision making and interventions across human health and environment: concepts for designing a model for infectious diseases. Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 3 18126, 1-16. doi: 10.18174/sesmo.18126
Islam, Nazmul, Lau, Colleen, Leeb, Alan, Mills, Deborah and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2022). Safety profile comparison of chimeric live attenuated and Vero cell-derived inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccines through an active surveillance system in Australia. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18 (1) 2020573, 2020573. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.2020573
Restrepo, Angela M. Cadavid, Gass, Katherine, Won, Kimberly Y., Sheel, Meru, Robinson, Keri, Graves, Patricia M., Fuimaono, Saipale and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Potential use of antibodies to provide an earlier indication of lymphatic filariasis resurgence in post-mass drug administration surveillance, American Samoa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 117, 378-386. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.006
Lau, Colleen L. and Galea, Ian (2021). Risk–benefit analysis of COVID-19 vaccines — a neurological perspective. Nature Reviews Neurology, 18 (2), 69-70. doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00606-5
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Togami, Eri, Kama, Mike, Goarant, Cyrille, Craig, Scott B., Lau, Colleen, Ritter, Jana M., Imrie, Allison, Ko, Albert I. and Nilles, Eric J. (2018). A large Leptospirosis outbreak following successive severe floods in Fiji, 2012. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99 (4), 849-851. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0335
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Watson, Conall H., Coriakula, Jeremaia, Ngoc, Dung Tran Thi, Flasche, Stefan, Kucharski, Adam J., Lau, Colleen L., Thieu, Nga Tran Vu, Le Polain De Waroux, Olivier, Rawalai, Kitione, Van, Tan Trinh, Taufa, Mere, Baker, Stephen, Nilles, Eric J., Kama, Mike and Edmunds, W. John (2017). Social mixing in Fiji: Who-eats-with-whom contact patterns and the implications of age and ethnic heterogeneity for disease dynamics in the Pacific Islands. PLoS ONE, 12 (12) e0186911, e0186911. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186911
Assoum, Mohamad, Ortu, Giuseppina, Basáñez, Maria-Gloria, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie C A, Halton, Kate, Fenwick, Alan and Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J (2017). Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014. Parasites & vectors, 10 (1) 583, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2505-x
Weizman, Orr-El, Adams, Nicholas M., Schuster, Iona S., Krishna, Chirag, Pritykin, Yuri, Lau, Colleen, Degli-Esposti, Mariapia A., Leslie, Christina S., Sun, Joseph C. and O'Sullivan, Timothy E. (2017). ILC1 Confer Early Host Protection at Initial Sites of Viral Infection. Cell, 171 (4), 795-+. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.052
Lau, Colleen L., Mayfield, Helen J., Lowry, John H., Watson, Conall H., Kama, Mike, Nilles, Eric J. and Smith, Carl S. (2017). Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: a case study of leptospirosis in Fiji. Environmental Modelling & Software, 97 (November), 271-286. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.08.004
Lau, Colleen L., Sheridan, Sarah, Ryan, Stephanie, Roineau, Maureen, Andreosso, Athena, Fuimaono, Saipale, Tufa, Joseph and Graves, Patricia M. (2017). Detecting and confirming residual hotspots of lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa 8 years after stopping mass drug administration. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 11 (9) e0005914, e0005914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005914
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mills, Deborah, Sheridan, Sarah and Lau, Colleen (2017). Medical and psychological problems faced by young Australian gap year travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 24 (5) ARTN tax052, 1-5. doi: 10.1093/jtm/tax052
Coutts, Shaun P., King, Jonathan D., Pa'au, Molisamoa, Fuimaono, Saipale, Roth, Joseph, King, Mary Rose, Lammie, Patrick J., Lau, Colleen L. and Graves, Patricia M. (2017). Prevalence and risk factors associated with lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration. Tropical Medicine and Health, 45 (1) 22, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s41182-017-0063-8
Watson, Conall H., Baker, Stephen, Lau, Colleen L., Rawalai, Kitione, Taufa, Mere, Coriakula, Jerimaia, Nga Tran Vu Thieu, , Tan Trinh Van, , Dung Tran Thi Ngoc, , Hens, Niel, Lowry, John H., de Alwis, Ruklanthi, Cano, Jorge, Jenkins, Kylie, Mulholland, E. Kim, Nilles, Eric J., Kama, Mike and Edmunds, W. John (2017). A cross-sectional seroepidemiological survey of typhoid fever in Fiji. PL o S Neglected Tropical Diseases , 11 (7) e0005786, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005786
Ryu, S., Lau, C. L. and Chun, B. C. (2017). The impact of Livestock Manure Control Policy on human leptospirosis in Republic of Korea using interrupted time series analysis. Epidemiology and Infection, 145 (7), 1320-1325. doi: 10.1017/S0950268817000218
