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A/PROF BEVERLEY-ANN BIGGS



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.medrmhwh.unimelb.edu.au/staff/academic/biggs.html
Work: 8344 3257
Fax: 9347 1863
Building: Clinical Sciences
Campus: Royal Melbourne Hospital

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Medicine University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
FACTH (FACTH)
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
An evaluation of the potential for new technology to contribute to improving tuberculosis control in Australia Chief Investigator NHMRC Public Health Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2003
Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases Chief Investigator NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) 01/01/2003
IMPROVING THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TB AND MULT-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN NAGPUR, CENTRAL INDIA Chief Investigator AUST INDIA COUNCIL General Funding 01/09/2006
Maternal mental health and anaemia as determinants of infant health and development in resource constrained settings Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Books

  • Diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees. Guidelines for the Australian Society of Infectious Diseases.
    Year: 2009
    Publisher: Dreamweaver Publishing(Sydney)
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Journal Articles

  • Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube with tuberculin skin test for identification of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in healthcare staff and association between positive test results and known risk factors for infection. 


    Year: 2009
    Journal: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 215-221
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  • A  free weekly iron-folic acid supplementation and regular deworming program is associated with improved hemoglobin and iron status indicators in Vietnamese women
    Year: 2009
    Journal: BMC Public Health
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 261
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  • A community based field research project investigating anaemia amongst young children living in rural Karnataka, India: a cross sectional study.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: BMC Public Health
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 59
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  • Delayed diagnosis of HIV infection in Victoria 1994 to 2006.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Sexual Health
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 117-122
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  • Lessons learned from implementation of a demonstration program to reduce the burden of anaemia and hookworm in women in Yen bai province, Viet Nam.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: BMC Public Health
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 266
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  • Pathways to malaria persistence in remote central Vietnam: a mixed-method study of health care and the community.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: BMC Public Health
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 85
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  • Screening practices for infectious diseases among Burmese refugees in Australia.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1769-1772
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  • Short Report: Management of Chronic Strongyloidiasis in Immigrants and Refugees: Is Serologic Testing Useful?
    Year: 2009
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 788-791
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  • Sudanese women living in Victoria, Australia: health-information seeking behaviours and the availability, effectiveness and appropriateness of HIV/AIDS information.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Diversity in Health and Care
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 109-120
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  • The profile of health problems in African Immigrants attending an Infectious Disease Unit in Melbourne, Australia
    Year: 2009
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 805-811
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Isolated core antibody hepatitis B in sub-Saharan African immigrants


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Medical Virology
    Volume: 80
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1565-1569
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  • Working with West African migrant communities on HIV prevention in Australia.


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Sexual Health
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 313-314
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  • Anemia, iron deficiency, meat consumption, and hookworm infection in women of reproductive age in northwest Vietnam
    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 78
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 375-381
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  • Incomplete Immunity and Missed Vaccination Opportunities in East African Immigrants Settling in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 263-268
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  • Prevalence of polymorphisms in dhfr, dhps, pfmdr1 and pfcrt genes of Plasmodium falciparum isolates in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 959-62
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  • Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 443-446
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Section 4: Health concerns of adult refugee clients


    Year: 2007
    Book: Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors and other health care providers caring for people from refugee backgrounds
    Publisher: Foundation House - The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture(Melbourne)
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  • Section 6: An approach to refugee health assessment
    Year: 2007
    Book: Promoting Refugee Health: A guide for doctors and other health care providers caring for people from refugee backgrounds
    Publisher: Foundation House - The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Health services : knowledge, use and satisfaction of Afghan, Iranian and Iraqi settlers in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Diversity in Health and Social Care
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 267-276
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  • Health services utilisation and barriers for settlers from the Horn of Africa
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 333-335
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  • Regional differences in the response of Plasmodium vivax malaria to primaquine as anti-relapse therapy.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 76
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 203-207
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Health issues in newly arrived African refugees attending general practice clinics in Melbourne.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 185
    Issue: 11/12
    Page numbers: 602-606
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  • Financial sustainability planning for immunization services in Cambodia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Health Policy and Planning
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 302-309
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  • Immunogenicity of a locally produced hepatitis B vaccine with the birth dose stored outside the cold chain in rural Vietnam.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 74
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 255-260
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  • Improving birth dose coverage of hepatitis B vaccine.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 84
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 65-71
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  • Improving immunization coverage through budgeted microplans and sub-national performance agreements: early experience from Cambodia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 18
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 29-38
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  • Parasite-specific IgG response and peripheral blood eosinophil count following albendazole treatment for presumed chronic strongyloidiasis.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 84-91
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  • Undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in Australia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 233-239
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Antiparasitic Agents
    Year: 2005
    Book: Infectious Diseases, A Clinical Approach
    Publisher: IP Communications(Hawthorn East)
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Journal Articles

  • KAP surveys and malaria control in Vietnam: findings and cautions about community research
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 572-577
    Publisher: SEAMEO Tropmed(Bangkok)
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  • Key issues relating to decentralization at the provincial level of health management inCambodia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Health Planning and Management
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 3-19
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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  • Knowledge about hepatitis and previous exposure to hepatitis viruses in immigrants from the Mekong Region
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 64-68
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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  • Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome: still a problem
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 182
    Page numbers: 651
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Management systems response to improving immunization coverage in developming countries: a case study from Cambodia


    Year: 2004
    Journal: Rural and Remote Health
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 263
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  • Prospective population-based incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in Thailand
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 975-983
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Refugee Health: Clinical Issues
    Year: 2003
    Book: The Health of Refugees: Public Health Perspectives from Crisis to Settlement
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Analysis of PFCRT, PRMDR1, DHFR, and DHPS mutations and drug sensitivities in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from patients in Vietnam before and after treatment with artemisinin
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 68
    Page numbers: 350-356
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  • Hepatitis B infection in rural Vietnam and the implications for a national program of infant immunization
    Year: 2003
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 288-294
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  • Vitamin D deficiency is common and unrecognized among recently arrived adult immigrants from The Horne of Africa
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 47-51
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Laotian immigrants and refugees 7-20 years after resettlement in Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
    Volume: 128
    Page numbers: 439-444
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Comparative evaluation of a combined DTP-HB vaccine in the EPI in Chiangrai Province, Thailand
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 188-193
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  • Diagnosis and treatment of Strongyloidiasis
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Microbiology Australia
    Volume: May
    Page numbers: 14-15
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  • Malaria prevention in the expatriate and long-term traveller
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Prescriber
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 66-69
    Publisher: Australian Prescriber
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  • Parasitic worms of the central nervous system: an Australian perspective.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 541-553
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Malaria
    Year: 2001
    Book: Principles and practice of Clinical Parasitology
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Journal Articles

  • Assessment of susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine,quinine, mefloquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and artemisinin in southern Viet Nam
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 1-5
    Publisher: Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene(London)
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  • Fatal disseminated strongyloidiasis in a previously treated patient
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 174
    Page numbers: 355-356
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Imported malaria treated in Melbourne, Australia: epidemiology and clinical features in 246 patients
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 76-81
    Publisher: BC Decker Inc(Hamilton)
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