Projects, Research Papers

Papers

Jul 14, 2023

  1. Patel C, Rendell N, Sargent GM, Ali A, Morgan C, Fields R & Sheel M. (2023). Measuring national immunization system performance: a systematic assessment of available resources. Global Health: Science and Practice, 2023;11(3):e220055.  

2022 

  1. Rendell N and Sheel M. Perspectives on priorities for supporting health security in the Pacific region through health systems strengthening. PLOS Global Public Health. Published online 22 September 2022. 
  1. McDermid P, Sooppiyaragath S, Craig A, Sheel M, Blazek K, Talty S, Seale H. Psychological and financial impacts of COVID-19-related travel measures: An international cross-sectional study. PloS One. 2022. Aug 5;17(8):e0271894 
  1. McDermid P, Craig A, Sheel M, Blazek K, Talty S, Seale H. Examining the psychological and financial impact of travel restrictions on citizens and permanent residents stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic: international cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2022. May 19;12(5):e059922 
  1. Sheel M, Voo TV, Pingault N, Sloan-Gardner TS, Marmor A, Kirk M, Johnston V, Coleman K. Vaccine breakthrough infections in a highly-vaccinated Australian population during a SARS-CoV-2 Delta outbreak. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2022 Jun 23;46. 
  1. Sheel M, Wood N, Macartney K, Buttery J, Dinsmore N, Marshall H, Elliott E, Kynaston A, Richmond P, McIntyre P. Severity of Rotavirus-Vaccine-Associated Intussusception: Prospective Hospital-Based Surveillance, Australia, 2007-2018. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal. 2022. 2022 Jun 1;41(6):507-513 
  1. Restrepo AMC, Gass K, Won KY, Sheel M, Robinson K, Graves PM, Fuimaono S, Lau CL. 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. 2022. April 117:378-386 
  1. Wangdi K, Sheel M, Fuimaono S, Graves P, Lay C. Lymphatic filariasis in 2016 in American Samoa: Identifying clustering and hotspots using non-spatial and three spatial analytical methods. PLOS NTDs. 2022. March 28;16(3):e0010262 
  1. McDermid P, Craig A, Sheel M, Seale H. How have governments supported citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrictions? A comparative analysis of the financial and health support in eleven countries. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022. Feb 20;22(1):161 
  1. Marta L, Sheel M, Singh A. Vaccine distribution exacerbates the social divide. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2022 Mar;43(1):174-177 
  1. Sheel M, McEwen S, Davies SE. Brand equity in access to COVID-19 vaccines. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022. 18: 100366 
  1. Coorey N, Kensitt, Davies J, Keller E, Sheel M, Chani K, Barry S, Boyd R, Denholm J, Watts K, Fox G, Lowbridge C, Perera R, Waring J, Marais B, Viney K. Risk factors for tuberculosis in Australia and their association with delayed treatment completion. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung. 2022. May 1;26(5):399-405 

2021 

  1. Vassallo A, Dunbar K, Ajuwon B, Lowbridge C, Kirk M, King C, Sheel M. Assessing the impact of polio supplementary immunisation activities on routine immunisation and health systems: a systematic review. BMJ Global Health. 2021. Nov;6(11):e006568. 
  1. Vassallo A, Shajahan S, Harris K, Hallam L, Hockham C, Womersley K, Woodward M, Sheel M. Sex and Gender in COVID-19 Vaccine Research: Substantial Evidence Gaps Remain. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health. 2021 Nov 1;2:761511.  
  1. Field E, Dyda A, Hewett M, Weng H, Shi J, Curtis S, Law C, McHugh L, Sheel M, Moore J, Furuya-Kanamori L, Pillai P, Konings P, Purcell M, Stocks N, Williams G and Lau CL. Development of the COVID-19 Real-Time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER), Australia. Frontiers in Public Health. 2021. 9:753493.  
  1. Ajuwon BI, Yujuico I, Roper K, Richardson A, Sheel M, Lidbury BA. Hepatitis B virus infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data published between 2010 and 2019. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2021. Oct 30;21(1):1120.  
  1. Sheel M, Lau CL, Sheridan S, Fuimaono S, Graves P. Comparison of Immunochromatographic Test (ICT) and Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for detecting lymphatic filariasis antigen in American Samoa, 2016. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2021. 2021 Jul 14;6(3):132 
  1. Vassallo A, Womersley K, Norton R, Sheel M. Pregnant Women’s Appetite for Risk. Lancet Global Health. 2021 May;9(5):e593. 
  1. Seale H, Heywood AE, Leask J, Sheel M, Durrheim DN, Bolsewicz K, Kaur R.  Examining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2021 January 28;21(1):120. 

2020 

  1. Lau C, Sheel M, Gass K, Fuimaono S, David M, Won K, Sheridan S, Graves P. Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons. PLOS NTDs. 2020 Dec 28;14(12) 
  1. Hedtke SM, Zendejas-Heredia PA, Graves PM, Sheridan S, Sheel M, Fuimaono SD, Lau CL, Grant WN. Genetic epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration. International Journal of Parasitology. 2020 November 7. 
  1. Hand RM, Senarathna S, Page-Sharp M, Gray K, Sika-Paotonu D, Sheel M, Chuang VTG, Martinez J, Luna G, Manning L, Wyber R, Carapetis JR, Batty KT. Quality of benzathine penicillin G: A multinational cross-sectional study. Pharmacological Research & Perspectives. 2020 Dec. 
  1. Vardoulakis S, Sheel M, Lal A, Gray D. COVID-19 environmental transmission and preventive public health measures. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2020 Aug 24. 
  1. Seale H, Heywood AE, Leask J, Sheel M, Thomas S, Durrheim DN, Bolsewicz K, Kaur R. COVID-19 is rapidly changing: Examining public perceptions and behaviors in response to this evolving pandemic. PLOS One. 2020 Jun 23;15(6):e0235112. 
  1. Mboera LEG, Akipede GO, Banerjee A, Cuevas LE, Czypionka T, Khan M, Kock R, McCoy D, Mmbaga BT, Misinzo G, Shayo EH, Sheel M, Sindato C, Urassa M. Mitigating lockdown challenges in response to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jul;96:308-310. 
  1. Sheel M, Tippins A, Glass K, Kirk M, Lau CL. Electronic immunization registers – A tool for mitigating outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Pacific. Vaccine. 2020 Jun 9;38(28):4395-4398 
  1. Kumar R, Bunn PT, Singh SS, Ng SS, Montes de Oca M, De Labastida Rivera F, Chauhan SB, Singh N, Faleiro RJ, Edwards CL, Frame TCM, Sheel M, Austin RJ, Lane SW, Bald T, Smyth MJ, Hill GR, Best SE, Haque A, Corvino D, Waddell N, Koufariotis L, Mukhopadhay P, Rai M, Chakravarty J, Singh OP, Sacks D, Nylen S, Uzonna J, Sundar S, Engwerda CR.  Type I Interferons suppress anti-parasitic immunity and can be targeted to improve treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. Cell Reports. 2020 Feb 25;30(8):2512-2525.e9 

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