Lau, Colleen, Aubry, Maite, Musso, Didier, Teissier, Anita, Paulous, Sylvie, Despres, Philippe, de-Lamballerie, Xavier, Pastorino, Boris, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai and Weinstein, Philip (2017). New evidence for endemic circulation of Ross River virus in the Pacific Islands and the potential for emergence. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 57, 73-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.01.041
Lau, Colleen L., Sweet, Mark and Weinstein, Philip (2017). A stitch in time: unrecognized retained foreign bodies after a needlefish injury. Journal of Travel Medicine, 24 (2) ARTN taw092. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taw092
Huang, X., Lambert, S., Lau, C., Soares Magalhaes, R. J., Marquess, J., Rajmokan, M., Milinovich, G. and Hu, W. (2017). Assessing the social and environmental determinants of pertussis epidemics in Queensland, Australia: a Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis. Epidemiology and Infection, 145 (6), 1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816003289
Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen L., Clements, Archie C. A., Yakob, Laith and Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. (2017). Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence. Advances in Parasitology, 98, 1-37. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2017.05.002
Trembizki, Ella, Wand, Handan, Donovan, Basil, Chen, Marcus, Fairley, Christopher K., Freeman, Kevin, Guy, Rebecca, Kaldor, John M., Lahra, Monica M., Lawrence, Andrew, Lau, Colleen, Pearson, Julie, Regan, David G., Ryder, Nathan, Smith, Helen, Stevens, Kerrie, Su, Jiunn-Yih, Ward, James and Whiley, David M. (2016). The molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: a nationwide cross-sectional study, 2012. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63 (12), 1591-1598. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw648
Lau, Colleen L., Won, Kimberly Y., Lammie, Patrick J. and Graves, Patricia M. (2016). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: evaluation of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool in the endgame. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (11) e0005108, e0005108. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005108
Ortu, Giuseppina, Assoum, Mohamad, Wittmann, Udo, Knowles, Sarah, Clements, Michelle, Ndayishimiye, Onesime, Basanez, Maria-Gloria, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie, Fenwick, Alan and Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares (2016). The impact of an 8-year mass drug administration programme on prevalence, intensity and co-infections of soil-transmitted helminthiases in Burundi. Parasites & Vectors, 9 (1) 513, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1794-9
Lau, Colleen, Musso, Didier, Fournier, Pierre-Edouard, Parola, Philippe, Raoult, Didier and Weinstein, Philip (2016). Absence of serological evidence of Rickettsia spp., Bartonella spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Coxiella burnetii infections in American Samoa. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 7 (5), 703-705. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.02.019
Lau, Colleen L. and Smith, Carl S. (2016). Bayesian networks in infectious disease ecoepidemiology. Reviews on Environmental Health, 31 (1), 173-177. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2015-0050
Lau, Colleen L., Streeton, Catherine L., David, Michael C., Sly, Peter D. and Mills, Deborah J. (2016). The tolerability of a combined hepatitis A and typhoid vaccine in children aged 2-16 years: an observational study. Journal of Travel Medicine, 23 (2) A278, 1-8. doi: 10.1093/jtm/tav023
Lau, Colleen L., Watson, Conall H., Lowry, John H., David, Michael C., Craig, Sarah B., Wynwood, Sarah J., Kama, Mike and Nilles, Eric J. (2016). Human leptospirosis infection in Fiji: an eco-epidemiological approach to identifying risk factors and environmental drivers for transmission. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10 (1) e0004405, 1-25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004405
David, Michael C., Ha, Sung Hyun, Paynter, Stuart and Lau, Colleen (2015). A systematic review and meta-analysis of management options for adults who respond poorly to hepatitis B vaccination. Vaccine, 33 (48), 6564-6569. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.051
Lau, Colleen L., Skelly, Chris, Dohnt, Michael and Smythe, Lee D. (2015). The emergence of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Arborea in Queensland, Australia, 2001 to 2013. BMC Infectious Diseases, 15 (1) 230, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0982-0
Derne, Bonnie, Weinstein, Philip, Musso, Didier and Lau, Colleen (2015). Distribution of rickettsioses in Oceania: past patterns and implications for the future. Acta Tropica, 143, 121-133. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.10.012
Faddy, Helen, Seed, Clive, Lau, Colleen, Racloz, Vanessa, Flower, Robert, Smythe, Lee, Burns, Mary-Anne, Dohnt, Michael, Craig, Scott, Harley, Robert and Weinstein, Philip (2015). Antibodies to Leptospira among blood donors in higher-risk areas of Australia: possible implications for transfusion safety. Blood Transfusion, 13 (1), 32-36. doi: 10.2450/2014.0012-14
