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Scott Cameron MBBS (Adelaide), MD (Adelaide), MPH (Sydney), FAFPHM Current Position: Senior Lecturer Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 0439 442 939 E: scott.cameron@anu.edu.au

Research Interests

• Foodborne disease epidemiology
• Outbreak investigation methods
• Ross River virus epidemiology in South Australia
• Potential for Hantavirus infection in Australia

Selected Recent Publications

Cameron S. Communicable disease control. In: Environmental Health in Australia and New Zealand. Cromar N, Cameron S, Fallowfield H. (Eds) OUP, Melbourne, 2004; 198-212.

Cromar N, Cameron S, Fallowfield H. (Eds.) Environmental Health in Australia and New Zealand. OUP, Melbourne, 2004

Vally H, Whittle A, Cameron S, Dowse GK, Watson T. Outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila wound infections associated with mud football. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2004 Apr 15; 38(8):1084-9. Epub 2004 Mar 29. PMID: 15095211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hundy RL, Cameron S. Risk factors for sporadic human infection with shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2004; 28(1):74-9.
MID: 15072158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Cameron S, Ried K, Worsley A, Topping D. Consumption of foods by young children with diagnosed campylobacter infection -a pilot case-control study. Public Health Nutrition. 2004 Feb; 7(1):85-9. PMID: 14972076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hundy RL, Cameron S. An outbreak of infections with a new Salmonella phage type linked to a symptomatic food handler. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2002; 26(4):562-7. PMID: 12549524
[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Tribe IG, Cameron S. Salmonella Zanzibar in rural South Australia. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2001 Aug; 25(3):102. PMID: 11669076 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Tribe IG, Cowell D, Cameron P, Cameron S. An outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium phage type 135 infection linked to the consumption of raw shell eggs in an aged care facility. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2002; 26(1):38-9.

Kenny B, Hall R, Cameron S. Consumer attitudes and behaviours – key risk factors in an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 12 infection sourced to chicken nuggets. Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1999; 23:164-67.

Kirk MD, Dalton CB, Beers M, Cameron AS, Murray C. Timeliness of Salmonella notifications in South Australia. Australian New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1999; 23:198-200.