Associate Professor Linda Selvey
Associate Professor
School of Public Health
+61 7 336 55281
Associate Professor Linda Selvey has joined the School of Public Health as a Teaching and Research Academic. She is a health physician and her main research area is infectious disease. Her research interests are diverse including: climate change; Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that can cause severe diarrhea in vulnerable people; sexual health; blood borne viruses and antimicrobial resistance.
A/Prof Selvey formerly worked for Queensland Health, starting there as Director of Communicable Diseases Branch in December 1996 and in 2005, then promoted to Executive Director, Population Health Queensland. She remained in this position until moving to Sydney where she took up the position of CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. A/Prof Selvey then moved to Perth to join her partner and worked at Curtin University, School of Public Health, before joining The University of Queensland.
Researcher biography
Linda Selvey is a public health physician and an infectious diseases epidemiologist. She previously worked for Queensland Health in senior positions, including as Executive Director, Population Health Queensland. She has also previously worked as CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. She returned to academia at Curtin University's School of Public Health in 2012, and commenced in UQ's School of Public Health in 2017. She is passionate about protecting human health from the impacts of the climate crisis and her research interests include hepatitis C treatment in marginalised populations, increasing vaccine uptake, Clostridium difficile epidemiology and the health impacts of climate change.
Publications
Book Chapters
Selvey, Linda A. (2024). Climate and Environment. Political Determinants of Health in Australia. (pp. 167-183) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003315490-13
Lobo, Roanna, McCausland, Kahlia, Bates, Julie, Selvey, Linda, Jones, Jesse, Jeffreys, Elena, Dean, Judith and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). Lessons learned from Australian case studies of sex workers engaged in academic research about sex worker health, well-being and structural impediments. Peer research in health and social development: international perspectives on participatory research. (pp. 233-245) edited by Bell, Stephen, Aggleton, Peter and Gibson, Ally. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429316920-22
Journal Articles
Fernando, Ts Mekala, Lambert, Stephen B., Kemp, Robert and Selvey, Linda A. (2023). Enhanced surveillance of notifications of hepatitis C to Queensland Health up to 19 years previously. Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 47 ARTN 63. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2023.47.63
Carpenter, Morris, Selvey, Linda A., Lambert, Stephen B. and Kemp, Robert (2023). Using notifications data to increase hepatitis C testing and treatment rates in Queensland. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2023.47.62
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa and Selvey, Linda A. (2023). "Handing out non-prescribed antibiotics is storing up trouble for the next generation!" Unpacking multistakeholder views of drivers and potential solutions in Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 830, 830. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09819-4
Brennan, Rachael P., Fitzgerald, Lisa, Dean, Judith A. and Selvey, Linda (2023). ‘Change creates change’ – older female sex workers’ experiences through the early COVID-19 pandemic. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 26 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2023.2224869
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Maher, Lisa (2023). “More human”: using ethnographic insights to develop a posthuman framework of ‘extended recovery’ for harmful drug use. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3 100245, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100245
McLure, Angus, Smith, James J., Firestone, Simon Matthew, Kirk, Martyn D., French, Nigel, Fearnley, Emily, Wallace, Rhiannon, Valcanis, Mary, Bulach, Dieter, Moffatt, Cameron R.M., Selvey, Linda A., Jennison, Amy, Cribb, Danielle M. and Glass, Kathryn (2023). Source attribution of campylobacteriosis in Australia, 2017–2019. Risk Analysis, 43 (12), 2527-2548. doi: 10.1111/risa.14138
Assoum, Mohamad, Lau, Colleen L., Thai, Phong K., Ahmed, Warish, Mueller, Jochen F., Thomas, Kevin V., Choi, Phil Min, Jackson, Greg and Selvey, Linda A. (2023). Wastewater surveillance can function as an early warning system for COVID-19 in low-incidence settings. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (4) 211, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8040211
Parry, Amy Elizabeth, Richardson, Alice, Kirk, Martyn D., Colquhoun, Samantha M., Durrheim, David N. and Housen, Tambri (2023). Team effectiveness: epidemiologists' perception of collective performance during emergency response. Bmc Health Services Research, 23 (1) ARTN 149. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09126-y
Lilly, Kara, Kean, Bridie, Hallett, Jonathan, Robinson, Suzanne and Selvey, Linda A. (2023). Factors of the policy process influencing Health in All Policies in local government: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 11 1010335, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1010335
