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Ms Leanne Unicomb BSc (Hons) LaTrobe University M Med Sci, Newcastle University Current Position: PhD Student Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia F: +61 2 6125 0740 E: leanne.unicomb@anu.edu.au

PhD Title

Public Health use of subtyping methods for Campylobacter

Supervisors

• Niels Becker, Chair
• Mahomed Patel
• Lyn Gilbert (Sydney University, Westmead Hospital)

Research Interests

• Foodborne disease
• Bacterial subtyping
• Disease burden
• Campylobacter epidemiology

Recent Publications

Unicomb LE, Simmons G, Merritt T, Gregory J, Nicol C, Jelfs P, Kirk M, Tan A, Thomson R, Adamopoulos J, Little CL, Currie A, Dalton CB. 2005. Sesame seed products contaminated with Salmonella: Three outbreaks associated with tahini. Epidemiol Infect 133: 1065-1072

Hall GV, Kirk MD, Becker N, Gregory JE, Unicomb L, Millard G, Stafford R, Lalor K and the OzFoodNet Working Group. Estimating foodborne gastroenteritis, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 2005;11:1257-1264

Doyle R, Watson K, Unicomb LE, Lanser JA, Wise R, Radcliff R, Combs B, Ferguson J. Laboratory surveillance of shiga toxin producing Escherichiacoli in South Australia and the Hunter Health Area, New South Wales, Australia. Commun Dis Intell 2004; 28: 390-391

Merritt T, Unicomb L. A review of Salmonella surveillance in New South Wales, 1998-2000. NSW Public Health Bull 2004;15:178-181.

Unicomb L, Bird P, Dalton C. Outbreak of Salmonella Potsdam Associated with Salad Dressing at a Restaurant. Commun Dis Intell 2003;27:508-512

Unicomb L, Ferguson J, Riley T, Collignon P. Absence of fluoroquinolone resistance among Campylobacter isolates from humans in Australia. Emerg Infect Dis 2003; 9:1482-3