Lau, Colleen L., Won, Kimberly Y., Becker, Luke, Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares, Fuimaono, Saipale, Melrose, Wayne, Lammie, Patrick J. and Graves, Patricia M. (2014). Seroprevalence and Spatial Epidemiology of Lymphatic Filariasis in American Samoa after Successful Mass Drug Administration. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8 (11), 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003297
Lau, Colleen, Weinstein, Philip and Slaney, David (2014). The importance of surveillance for informing pretravel medical advice: imported malaria in New Zealand 1997–2009. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 14 (2), 134-140. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1261
Lau, Colleen (2014). Combating infectious diseases in the Pacific Islands: sentinel surveillance, environmental health, and geospatial tools. Reviews on Environmental Health, 29 (1-2), 113-117. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2014-0028
Lau, C. L., Weinstein, P. and Slaney, D. (2013). Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands. Epidemiology and Infection, 141 (11), 2328-2334. doi: 10.1017/S0950268813000058
Lau, Colleen L. and Hohl, Norman (2013). Immunogenicity of a modified intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedule using a purified chick embryo cell vaccine (Rabipur). Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, In Press, Accepted Manuscript (6), 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.09.006
Duncombe, Jennifer, Lau, Colleen, Weinstein, Philip, Aaskov, John, Rourke, Michelle, Grant, Richard and Clements, Archie (2013). Seroprevalence of dengue in American Samoa, 2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19 (2), 326-327. doi: 10.3201/eid1902.120464
Duncombe, Jennifer, Lau, Colleen, Weinstein, Philip, Aaskov, John, Rourke, Michelle, Grant, Richard and Clements, Archie (2013). Seroprevalence of dengue in American Samoa, 2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19 (2), 325-326. doi: 10.3201/eid1902.121463
Lau, Colleen L. and DePasquale, John M. (2012). Leptospirosis diagnostic challenges, American Samoa.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18 (12), 2079-2081. doi: 10.3201/eid1812.120429
Lau, Colleen L., Clements, Archie C. A., Skelly, Chris, Dobson, Annette J., Smythe, Lee D. and Weinstein, Philip (2012). Leptospirosis in American Samoa - estimating and mapping risk using environmental data. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6 (5) e1669, e1669. 1-e1669. 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001669
Lau, Colleen, Weinstein, Philip and Slaney, David (2012). Imported cases of Ross River virus disease in New Zealand - a travel medicine perspective. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10 (3), 129-134. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2012.04.001
Lau, Colleen, Mills, Deborah and Weinstein, Philip (2012). Response to letter. Journal of Travel Medicine, 19 (2), 136-136. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00593_2.x
Lau, Colleen L., Dobson, Annettee J., Smythe, Lee D., Fearnley, Emily J., Skelly, Chris, Clements, Archie C. A., Craig, Scott B., Fuimaono, Saipale D. and Weinstein, Philip (2012). Leptospirosis in American Samoa 2010: epidemiology, environmental drivers, and the management of emergence. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 86 (2), 309-319. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0398
Lau, Colleen L., Skelly, Chris, Smythe, Lee D., Craig, Scott B. and Weinstein, Philip (2012). Emergence of new leptospiral serovars in American Samoa - ascertainment or ecological change?. BMC Infectious Diseases, 12 (1) 19, 19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-19
Lau, Colleen and Jagals, Paul (2012). A framework for assessing and predicting the environmental health impact of infectious diseases: a case study of leptospirosis. Reviews on Environmental Health, 27 (2-3), 163-174. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2012-0023
Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen L. and Weinstein, Philip (2011). Animal bites and rabies exposure in Australian travellers. Medical Journal of Australia, 195 (11), 673-675. doi: 10.5694/mja10.11413
Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen L., Fearnley, Emily J. and Weinstein, Philip (2011). The immunogenicity of a modified intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination schedule-a case series of 420 travelers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 18 (5), 327-332. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00540.x
Derne, Bonnie T., Fearnley, Emily J., Lau, Colleen L., Paynter, Stuart and Weinstein, Philip (2011). Biodiversity and leptospirosis risk: A case of pathogen regulation?. Medical Hypotheses, 77 (3), 339-344. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.05.009
Craig, Scott, Lau, Colleen, Tulsiani, Suhella, Graham, Glenn and Smythe, Lee (2011). Leptospirosis. Australian Family Physician, 40 (1/2), 9-9.
