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Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

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Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
14609
World Ranking
2288
National Ranking
80

Overview

Gwendolyn L. Gilbert is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has a substantial body of research in the fields of medicine and health professions. Their publications emphasize infectious diseases, epidemiology, and emergency medical services, with particular focus on infection control and responses to viral outbreaks.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including infectious diseases, general health professions, epidemiology, emergency medical services, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. The main topics of their research encompass disaster response and management, infection control and ventilation, infection control in healthcare, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, COVID-19 and mental health, viral infections and outbreak research, and epidemiological studies related to COVID-19.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Su-yin Hor, Mary Wyer, Chris Degeling, Ruth Barratt, and Jane Williams. Their research has appeared predominantly in publication venues such as Infection Disease & Health, BMJ Open, Vaccine, The Medical Journal of Australia, and SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • Characteristics of personal protective equipment training programs in Australia and New Zealand hospitals: A survey (2020), Infection Disease & Health
  • COVID -19 in a Sydney nursing home: a case study and lessons learnt (2020), The Medical Journal of Australia
  • Commentary: SARS, MERS and COVID-19-new threats; old lessons (2020), International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Medical interns' reflections on their training in use of personal protective equipment (2020), BMC Medical Education
  • Assessing the impact of the 13 valent pneumococcal vaccine on childhood empyema in Australia (2021), Thorax

Best Publications

  • Pneumococcal Capsules and Their Types: Past, Present, and Future.

    K. Aaron Geno;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Joon Young Song;Ian C. Skovsted

  • Serotype IX, a Proposed New Streptococcus agalactiae Serotype

    Hans Christian Slotved;Fanrong Kong;Lotte Lambertsen;Susanne Sauer

  • Epidemic of hospital-acquired infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in major Victorian hospitals.

    Robin Pavillard;Ken Harvey;David Douglas;Arthur Hewstone

  • Species identification and subtyping of Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum using PCR-based assays.

    Fanrong Kong;Zhenfang Ma;Gregory James;Susanna Gordon

  • Occurrence of rare genotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae in cultured red tilapia Oreochromis sp. and Nile tilapia O. niloticus in Thailand—Relationship to human isolates?

    Naraid Suanyuk;Fanrong Kong;Danny Ko;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

  • Newly Emerging Clones of Bordetella pertussis Carrying prn2 and ptxP3 Alleles Implicated in Australian Pertussis Epidemic in 2008–2010

    Sophie Octavia;Vitali Sintchenko;Vitali Sintchenko;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Andrew Lawrence

  • Serotype Identification of Group B Streptococci by PCR and Sequencing

    Fanrong Kong;Sonia Gowan;Diana Martin;Gregory James

  • Rapid Increase in Pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Australia

    Connie Lam;Sophie Octavia;Lawrence Ricafort;Vitali Sintchenko

  • Natural outbreak of Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) infection in wild giant Queensland grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch), and other wild fish in northern Queensland, Australia

    R. O. Bowater;J. Forbes-Faulkner;I. G. Anderson;K. Condon

  • Fluoroquinolone and Macrolide Resistance-Associated Mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium

    Kaitlin A. Tagg;Neisha J. Jeoffreys;Deborah L. Couldwell;Deborah L. Couldwell;Jennifer A. Donald

  • Implementing a One Health approach to emerging infectious disease: reflections on the socio-political, ethical and legal dimensions

    Christopher J Degeling;Christopher J Degeling;Jane Johnson;Ian Kerridge;Ian Kerridge;Andrew Wilson

  • Failure of moxifloxacin treatment in Mycoplasma genitalium infections due to macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance

    Deborah L Couldwell;Kaitlin A Tagg;Kaitlin A Tagg;Neisha J Jeoffreys;Gwendolyn L Gilbert;Gwendolyn L Gilbert

  • First Report of Putative Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6D among Nasopharyngeal Isolates from Fijian Children

    Ping Jin;Fanrong Kong;Meng Xiao;Shahin Oftadeh

  • Handheld Computer-based Decision Support Reduces Patient Length of Stay and Antibiotic Prescribing in Critical Care

    Vitali Sintchenko;Jonathan R. Iredell;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Enrico W. Coiera

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Ureaplasma urealyticum--support for the establishment of a new species, Ureaplasma parvum.

    Kong Fanrong;Greg James;Ma Zhenfang;Susanna Gordon

  • Estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Australia, 2000

    Belinda G. O'Sullivan;Heather F. Gidding;Matthew Law;John M. Kaldor

  • A random cluster survey and a convenience sample give comparable estimates of immunity to vaccine preventable diseases in children of school age in Victoria, Australia.

    Heath Kelly;Michaela A Riddell;Heather F Gidding;Terry Nolan

  • Isolation of Serpulina pilosicoli from Rectal Biopsy Specimens Showing Evidence of Intestinal Spirochetosis

    Nicolle L. Trivett-Moore;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Carmella L. H. Law;Darren J. Trott

  • Molecular profiles of group B streptococcal surface protein antigen genes: relationship to molecular serotypes.

    Fanrong Kong;Sonia Gowan;Diana Martin;Gregory James

  • Multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot hybridization assay (mPCR/RLB)—a practical epidemiological and diagnostic tool

    Fanrong Kong;Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

Vitali Sintchenko
Vitali Sintchenko University of Sydney
Fanrong Kong
Fanrong Kong University of Sydney
Peter McIntyre
Peter McIntyre University of Otago
Dominic E. Dwyer
Dominic E. Dwyer University of Sydney
Ruiting Lan
Ruiting Lan University of New South Wales
Jonathan R. Iredell
Jonathan R. Iredell University of Sydney
Ian Kerridge
Ian Kerridge University of Sydney
Enrico Coiera
Enrico Coiera Macquarie University
Rick Iedema
Rick Iedema King's College London
Michael P. Ward
Michael P. Ward University of Sydney

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