Cribb, Danielle M., Varrone, Liana, Wallace, Rhiannon L., McLure, Angus T., Smith, James J., Stafford, Russell J., Bulach, Dieter M., Selvey, Linda A., Firestone, Simon M., French, Nigel P., Valcanis, Mary, Fearnley, Emily J., Sloan-Gardner, Timothy S., Graham, Trudy, Glass, Kathryn and Kirk, Martyn D. (2022). Risk factors for campylobacteriosis in Australia: outcomes of a 2018–2019 case–control study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22 (1) 586, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07553-6
Vujovich-Dunn, C., Wand, H., Brotherton, J. M.L., Gidding, H., Sisnowski, J., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, S. R., Venn, A., Davies, C., Hocking, J., Whop, L., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Sanci, L., Smith, M., Kang, M., Temple-Smith, M., Kidd, M., Burns, S., Selvey, L., Meijer, D., Ennis, S., Thomson, C., Lane, N., Kaldor, J. and Guy, R. (2022). Measuring school level attributable risk to support school-based HPV vaccination programs. BMC Public Health, 22 (1) 822, 822. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13088-x
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). Magnitude of non-prescribed antibiotic dispensing in Ethiopia: a multicentre simulated client study with a focus on non-urban towns. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77 (12), 3462-3465. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac341
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). Community drug retail outlet staff’s knowledge, attitudes and practices towards non-prescription antibiotics use and antibiotic resistance in the Amhara region, Ethiopia with a focus on non-urban towns. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 11 (1) 64, 64. doi: 10.1186/s13756-022-01102-1
Selvey, Linda A., Carpenter, Morris, Lazarou, Mattea and Cullerton, Katherine (2022). Communicating about energy policy in a resource-rich jurisdiction during the climate crisis: lessons from the people of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (8) 4635, 4635. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084635
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Maher, Lisa and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). ‘Making Ground’: an ethnography of ‘Living With’ harmful methamphetamine use and the plurality of recovery. Journal of Drug Issues, 52 (3), 366-388. doi: 10.1177/00220426211073911
Puljevic, Cheneal, Massi, Luciana, Brown, Renee, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, Smirnov, Andrew and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). Barriers and enablers to hepatitis C treatment among clients of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in South-East Queensland, Australia: a qualitative enquiry. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 28 (3), 239-246. doi: 10.1071/py21055
Vogt, Florian, Haire, Bridget, Selvey, Linda, Katelaris, Anthea L and Kaldor, John (2022). Effectiveness evaluation of digital contact tracing for COVID-19 in New South Wales, Australia. The Lancet Public Health, 7 (3), e250-e258. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00010-X
Strathearn, Melanie, Osborne, Nicholas J. and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). Impact of low-intensity heat events on mortality and morbidity in regions with hot, humid summers: a scoping literature review. International Journal of Biometeorology, 66 (5), 1013-1029. doi: 10.1007/s00484-022-02243-z
Moffatt, Cameron R. M., Kennedy, Karina J., Selvey, Linda and Kirk, Martyn D. (2021). Campylobacter-associated hospitalisations in an Australian provincial setting. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21 (1) 10, 10. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05694-0
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa, Erku, Daniel Asfaw and Selvey, Linda A. (2021). No prescription? No problem: drivers of non-prescribed sale of antibiotics among community drug retail outlets in low and middle income countries: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Public Health, 21 (1) 1056, 1056. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11163-3
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa and Selvey, Linda A. (2021). Non-prescription dispensing of antibiotic agents among community drug retail outlets in Sub-Saharan African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10 (1) 13, 13. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00880-w
Brookfield, Samuel J., Selvey, Linda, Maher, Lisa and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). “It just kind of cascades”: a critical ethnography of methamphetamine-related pleasure among people in recovery. International Journal of Drug Policy, 98 103427, 103427. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103427
Vassallo, Amy, Dunbar, Kimberly, Ajuwon, Busayo, Lowbridge, Christopher, Kirk, Martyn, King, Catherine and Sheel, Meru (2021). Assessing the impact of polio supplementary immunisation activities on routine immunisation and health systems: a systematic review. BMJ Global Health, 6 (11) e006568, 1-16. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006568
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Maher, Lisa (2021). “We’re supposed to be a family here”: An ethnography of preserving, achieving, and performing normality within methamphetamine recovery. SSM - Population Health, 16 100969, 100969. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100969
Vujovich-Dunn, Cassandra, Skinner, Susan Rachel, Brotherton, Julia, Wand, Handan, Sisnowski, Jana, Lorch, Rebecca, Veitch, Mark, Sheppeard, Vicky, Effler, Paul, Gidding, Heather, Venn, Alison, Davies, Cristyn, Hocking, Jane, Whop, Lisa J., Leask, Julie, Canfell, Karen, Sanci, Lena, Smith, Megan, Kang, Melissa, Temple-Smith, Meredith, Kidd, Michael, Burns, Sharyn, Selvey, Linda, Meijer, Dennis, Ennis, Sonya, Thomson, Chloe A., Lane, Nikole, Kaldor, John and Guy, Rebecca (2021). School-level variation in coverage of co-administered dTpa and HPV dose 1 in three Australian states. Vaccines, 9 (10) 1202, 1202. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9101202
Heard, Emma, Smirnov, Andrew, Massi, Luciana and Selvey, Linda A. (2021). How can general practitioners support people who inject drugs to engage with direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C? A qualitative study. Australian Journal of General Practice, 50 (10), 716-721. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-03-21-5899
Moffatt, Cameron R. M., Kennedy, Karina J., O’Neill, Ben, Selvey, Linda and Kirk, Martyn D. (2021). Bacteraemia, antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment among Campylobacter-associated hospitalisations in the Australian Capital Territory: a review. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21 (1) 848, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12879-021-06558-x
Heard, Emma, Smirnov, Andrew, Massi, Luciana and Selvey, Linda A. (2021). Personal, provider and system level barriers and enablers for hepatitis C treatment in the era of direct-acting antivirals: experiences of patients who inject drugs accessing treatment in general practice settings in Australia. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 127 108460, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108460
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Maher, Lisa and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). “There’s No Sense to It”: A Posthumanist Ethnography of Agency in Methamphetamine Recovery. Contemporary Drug Problems, 49 (3) 009145092110316, 1-21. doi: 10.1177/00914509211031609
Selvey, Linda A., Boyle, Frances M., Dettrick, Zoe, Ostini, Remo and Eley, Diann S. (2021). Sustainable rural physician training: leadership in a fragile environment. Medical Journal of Australia, 215 ( S1), S20-S28. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51122
Sisnowski, J., Vujovich-Dunn, C., Gidding, H., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, S. R., Venn, A., Davies, C., Hocking, J., Whop, L., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Sanci, L., Smith, M., Kang, M., Temple-Smith, M., Kidd, M., Burns, S., Selvey, L., Meijer, D., Ennis, S., Thomson, C., Lane, N., Kaldor, J. and Guy, R. (2021). Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states. Vaccine, 39 (41), 6117-6126. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.076
Hall, Nina L., Grodecki, Heidi, Jackson, Greg, Go Sam, Carroll, Milligan, Brad, Blake, Chris, Veronese, Toni and Selvey, Linda (2021). Drinking water delivery in the outer Torres Strait Islands: a case study addressing sustainable water issues in remote Indigenous communities. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 25 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13241583.2021.1932280
Nepal, Anant, Hendrie, Delia, Selvey, Linda A. and Robinson, Suzanne (2021). Factors influencing the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36 (1) hpm.3061, 42-59. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3061
Lobo, Roanna, McCausland, Kahlia, Bates, Julie, Selvey, Linda, Jones, Jesse, Jeffreys, Elena, Dean, Judith and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). Lessons learned from Australian case studies of sex workers engaged in academic research about sex worker health, wellbeing and structural impediments. Peer Research in Health and Social Development, 233-245.
Davey, Tamzyn M. and Selvey, Linda A. (2020). Relationship between land use/land-use change and human health in Australia: a scoping study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (23) 8992, 8992-27. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238992
Morris, Leith, Selvey, Linda, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles and Smirnov, Andrew (2020). Reasons for not seeking hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs. Substance Use and Misuse, 56 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1846198
McCausland, Kahlia, Lobo, Roanna, Lazarou, Mattea, Hallett, Jonathan, Bates, Julie, Donovan, Basil and Selvey, Linda A. (2020). ‘It is stigma that makes my work dangerous’: experiences and consequences of disclosure, stigma and discrimination among sex workers in Western Australia. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 24 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1825813
Lilly, Kara, Hallett, Jonathan, Robinson, Suzanne and Selvey, Linda A. (2020). Insights into local health and wellbeing policy process in Australia. Health Promotion International, 35 (5), 925-934. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz082
Heard, Emma, Massi, Luciana, Smirnov, Andrew and Selvey, Linda (2020). Prescribing direct‐acting antivirals to treat hepatitis C virus in a general practice setting in Australia: “So why not do it”?. Internal Medicine Journal, 50 (9) imj.14648, 1053-1058. doi: 10.1111/imj.14648
Lobo, Roanna, McCausland, Kahlia, Bates, Julie, Hallett, Jonathan, Donovan, Basil and Selvey, Linda A. (2020). Sex workers as peer researchers – a qualitative investigation of the benefits and challenges. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 23 (10), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2020.1787520
Burns, Sharyn, Selvey, Linda and Roux, Felicity (2020). Influences to HPV completion via a school-based immunisation program. Sex Education, 21 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14681811.2020.1788527
Shrestha, Anu, Mullins, Ben, Zhao, Yun, Selvey, Linda A. and Rumchev, Krassi (2020). Exposure to air pollutants among cyclists: a comparison of different cycling routes in Perth, Western Australia. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 13 (9), 1023-1034. doi: 10.1007/s11869-020-00850-6
Morris, Leith, Selvey, Linda, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles, Kvassy, Amanda and Smirnov, Andrew (2020). Hepatitis C cascade of care at an integrated community facility for people who inject drugs. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 114 108025, 108025. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108025
Varrone, Liana, Glass, Kathryn, Stafford, Russell J., Kirk, Martyn D. and Selvey, Linda (2020). A meta‐analysis of case‐control studies examining sporadic campylobacteriosis in Australia and New Zealand from 1990 to 2016. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44 (4) 1753-6405.12998, 313-319. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12998
Selvey, Linda A., Roux, Felicity and Burns, Sharyn (2020). Potential process improvements to increase coverage of human papillomavirus vaccine in schools – A focus on schools with low vaccine uptake. Vaccine, 38 (14), 2971-2977. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.02.047
Varrone, Liana, Glass, Kathryn, Stafford, Russell J., Kirk, Martyn D. and Selvey, Linda (2020). Validation of questions designed for investigation of gastroenteritis. Food Control, 108 106871, 106871. doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106871
Nepal, Anant, Hendrie, Delia, Robinson, Suzanne and Selvey, Linda A. (2020). Analysis of patterns of antibiotic prescribing in public health facilities in Nepal. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 14 (1), 18-27. doi: 10.3855/jidc.11817
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Stone, Jennifer, Yakob, Laith, Kirk, Martyn, Collignon, Peter, Mills, Deborah J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Risk factors for acquisition of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales among international travellers: a synthesis of cumulative evidence. Journal of Travel Medicine, 27 (1) taz083, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taz083
Rumchev, Krassi, Gilbey, Suzanne, Mead-Hunter, Ryan, Selvey, Linda, Netto, Kevin and Mullins, Ben (2019). Agricultural dust exposures and health and safety practices among Western Australian wheatbelt farmers during harvest. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (24) 5009, 5009. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16245009
Minney-Smith, C. A., Selvey, L. A., Levy, A. and Smith, D. W. (2019). Post-pandemic influenza A/H1N1pdm09 is associated with more severe outcomes than A/H3N2 and other respiratory viruses in adult hospitalisations. Epidemiology and infection, 147 e310, e310. doi: 10.1017/S095026881900195X
Nepal, Anant, Hendrie, Delia, Robinson, Suzanne and Selvey, Linda A. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to antibiotic use among community members of the Rupandehi District in Nepal. BMC Public Health, 19 (1) 1558, 1558. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7924-5
Nepal, Anant, Hendrie, Delia, Robinson, Suzanne and Selvey, Linda A. (2019). Survey of the pattern of antibiotic dispensing in private pharmacies in Nepal. BMJ Open, 9 (10) e032422, e032422. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032422
Brookfield, Samuel, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Selvey, Linda and Maher, Lisa (2019). Turning points, identity, and social capital: a meta-ethnography of methamphetamine recovery. International Journal of Drug Policy, 67, 79-90. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.002
Toms, L. M.L., Bräunig, J., Vijayasarathy, S., Phillips, S., Hobson, P., Aylward, L. L., Kirk, M. D. and Mueller, J. F. (2019). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Australia: current levels and estimated population reference values for selected compounds. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 222 (3), 387-394. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.03.004
Nicholls, Wendy, Persson, Martin, Robinson, Suzanne and Selvey, Linda (2019). Adult narratives of the psychosocial impact of cleft in a Western Australian cohort. The Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal, 56 (3), 373-382. doi: 10.1177/1055665618770184
Brookfield, Samuel, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Selvey, Linda and Maher, Lisa (2019). The blind men and the elephant: meta-ethnography 30 years on. Qualitative Health Research, 29 (11), 1049732319826061-1681. doi: 10.1177/1049732319826061
Nicholls, Wendy, Selvey, Linda A, Harper, Craig, Persson, Martin and Robinson, Suzanne (2019). The psychosocial impact of cleft in a Western Australian cohort across 3 age groups. Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal, 56 (2), 210-221. doi: 10.1177/1055665618769660
Selvey, Linda A., McCausland, Kahlia, Lobo, Roanna, Bates, Julie, Donovan, Basil and Hallett, Jonathan (2019). A snapshot of male sex worker health and wellbeing in Western Australia. Sexual Health, 16 (3), 233-239. doi: 10.1071/sh18166
Varrone, Liana, Stafford, Russell J., Lilly, Kim, Selvey, Linda, Glass, Kathryn, Ford, Laura, Bulach, Dieter and Kirk, Martyn D. (2018). Investigating locally relevant risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Australia: protocol for a case-control study and genomic analysis. BMJ Open, 8 (12) e026630, e026630. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026630
Mead-Hunter, Ryan, Selvey, Linda A, Rumchev, Krassi B, Netto, Kevin J and Mullins, Benjamin J (2018). Noise Exposure on Mixed Grain and Livestock Farms in Western Australia. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 63 (3), 305-315. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxy105
Gilbey, Suzanne E., Selvey, Linda A., Mead-Hunter, Ryan, Mullins, Ben, Netto, Kevin, Zhao, Yun and Rumchev, Krassi B. (2018). Occupational exposures to agricultural dust by Western Australian wheat-belt farmers during seeding operations. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 15 (12), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2018.1521973
Selvey, Linda A., Hallett, Jonathan, McCausland, Kahlia, Bates, Julie, Donovan, Basil and Lobo, Roanna (2018). Declining condom use among sex workers in Western Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, 6 (NOV) 342, 342. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00342
Arabena, Kerry, Armstrong, Fiona, Berry, Helen, Brooks, Peter, Capon, Tony, Crabb, Brendan, Demaio, Alessandro, Doherty, Peter, Lewin, Sharon, Lo, Selina, Lopez, Alan, McMichael, Celia, McPake, Barbara, Moodie, Rob, Nolan, Terry, Ruff, Tilman, Sainsbury, Peter, Selvey, Linda, Shearman, David, Stanley, Fiona, Talley, Nicholas J and Watts, Nick (2018). Australian health professionals' statement on climate change and health. The Lancet, 392 (10160), 2169-2170. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32610-2
Nicholls, Wendy, Harper, Craig, Robinson, Suzanne, Persson, Martin and Selvey, Linda (2018). Adult-specific life outcomes of cleft lip and palate in a Western Australian cohort. Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal, 55 (10), 1419-1429. doi: 10.1177/1055665618768540
Walker, Liz J., Selvey, Linda A., Jardine, Andrew, Johansen, Cheryl A. and Lindsay, Michael D. A. (2018). Mosquito and virus surveillance as a predictor of human ross river virus infection in south-west Western Australia: how useful is it?. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99 (4), 1066-1073. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0459
Selvey, Linda A, Slimings, Claudia, Adams, Emma and Manuel, Justin (2018). Incidence and predictors of HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men attending a peer-based clinic. Sexual Health, 15 (5), 451-459. doi: 10.1071/SH17181
Parisi, Andrea, Crump, John A., Glass, Kathryn, Howden, Benjamin P., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Vilkins, Samantha, Gray, Darren J. and Kirk, Martyn D. (2018). Health outcomes from multidrug-resistant Salmonella infections in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 15 (7), 428-436. doi: 10.1089/fpd.2017.2403
Selvey, Linda A., Lobo, Roanna C., McCausland, Kahlia L., Donovan, Basil, Bates, Julie and Hallett, Jonathan (2018). Challenges facing Asian sex workers in Western Australia: implications for health promotion and support services. Frontiers in Public Health, 6 171, 171. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00171
Nicholls, Wendy, Harper, Craig, Selvey, Linda A, Robinson, Suzanne, Hartig, Gerald and Persson, Martin (2018). Body esteem in a Western Australian cleft lip and/or palate cohort across 3 age groups. Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal, 55 (4), 487-498. doi: 10.1177/1055665617730362
Selvey, Linda A. and Hall, Robert (2017). Would a good screening test increase the effectiveness of border screening for influenza control?. Clinical Microbiology and Infection , 24 (3), 214-215. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.006
Collins, Deirdre A., Selvey, Linda A. , Celenza, Antonio and Riley, Thomas V. (2017). Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection in emergency department patients in Western Australia. Anaerobe, 48, 121-125. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2017.08.008
Selvey, Linda A., Lim, Wai H., Boan, Peter, Swaminathan, Ramyasuda, Slimings, Claudia, Harrison, Amy E. and Chakera, Aron (2017). Cytomegalovirus viraemia and mortality in renal transplant recipients in the era of antiviral prophylaxis. Lessons from the western Australian experience. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17 (1) 501. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2599-y
Selvey, Linda A., Slimings, Claudia, Joske, David J. L. and Riley, Thomas V. (2016). Clostridium difficile infections amongst patients with haematological malignancies: A data linkage study. Plos One, 11 (6) e0157839, e0157839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157839
Selvey, L.A., Speers, D.J. and Smith, D.W. (2016). Long-term outcomes of Murray Valley encephalitis cases in Western Australia: What have we learnt?. Internal Medicine Journal, 46 (2), 193-201. doi: 10.1111/imj.12962
Selvey, Linda A. (2015). Climate change is harmful to our health: taking action will have many benefits. Medical Journal of Australia, 203 (10), 397-398. doi: 10.5694/mja15.00655
Robinson, Suzanne, Varhol, Richard, Ramamurthy, Vijaya, Denehy, Melissa, Hendrie, Delia, O'Leary, Peter and Selvey, Linda (2015). The Australian primary healthcare experiment: A national survey of Medicare Locals. BMJ Open, 5 (3) e007191, e007191-e007191. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007191
Nyenswah, Tolbert, Massaquoi, Moses, Gbanya, Miatta Zenabu, Fallah, Mosoka, Amegashie, Fred, Kenta, Adolphus, Johnson, Kumblytee L., Yahya, Disu, Badini, Mehboob, Soro, Lacina, Pessoa-Silva, Carmem L., Roger, Isabelle, Selvey, Linda, VanderEnde, Kristin, Murphy, Matthew, Cooley, Laura A., Olsen, Sonja J., Christie, Athalia, Vertefeuille, John, Navin, Thomas, McElroy, Peter, Park, Benjamin J., Esswein, Eric, Fagan, Ryan and Mahoney, Frank (2015). Initiation of a ring approach to infection prevention and control at non-Ebola health care facilities - Liberia, January-February 2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 64 (18), 505-508.
Matan, Anne, Newman, Peter, Trubka, Roman, Beattie Colin and Selvey, Linda Anne (2015). Health, transport and urban planning: quantifying the links between urban assessment models and human health. Urban Policy and Research, 33 (2), 145-159. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2014.990626
Selvey, L.A., Antao, C. and Hall, R. (2015). Entry screening for infectious diseases in humans. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21 (2), 197-201. doi: 10.3201/eid2102.131610
Selvey, Linda A., Johansen, Cheryl A., Broom, Annette K., Antao, Catarina, Lindsay, Michael D., Mackenzie, John S. and Smith, David W. (2014). Rainfall and sentinel chicken seroconversions predict human cases of Murray Valley encephalitis in the north of Western Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14 (1) 672. doi: 10.1186/s12879-014-0672-3
Bertilone, Christina, Wallace, Tania and Selvey, Linda A. (2014). Finding the 'who' in whooping cough: vaccinated siblings are important pertussis sources in infants 6 months of age and under. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 38 (3), 195-200.
Selvey, L.A., Donnelly, J.A., Lindsay, M.D., PottumarthyBoddu, S., D'Abrera, V.C. and Smith, D.W. (2014). Ross River virus infection surveillance in the Greater Perth Metropolitan area--has there been an increase in cases in the winter months?. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 38 (2), E114-E122.
Selvey, Linda A., Rutherford, Shannon, Dodds, Jim, Dwyer, Sophie and Robinson, Suzanne M. (2014). The impact of climate-related extreme events on public health workforce and infrastructure - how can we be better prepared?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38 (3), 208-210. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12219
Selvey L.A., Dailey L., Lindsay M., Armstrong P., Tobin S., Koehler A.P., Markey P.G. and Smith D.W. (2014). The changing epidemiology of Murray Valley encephalitis in Australia: The 2011 outbreak and a review of the literature. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8 (1) e2656, e2656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002656
Selvey, L. (2014). Coal and health in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 126 (1-2), 40-42. doi: 10.1071/rs14040
Selvey, Linda A. (2013). RE: Australia's dietary guidelines and the environmental impact of food "from paddock to plate". Medical Journal of Australia, 199 (7), 457-459. doi: 10.5694/mja13.10969
Selvey, Linda A. and Carey, Marion G. (2013). Australia's dietary guidelines and the environmental impact of food "from paddock to plate". Medical Journal of Australia, 198 (1), 18-19. doi: 10.5694/mja12.10528
Tong, S., Mackenzie, J., Pitman, A. J., FitzGerald, G., Nicholls, N. and Selvey, L. (2008). Global climate change: time to mainstream health risks and their prevention on the medical research and policy agenda. Internal Medicine Journal, 38 (6A), 445-447. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01688.x
Jarvinen, K., Selvey, L., Del Mar, C., Tilse, M. and Pugh, Y. (2005). Early management of meningococcal disease: Do attitudes of GPs influence practice?. Australian Family Physician, 34 (10), 892-894.
Davison, R.P., Lovegrove, D.R., Selvey, L.A. and Smith, H.V. (2003). Using the national guidelines to manage a meningococcal group C outbreak in a Brisbane boarding school - some discretionary judgements are needed. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 27 (4), 520-523.
Whitby, M., McLaws, M.L., Collopy, B., Looke, D.F.L., Doidge, S., Henderson, B., Selvey, L., Gardner, G., Stackelroth, J. and Sartor, A. (2002). Post-discharge surveillance: can patients reliably diagnose surgical wound infections?. Journal of Hospital Infection, 52 (3), 155-160. doi: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1275
Pugh, R.E., Selvey, L., Crome, M. and Beers, M. (2001). Onshore catering increases the risk of diarrhoeal illness amongst cruise ship passengers. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 25 (1), 15-17.
Ward, J., Hanna, J.N., Bates, J.R. and Selvey, L.A. (2000). Enhanced surveillance for meningococcal disease in Queensland in 1999. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 24 (11), 332-335.
Selvey, LA, Whitby, M and Johnson, B (2000). Nosocomial, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Is it any worse than nosocomial methicillin-sensitive sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 21 (10), 645-648. doi: 10.1086/501707
McIntyre, P., Menzies, R., Krause, V., Selvey, L., Hall, R., Misrachi, A., Andrews, R., Giele, C. and Gill, J. (2000). Surveillance of pneumococcal disease in Australian states and territories. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 24 (4), 93-95.
Hanna, J. N., Warnock, T. H., Shepherd, R. W. and Selvey, L. A. (2000). Fulminant hepatitis A in indigenous children in north Queensland. Medical Journal of Australia, 172 (1), 19-21.
Hyland, C., Mison, L., Solomon, N., Corkarill, J., Selvey, L., Faoagali, J., Cooksley, G. and Gowan, E.J. (2000). Exposure rates to HGV/GBV-C (hepatitis G) virus in adults and children. Australian Journal of Medical Science, 21 (1), 68-68.
McCall, B. J., Epstein, J. H., Neill, A. S., Heel, K., Field, H., Barrett, J., Smith, G. A., Selvey, L. A., Rodwell, B. and Lunt, R. (2000). Potential human exposure to Australian Bat Lyssavirus, Queensland, 1996-1999. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 6 (3), 259-264. doi: 10.3201/eid0603.000305
Gidding, H.F., Hills, S., Selvey, L., Roberts, L.A. and Johnston, S. (1999). An outbreak of measles in a rural Queensland town in 1997; an opportunity to assess vaccine effectiveness. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 23 (9), 240-245.
McCormack, J. G., Allworth, A. M., Selvey, L. A. and Selleck, P. W. (1999). Transmissiblity from horses to humans of a novel paramyxovirus, equine morbillivirus (EMV). Journal of Infection, 38 (1), 22-23. doi: 10.1016/S0163-4453(99)90023-3
Hyland, CA, Mison, L, Solomon, N, Cockerill, J, Wang, L, Hunt, J, Selvey, LA, Faoagali, J, Cooksley, WGE, Young, IF, Trowbridge, R, Borthwick, I and Gowans, EJ (1998). Exposure to GB virus type C or hepatitis G virus in selected Australian adult and children populations. Transfusion, 38 (9), 821-827. doi: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1998.38998409001.x
Crome, MA, McCall, BJ, Selvey, LA and Howard, SM (1998). Bat lyssavirus prophylaxis in an immunocompromised patient. Medical Journal of Australia, 169 (3), 175-175.
Selvey, LA and Peterson, KV (1998). A state-based vaccination register. Medical Journal of Australia, 169 (1), 59-59.
Selvey L.A., Hyland C.A., Mison L., Solomon N. and Gowans E.J. (1998). Is there evidence for vector transmission of GBV-C?. Lancet, 351 (9109), 1104-1105. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79385-5
Selvey, Linda A., Denton, Michelle and Plant, Aileen J. (1997). Incidence and prevalence of Hepatitis C among clients of a Brisbane methadone clinic: factors influencing Hepatitis C serostatus. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21 (1), 102-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01664.x
Selvey, LA, Lush, D, Mistry, SA, Sheridan, JW, Krause, V, Passaris, I and Plant, AJ (1996). Investigation of notifications of hepatitis C in 1994: The experience of three health departments. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 20 (5), 525-529. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01634.x
Selvey, LA, Wignall, J, Buzolic, A and Sullivan, P (1996). Reported prevalence of hepatitis C among clients of needle exchanges in southeast Queensland. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 20 (1), 61-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01338.x
Murray, K, Selleck, P, Hooper, P, Hyatt, A, Gould, A, Gleeson, L, Westbury, H, Hiley, L, Selvey, L, Rodwell, B and Ketterer, P (1995). A Morbillivirus That Caused Fatal Disease in Horses and Humans. Science, 268 (5207), 94-97. doi: 10.1126/science.7701348
Selvey, L., Hogan, P., Frazer, I. H., Smithers, M. and Robinson, D. (1995). Routine HIV testing before surgery. Australian Journal of Public Health, 19 (1), 107-108.
Selvey, L. and Sheridan, J. (1995). Outbreak of severe respiratory disease in humans and horses due to a previously unrecognized paramyxovirus. Journal of Travel Medicine, 2 (4), 275-275. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1995.tb00679.x
Selvey, LA, Morse, HC, June, CH and Hodes, RJ (1995). Analysis of Antigen Receptor Signaling in B-Cells From Mice with a Retrovirus-Induced Acquired-Immunodeficiency-Syndrome. Journal of Immunology, 154 (1), 171-179.
Murray, K, Rogers, R, Selvey, L, Selleck, P, Hyatt, A, Gould, A, Gleeson, L, Hooper, P and Westbury, H (1995). A Novel Morbillivirus Pneumonia of Horses and its Transmission to Humans. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1 (1), 31-33.
Selvey L.A., Wells R.M., McCormack J.G., Ansford A.J., Murray K., Rogers R.J., Lavercombe P.S., Selleck P. and Sheridan J.W. (1995). Infection of humans and horses by a newly described morbillivirus. Medical Journal of Australia, 162 (12), 642-645.
Selvey, L. A., Dunn, L. A., Tindle, R. W., Park, D. S. and Frazer, I. H. (1994). Human Papillomavirus (Hpv) Type-18 E7 Protein Is a Short-Lived Steroid-Inducible Phosphoprotein in Hpv-Transformed Cell-Lines. Journal of General Virology, 75 (7), 1647-1653. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-75-7-1647
Park, DS, Selvey, LA, Kelsall, SR and Frazer, IH (1993). Human Papillomavirus Type-16 E6, E7 and L1 and Type-18 E7 Proteins Produced by Recombinant Baculoviruses. Journal of Virological Methods, 45 (3), 303-318. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(93)90115-8
Selvey, LA, Morse, HC, Granger, LG and Hodes, RJ (1993). Preferential Expansion and Activation of V-Beta-5+ Cd4+ T-Cells in Murine Acquired-Immunodeficiency-Syndrome. Journal of Immunology, 151 (3), 1712-1722.