Tulsiani, SM, Lau, CL, Graham, GC, Van Den Hurk, AF, Jansen, CC, Smythe, LD, McKay, DB and Craig, SB (2010). Emerging tropical diseases in Australia. Part 1: Leptospirosis. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 104 (7), 543-556. doi: 10.1179/136485910X12851868779867
Lau, Colleen L., Smythe, Lee D., Craig, Scott B. and Weinstein, Philip (2010). Climate change, flooding, urbanisation and leptospirosis: Fuelling the fire?. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104 (10), 631-638. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.07.002
Lau, Colleen and Weinstein, Philip (2010). Flooding and infectious disease in rural children: Can intervention mitigate predicted increases in disease burden?. International Public Health Journal, 2 (4), 393-404.
Lau, Colleen, Smythe, Lee and Weinstein, Philip (2010). Leptospirosis: An emerging disease in travellers. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (1), 33-39. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.12.002
Lau, C. and Sisson, J. (2002). The effectiveness of intradermal pre-exposure rabies vaccination in an Australian travel medicine clinic. Journal of Travel Medicine, 9 (6), 285-288.
Conference Papers
McPherson, Brady, Mayfield, Helen, McLure, Angus, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Mauala, Tautala, Coutts, Shaun, Harfield, Stephen, Chellappah, Jessica, MacKenzie, Donna, Hoare, Christina, Kizu, Joanne, Guidotti, Jessica, Pilotte, Nils, Gonzales, Andrew, Williams, Steven, Gass, Katherine, Graves, Patricia and Lau, Colleen (2021). Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination In Samoa: Evaluating The Use Of Molecular Xenomonitoring As A Surveillance Tool. 2021 ASTMH Annual Meeting, Online, 17–21 November 2021. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Henderson, Alasdair, Aubry, Maite, Kama, Mike, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Teissier, Anita, Mariteragi-Helle, Teheipuauara, Paoaafaite, Tuterarii, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Edmunds, John, Whitworth, Jimmy, Watson, Conall, Lau, Colleen, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai and Kucharski, Adam (2019). Zika virus seroprevalence declines and neutralization antibodies wane in adults following outbreaks in French Polynesia and Fiji. 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD, United States, 20-24 November 2019. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Lau, Colleen L., Sheridan, Sarah, Kearns, Therese, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Fuimaono, Saipale, Mauala, Tautala, Mayfield, Helen, McPherson, Brady, Meder, Kelley, Willis, Gabriela, Dickson, Benjamin, Sheel, Meru, Won, Kimberly, Gass, Katherine and Graves, Patricia (2019). Resurgent lymphatic filariasis in the Samoan Islands: time for change in surveillance strategies and thresholds for validation of elimination?. 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD, United States, 20-24 November 2019. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Thomson, R., Furuya-Kanamori, L., Coffey, C., Bell, S., Knibbs, L. and Lau, C. (2019). Influence of Climate Variables on the Rising Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections in Queensland, Australia 2001-2016. International Conference of the American-Thoracic-Society, Dallas, TX United States, 17-22 May 2019. New York, NY United States: American Thoracic Society. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a2043
McPherson, Brady, Sheridan, Sarah, Owada, Kei, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Mauala, Tautala, Mayfield, Helen, Rigby, Lisa, Ciocchetta, Silvia, Maguire, Julia, Pilotte, Nils, Gonzalez, Andrew M., Williams, Steven A., Gass, Katherine, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2019). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in Samoa: evaluating the use of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool. 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD, United States, 20-24 November, 2019. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2019
Henderson, Alasdair, Kama, Mike, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai, Lau, Colleen, Edmunds, John, Watson, Conall and Kucharski, Adam (2018). EVIDENCE OF SHORT-TERM CROSS-IMMUNITY BETWEEN DENGUE AND ZIKA VIRUSES INFERRED USING LONGITUDINAL SEROLOGICAL AND SURVEILLANCE DATA FROM FIJI, 2013-2017. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans La, Oct 28-Nov 01, 2018. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.
