User profiles for Heather Finlayson

Heather Finlayson

Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist
Verified email at sun.ac.za
Cited by 1724

Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centers of pig domestication

…, E Matisoo-Smith, J Robins, S Lowden, H Finlayson… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 686 wild and domestic pig specimens place
the origin of wild boar in island Southeast Asia (ISEA), where they dispersed across Eurasia. …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

…, W Lee, B Beović, A Dramowski, H Finlayson… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) established an international
network of hospitals to measure antimicrobial prescribing and resistance worldwide. We …

The Worldwide Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) point prevalence survey: developing hospital-quality indicators of antibiotic …

…, M Čižman, S Unuk, H Finlayson… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Previously, web-based tools for cross-sectional antimicrobial point prevalence
surveys (PPSs) have been used in adults to develop indicators of quality improvement. We …

[HTML][HTML] Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 …

…, H Renk, H Mahmood, H Saxen, H Finlayson… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Improving the quality of hospital antibiotic use is a major goal of WHO's global
action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, …

An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

…, K Billis, W Chow, L Eory, HA Finlayson… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The domestic pig (Sus scrofa) is important both as a food source and as a
biomedical model given its similarity in size, anatomy, physiology, metabolism, pathology, and …

Incidence of lower limb amputation in Canada

B Imam, WC Miller, HC Finlayson, JJ Eng… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
OBJECTIVES: To determine the Canadian age-adjusted incidence rates of lower limb
amputation (LLA) by province, sex, level, and cause of amputation. METHODS: Data on all …

[HTML][HTML] Enablers and barriers to accessing healthcare services for Aboriginal people in New South Wales, Australia

…, D Taylor, T Agius, H Finlayson… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Australia’s healthcare system is complex and fragmented which can create
challenges in healthcare, particularly in rural and remote areas. Aboriginal people experience …

Preventive therapy for child contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a prospective cohort study

JA Seddon, AC Hesseling, H Finlayson… - Clinical infectious …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background. Evidence is limited to guide the management of children exposed to multidrug-resistant
(MDR) tuberculosis. We aimed to study the tolerability and toxicity of a standard …

Increased risk for and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants aged< 1 year in South Africa, 2009–2013

…, N Du Plessis, B Eley, H Finlayson… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. High antenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence rates (∼30%)
with low perinatal HIV transmission rates (2.5%), due to HIV prevention of mother-to-…

Botulinum toxin injection for management of thoracic outlet syndrome: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

HC Finlayson, RJ O'Connor, PMA Brasher, A Travlos - Pain, 2011 - Elsevier
We studied the effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injections to the scalene muscles on
pain in subjects with thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) in this double-blind, randomized, …