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Dr Adam Bartlett
Research Fellow

Dr Adam Bartlett

BSc MBBS MPHTM PhD FRACP

Medicine & Health
The Kirby Institute

Adam is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Sydney Children's Hospital and a Research Fellow in the Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Group at the Kirby Institute. He has completed a PhD evaluating the management and outcomes for adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV infection in Asia. His current research focuses on neglected tropical diseases, geospatial analytics and paediatric HIV.
Phone
+61 (2) 9385 0991
E-mail
abartlett@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Location
Kirby Institute Wallace Wurth Building
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'Immune Dysfunction and Antiretroviral Therapy Challenges in Children and Adolescents Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus', in Saxena S (ed.), Innate Immunity in Health and Disease, IntechOpen, http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91667
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Bartlett A; Palasanthiran P; Hogeling M; Wargon O, 2016, 'Skin Signs of Systemic Diseases', in Hogeling M (ed.), Case-based Inpatient Pediatric Dermatology, Springer, pp. 229 - 240, http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/81/chp%253A10.1007%252F978-3-319-31569-0_14.pdf?originUrl=http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-31569-0_14&token2=exp=1487047703~acl=/static/pdf/81
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Bartlett AW; Ooi CY, 2013, 'Emerging Therapies for Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Failure in Children: A Focus on Preventative Strategies', in Peralta C; Fontana L (ed.), Liver Failure, Nova Biomedical Books
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'High activation levels maintained in receptor-binding domain–specific memory B cells in people with severe coronavirus disease 2019', Immunology and Cell Biology, 101, pp. 142 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12607
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'A not so innocuous playground fall: Lymphocutaneous nocardiosis in an immunocompetent boy', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107, pp. 257 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322392
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Burden and factors associated with schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-age children in Huambo, Uige and Zaire provinces, Angola', Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-022-00975-z
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Clinical management and outcomes of acute febrile illness in children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07424-0
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Longitudinal Characterization of Phagocytic and Neutralization Functions of Anti-Spike Antibodies in Plasma of Patients after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection', Journal of Immunology, 209, pp. 1499 - 1512, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2200272
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Maintenance of broad neutralizing antibodies and memory B cells 1 year post-infection is predicted by SARS-CoV-2-specific CD4+ T cell responses', Cell Reports, 38, pp. 110345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110345
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Off-target effects of bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2: implications for protection against severe COVID-19', Clinical and Translational Immunology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1387
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'RSV Epidemiology in Australia Before and During COVID-19', Pediatrics, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053537
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Severe COVID-19 represents an undiagnosed primary immunodeficiency in a high proportion of infected individuals', Clinical and Translational Immunology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1365
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'The seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in children, Australia, November 2020 – March 2021', Medical Journal of Australia, 217, pp. 43 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51542
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Comparison between Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sodium Nitrate Flotation Microscopy in Diagnosing Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105, pp. 1210 - 1213, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0227
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Identification, Management, and Outcomes of Combination Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Adolescents with Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Asia', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73, pp. E1919 - E1926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa872
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Impact of climate change and biodiversity collapse on the global emergence and spread of infectious diseases', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57, pp. 1811 - 1818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15681
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Impact of infectious diseases consultation on management and outcome of staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in children', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 10, pp. 569 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa155
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Invasive fungal disease in children with acute myeloid leukaemia: An Australian multicentre 10-year review', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 68, pp. e29275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29275
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Fetal therapies for cytomegalovirus: What we tell prospective parents', Prenatal Diagnosis, 40, pp. 1681 - 1692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.5692
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'SARS-CoV-2 in children: spectrum of disease, transmission and immunopathological underpinnings', Pathology, 52, pp. 801 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2020.08.001