Xu, Zhijing, Glass, Kathryn, Lau, Colleen, Geard, Nicholas, Graves, Patricia and Clements, Archie (2018). Modelling lymphatic filariasis transmission in American Samoa long-term population dynamics and spatially heterogeneous risks. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Lau, Colleen, Sheel, Meru, Sheridan, Sarah, Gass, Katherine, Won, Kimberly, Fuimaono, Saipale and Graves, Patricia (2018). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa - household clustering of seropositive persons and implications for surveillance strategies. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Kucharski, Adam, Kama, Mike, Watson, Conall, Aubry, Maite, Funk, Sebastian, Henderson, Alasdair, Brady, Oliver, Vanhomwegen, Jessica, Manuguerra, Jean-Claude, Lau, Colleen, Edmunds, John, Aaskov, John, Nilles, Eric, Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai, Hue, Stephane and Hibberd, Martin (2018). Using paired serology and surveillance data to quantify dengue transmission and control during a large outbreak in Fiji. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Sheel, Meru, Sheridan, Sarah, Gass, Katherine, Won, Kimberly, Fuimaono, Saipale, Kirk, Martyn, Gonzales, Amor, Hedtke, Shannon, Graves, Patricia and Lau, Colleen (2018). Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration - comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance, American Samoa, 2016. 67th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Kuzma, Rebecca, Grant, Jessica, Pilotte, Nils, Hugo, Leon, Devine, Gregor, Lau, Colleen and Williams, Steven (2018). A novel quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Ross River virus. 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTHM), New Orleans, LA, United States, 28 October - 1 November 2018. Arlington, VA, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Assoum, Mohamad, Magalhaes, Ricardo S., Ortu, Giuseppina, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie, Basanez, Maria-Gloria and Halton, Kate (2017). PREDICTING INFECTION DISTRIBUTION AND BURDEN OF DISEASE USING SPATIOTEMPORAL MODELS FOLLOWING A SEVEN YEAR MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM AND LONGITUDINAL STUDY IN BURUNDI: 2008-2014. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta Ga, Nov 13-16, 2016. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.
Graves, Patricia M., Lau, Colleen, Roineau, Maureen, Ryan, Stephanie, Andreosso, Athena, Sheridan, Sarah, Fuimano, Saipale and Tufa, Joseph (2017). LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS RESIDUAL TRANSMISSION HOTSPOTS IN AMERICAN SAMOA. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta Ga, Nov 13-16, 2016. MCLEAN: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE.
Lau, Colleen L., Won, Kimberly Y., Lammie, Patrick J. and Graves, Patricia M. (2017). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in American Samoa: evaluation of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool in the endgame. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA, United States, 13-16 November 2016. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Owada, Kei, Nielsen, Mark, Lau, Colleen, Clements, Archie, Yakob, Laith and Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares (2017). Measuring the effect of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections on cognitive function in children: systematic review and critical appraisal of evidence. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA United States, 13-16 November, 2016. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Mayfield, Helen, Lowry, John, Watson, Conall, Karma, Mike, Nilles, Eric and Lau, Colleen (2017). Using geographically-weighted regression to understand spatial variation in the influence of environmental drivers on Leptospirosis transmission in Fiji. 10th International Leptospirosis Society Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 27 November - 1 December 2017. International Leptospirosis Society.
Mayfield, Helen, Smith, Carl, Lowry, John, Watson, Conall, Karma, Mike, Nilles, Eric and Lau, Colleen (2017). Predictive risk mapping of Human Leptospirosis in Fiji using spatial Bayesian networks. 10th International Leptospirosis Society Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 27nd November-01 December 2017.
Lau, Colleen L., Watson, Conall H., Lowry, John H., David, Michael C., Kama, Mike and Nilles, Eric J. (2015). Mapping leptospirosis hotspots in Fiji using environmental, socioeconomic and livestock data: an eco-epidemiological approach to emerging infectious disease control. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Lau, Colleen L., Watson, Conall H., Lowry, John H., David, Michael C., Kama, Mike and Nilles, Eric J. (2015). Mapping leptospirosis hotspots in Fiji using environmental, socioeconomic and livestock data: an eco-epidemiological approach to emerging infectious disease control. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 64th Annual Meeting, Unknown, Unknown. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2015.93.151
Research Report
Ward, Selina, Lawford, Harriet, Sartorius, Benn and Lau, Colleen (2024). Integrated serosurveillance of infectious diseases using multiplex bead assays: A systematic review. Middletown, DE United States: INPLASY: International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols. doi: 10.37766/inplasy2024.4.0094
Thesis
Lau, Colleen (2012). Environmental drivers of human Leptospirosis infection in American Samoa - emergence, risk analysis, and disease mapping. PhD Thesis, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland.