TML & MSH Department of Microbiology: MicroWeb

Larios OE, Coleman BL, Drews SJ, Mazzulli T, Borgundvaag B, Green K; STOP-Flu Study Group, McGeer AJ. Self-collected mid-turbinate swabs for the detection of respiratory viruses in adults with acute respiratory illnesses. PLoS One 6(6):e21335. Epub, 6/23/2011.
Coleman BL, Boggild AK, Drews SJ, Li Y, Low DE, McGeer AJ. Respiratory illnesses in Canadian health care workers: a pilot study of influenza vaccine and oseltamivir prophylaxis during the 2007/2008 influenza season. Influenza Other Respi Viruses doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00245.x., 4/5/2011.
Kuster SP, Drews S, Green K, Blair J, Davis I, Downey J, Fowler R, Katz K, Lapinsky S, McRitchie D, Pataki J, Powis J, Rose D, Sarabia A, Simone C, Simor A, Stewart T, McGeer A. Epidemiology of influenza-associated hospitalization in adults, Toronto, 2007/8. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. ., 4/29/2010.
McGeer A, Green K, Plevneshi A, Shigayeva A, Siddiqi N, Raboud J, Low DE, for the Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network. Antiviral therapy and outcomes of influenza requiring hospitalization in Ontario, Canada. Clin Infect Dis. 45(12):1568-75, 12/15/2007.
Adam H, McGeer A, Simor A Fatal case of post-influenza, community-associated MRSA pneumonia in an Ontario teenager with subsequent familial transmission Can Commun Dis Rep. 33(4):45-8, 2/15/2007.
Kwong JC, Stukel TA, McGeer AJ, Manuel DG. Appropriate measures of influenza immunization program effectiveness. Vaccine. 25(6):967-9., 1/22/2007.
Majury A, Ash J, Toye B, Evans G, Mazzulli T, Winter AL, Gamble G. Laboratory diagnosis of human infection with avian influenza CMAJ. 175(11):1371, 11/21/2006.
Juurlink DN, Stukel TA, Kwong J, Kopp A, McGeer A, Upshur RE, Manuel DG, Moineddin R, Wilson K. Guillain-Barre syndrome after influenza vaccination in adults: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med. 166(20):2217-21., 11/13/2006.
Roberts A, Bitnun A, McGeer A, Tran D, Yau Y, Simpson K, Green K, Lowe DE, Ford-Jones EL. Laboratory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations among children in the metropolitan Toronto and Peel region by active surveillance, 2004-2005. Can Commun Dis Rep. 32(18):203-7., 9/15/2006.
Olsen CW, Karasin AI, Carman S, Li Y, Bastien N, Ojkic D, Alves D, Charbonneau G, Henning BM, Low DE, Burton L, Broukhanski G. Triple reassortant H3N2 influenza A viruses, Canada, 2005. Emerg Infect Dis. 12(7):1132-5, 7/1/2006.

Conference Presentations

M. McArthur, K. Green, P. Avarino, A. McGeer. Pneumococcal and Influenza Vaccination Rates In Adult Residents Of Metropolitan Toronto And Peel Region, Ontario. Community and Hospital Infection Control Assocation - Canada Conference. Toronto, Ontario. 5/29/2000.

W. Lee, A. McGeer, M. McArthur, P. Friedman, A. Kam, T. Mazzulli, M. Loeb, A.E. Simor. Value Of Zanamivir Prophylaxis In A Nursing Home Outbreak Of Influenza A. Community and Hospital Infection Control Assocation - Canada Conference. Toronto, Ontario. 5/29/2000.

E. Rosebrugh, S. Cox, J. Kobyashi, R. Curtis, M. Fearon, I. Guglielmi, M. Pritchard, A. McGeer. Influenza A Outbreak In A Chronic Care Facility For Children: The Value Of Antiviral Prophylaxis. Community and Hospital Infection Control Assocation - Canada Conference. Toronto, Ontario. 5/29/2000.

W. Lee, M. McArthur, S. Bowles, A. Kam, N. McCaul, M. Vearncombe, B. Warshawsky (London-Middelsex Health Unit), A. Simor, M. Loeb, A. Phillips, S. Tamblyn (Perth District Health Unit), A. McGeer. Experience with Zanamivir (ZA) in Influenza (Flu) A Outbreaks in Long Term Care (LTC). 40th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Toronto, Ontario. 9/17/2000.

B Gandhi*, M Skulnick, T Mazzulli. Collaborative Microbiology Solutions, Brampton, Mt.Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON. Survival Rate of Haemophilus influenzae in Two Commercial Amies Gel Swab Transport Systems at Room Temperature 72nd Conjoint Meeting on Infectious Diseases. Regina, Saskatchewan. 11/7/2004.

A. McGeer, K Green, L. Eunson, N. Gebert, C. Ma, A. Plevneshi, A. Shigayeva, N. Siddiqi, D Low, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network (TIBDN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Laboratory confirmed influenza illness requiring hospital admission: clinical features, treatment, and outcomes 45th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, DC. 12/16/2005.

A. J. MCGEER, K. GREEN, L. EUNSON, N. CICOVIC-GEBERT, A. PLEVNESHI, C. MA, N. SIDDIQI, D. E. LOW, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network; Toronto Med. Lab. and Mount Sinai Hosp., Toronto, Canada. Laboratory Confirmed Influenza (LCI) Requiring Hospital Admission: Clinical Features, Treatment and Outcomes 45th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, DC. 12/16/2005.

R. T. LESTER, A. MCGEER, G. TOMLINSON, A. S. DETSKY; UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, BC, Canada, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Influenza Vaccine: Usage, Effectiveness and Attitudes in House Staff 45th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, DC. 12/16/2005.

A. TONG, A. MCGEER; Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours Towards Influenza Vaccination During Pregnancy 45th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Washington, DC. 12/16/2005.

A. MCGEER, N. SIDDIQI, K. A. GREEN, D. E. LOW, Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network (tibdn); Mount Sinai Hosp., Toronto, Canada. Outcomes of Influenza Requiring Hospital Admission in Ontario, Canada: Two Years of Surveillance 46th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Francisco, CA. 9/27/2006.