Selvey, L. A., Dunn, L. A., Murray, B., Tindle, R. W. and Frazer, I. H. (1992). An Elisa Capture Assay for the E7 Transforming Proteins of Hpv16 and Hpv18. Journal of Virological Methods, 37 (2), 119-128. doi: 10.1016/0166-0934(92)90039-G
Selvey, L. A., Tindle, R. W., Geysen, H. M., Haller, C. J., Smith, J. A. and Frazer, I. H. (1990). Identification of B-Epitopes in the Human Papillomavirus-18 E7 Open Reading Frame Protein. Journal of Immunology, 145 (9), 3105-3110.
Tindle, R. W., Smith, J. A., Geysen, H. M., Selvey, L. A. and Frazer, I. H. (1990). Identification of B Epitopes in Human Papillomavirus Type-16 E7 Open Reading Frame Protein. Journal of General Virology, 71 (6), 1347-1354. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-71-6-1347
Selvey, L., Buntine, D.W., Kennedy, L. and Frazer, I.H. (1989). Male partners of women with genital human papillomavirus infection - an assessment of colposcopic abnormalities by histological examination and human papillomavirus hybridization. Medical Journal of Australia, 150 (9), 479-&. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136590.x
Conference Papers
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa, Erku, Daniel Asfaw and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). No prescription? no problem: Drivers of non-prescribed sale of antibiotics among community drug retail outlets in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of qualitative studies. 32nd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC), Perth, WA Australia, 27-30 November 2022. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s2213-7165(22)00356-3
Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Hall, Lisa and Selvey, Linda A. (2022). Magnitude of non-prescribed antibiotic dispensing in Ethiopia: A multicentre simulated client study with a focus on non-urban towns. 32nd International Congress of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ICC), Perth, WA Australia, 27-30 November 2022. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/s2213-7165(22)00357-5
Brennan, R., Selvey, L., Fitzgerald, L. and Dean, J. (2020). Older women's experiences of sex work in queensland, pre- and post-COVID-19. Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences, Virtual, 16-20 November 2020. Collingwood, VIC Australia: CSIRO.
Milligan, B., Blake, C., Hall, N.L., Selvey, L., Grodecki, H., Jackson, G., Go-Sam, C. and Veronese, T. (2019). Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in Indigenous Local Government Areas Program: Service Delivery Model Prerequisites for Success. QWater Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 20 November 2019.
McCormack, JG, Allworth, AM, Selvey, LA and Selleck, PW (1996). Transmission from horses to humans of equine morbillivirus (EMV) infection.. CHICAGO: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS.
Selvey, LA, Morse, HC, June, CH and Hodes, RJ (1993). Splenic B-Cells From Maids Mice Show a Selective Defect in Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Response to Igm Cross-Linking. AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS.
Research Reports
Panahi, Idin, Puljevic, Cheneal, Smirnov, Andrew and Selvey, Linda (2022). QuIHN Prison Transition Service Evaluation. Brisbane, QLD Australia: EC Australia.
Ostini, Remo, McGrail Matthew, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan Srinivas, Hill Peter, O’Sullivan Belinda, Selvey, Linda, Eley, Diane, Adegbija, Odewumi, Boyle, Fran, Dettrick, Zoe, Jennaway, Megan and Strasser, Sarah (2019). Rural Physicians: Training and professional support study. Toowoomba, Australia: The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School.
Moodie, Rob, Carnell, Kate, Daube, Mike, Connors, Christine, Larkin, Shaun, Roberts, Lyn, Segal, Leonie, Selvey, Linda, Zimmet, Paul, Barry, Ange, Brown, Wendy, Crawford, David, Friel, Sharon, Gill, Tim, Herriot, Michele, Martin, Jane, Moodie, Marj, O’Dea, Kerin, Slevin, Terry, Thompson, Susan, Wake, Melissa and Williams, Peter (2009). Australia: The healthiest country by 2020. Technical Paper 1. Obesity in Australia: a need for urgent action. Including addendum for October 2008 to June 2009. Publications Approval Number- P3-5458 Canberrra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government Preventative Health TaskForce: Obesity Working Group.
Working Papers
Hall, N., Barbosa, M. C., Currie, D., Dean, A.J., Head, B., Hill, P. S., Naylor, S., Reid, S., Selvey, L. and Willis, J. (2017). Water, sanitation and hygiene in remote Indigenous Australian communities: a scan of priorities. Global Change Institute discussion paper: water for equity and wellbeing series. 2207-9602. Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.