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'State of the Mind: Growing up with HIV', Pediatric Drugs, 22, pp. 511 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40272-020-00415-1
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Successful treatment of invasive carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections in children using carbapenem–aminoglycoside combination therapy: A case series', Infection, Disease and Health, 25, pp. 314 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2020.06.002
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Disease- and Treatment-related Morbidity in Adolescents with Perinatal HIV Infection in Asia', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38, pp. 287 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002208
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Dual Analysis of Loss to Follow-up for Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in Asia', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 82, pp. 431 - 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002184
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Early and Late Virologic Failure after Virologic Suppression in HIV-Infected Asian Children and Adolescents', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 80, pp. 308 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001921
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Epidemiology of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised children; an Australian national 10-year review', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27564
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Invasive fungal infections in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: Results from four Australian centres, 2003-2013', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27915
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Use and Outcomes of Antiretroviral Monotherapy and Treatment Interruption in Adolescents With Perinatal HIV Infection in Asia', Journal of Adolescent Health, 65, pp. 651 - 659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.05.025
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Varicella - more than just a rash', Medicine Today: the peer reviewed journal of clinical practice, 20, pp. 55 - 88
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bartlett AW; Hall BM; Palasanthiran P; McMullan B; Shand AW; Rawlinson WD, 2018, 'Recognition, treatment, and sequelae of congenital cytomegalovirus in Australia: An observational study', Journal of Clinical Virology, 108, pp. 121 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2018.09.017
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Characteristics, mortality and outcomes at transition for adolescents with perinatal HIV infection in Asia', AIDS, 32, pp. 1689 - 1697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001883
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Human immunodeficiency virus-infected young people in Australia: data from the Australian HIV Observational Database', Internal Medicine Journal, 48, pp. 1447 - 1456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14040
    Journal articles | 2017
    Bartlett AW; McMullan B; Rawlinson WD; Palasanthiran P, 2017, 'Hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes for children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection: A systematic review', Reviews in Medical Virology, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmv.1938
    Journal articles | 2017
    Bartlett AW; Smith B; George CR R; McMullan B; Kesson A; Lahra MM; Palasanthiran P, 2017, 'Epidemiology of Late and Very Late Onset Group B Streptococcal Disease: Fifteen-Year Experience from Two Australian Tertiary Pediatric Facilities', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36, pp. 20 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001345
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bartlett A; Goeman E; Vedi A; Mostaghim M; Trahair T; O’Brien TA; Palasanthiran P; McMullan B, 2015, 'A pilot study of a computerized decision support system to detect invasive fungal infection in pediatric hematology/oncology patients', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 36, pp. 1313 - 1317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.179
    Journal articles | 2015
    Bartlett A; McMullan B, 2015, 'Childhood infections: diagnosis and management in general practice', Medicine Today, 15, pp. 26 - 39, http://medicinetoday.com.au/system/files/pdf/medicine_today/article/MT2014-12-014-BARTLETT.pdf
  • Preprints | 2022
    2022, Burden and Factors Associated with Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Among School-Age Children in Huambo, Uige and Zaire provinces, Angola, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1302136/v1
    Conference Papers | 2021
    2021, 'ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESSES IN CHILDREN PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 251 - 251, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), ELECTR NETWORK, 17 November 2021 - 21 November 2021, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000778105602472&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2021
    2021, 'COMPARISON BETWEEN QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND SODIUM NITRATE FLOTATION MICROSCOPY IN DIAGNOSING SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTIONS', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 395 - 395, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), ELECTR NETWORK, 17 November 2021 - 21 November 2021, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000778105603329&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Preprints | 2021
    2021, Longitudinal characterisation of phagocytic and neutralisation functions of anti-Spike antibodies in plasma of patients after SARS-CoV-2 infection, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473774

Early to Mid-Career Researcher Grants, Medical Research Future Fund, 2023.

Rapid Applied Research Translation Initiative, Medical Research Future Fund, Feb 2022.

Research Infrastructure Scheme, University of New South Wales, Jul 2021.

Equipment Grants, National Health & Medical Research Council, Oct 2020.

Research Infrastructure Scheme, University of New South Wales, Jan 2020.

Fellowship Research Grant, Gilead Sciences Australia, Jan 2017.

Emerging Investigator Award, Kirby Institute, UNSW (2022)