Non-peer reviewed articles
Improved prospects for food allergy prevention.
Published in Doctor, March/April. Click here »
How to Treat Food Allergy.
Published in New Zealand Doctor, November 2012. Click
here »
How to Treat Recurrent Infections in Childhood.
Published in New Zealand Doctor, May 2010. Click
here »
Articles written by Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga
and Colleagues:
SARS-CoV-2 omicron: Light at the end of the long pandemic tunnel or another false dawn for immunodeficient patients? Click here »
Ameratunga R, Leung E, Woon ST, Chan L, Steele R, Lehnert K, Longhurst H.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Jun 22:S2213-2198(22)00597-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.06.011. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 35752434 Free PMC article.
SARS-CoV-2 the ASIA virus (Autoimmune/autoinflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants), the risk of infertility and vaccine hesitancy. Click here »
Ameratunga R.
Expert Rev Vaccines. 2022 Jul 1:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14760584.2022.2089120. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 35695410
Severe COVID-19 is a T cell immune dysregulatory disorder triggered by SARS-CoV-2. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Steele R, Lehnert K, Leung E, Brooks AES.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2022 Jun;18(6):557-565. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2022.2074403. Epub 2022 May 26.
PMID: 35510369
A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes. Click here »
Bastard P, Hsiao KC, Zhang Q, Choin J, Best E, Chen J, Gervais A, Bizien L, Materna M, Harmant C, Roux M, Hawley NL, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Sandoval K, Barberena-Jonas C, Quinto-Cortés CD, Hagelberg E, Mentzer AJ, Robson K, Coulibaly B, Seeleuthner Y, Bigio B, Li Z, Uzé G, Pellegrini S, Lorenzo L, Sbihi Z, Latour S, Besnard M, Adam de Beaumais T, Jacqz Aigrain E, Béziat V, Deka R, Esera Tulifau L, Viali S, Reupena MS, Naseri T, McNaughton P, Sarkozy V, Peake J, Blincoe A, Primhak S, Stables S, Gibson K, Woon ST, Drake KM, Hill AVS, Chan CY, King R, Ameratunga R, Teiti I, Aubry M, Cao-Lormeau VM, Tangye SG, Zhang SY, Jouanguy E, Gray P, Abel L, Moreno-Estrada A, Minster RL, Quintana-Murci L, Wood AC, Casanova JL.
J Exp Med. 2022 Jun 6;219(6):e20220028. doi: 10.1084/jem.20220028. Epub 2022 Apr 20.
PMID: 35442418 Free PMC article.
An Antisense Oligonucleotide for Hereditary Angioedema. Click here »
Longhurst HJ, Ameratunga R.
N Engl J Med. 2022 Mar 17;386(11):1083-1085. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2201729.
PMID: 35294818 No abstract available.
The (apparent) antibody paradox in COVID-19. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Lea E, Steele R, Lehnert K, Leung E, Brooks AES.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2022 Apr;18(4):335-345. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2022.2044797. Epub 2022 Mar 10.
PMID: 35184669 Free PMC article.
Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders as a Model for Assessing COVID-19 Vaccine Responses in Immunocompromised Patients. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Steele R, Lehnert K, Leung E, Edwards ESJ, Brooks AES.
Front Immunol. 2022 Jan 18;12:798389. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.798389. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 35116031 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Droplet digital PCR for identifying copy number variations in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders. Click here »
Woon ST, Mayes J, Quach A, Longhurst H, Ferrante A, Ameratunga R.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2021 Dec 21:uxab034. doi: 10.1093/cei/uxab034. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 35020846
First Identified Case of Fatal Fulminant Necrotizing Eosinophilic Myocarditis Following the Initial Dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine (BNT162b2, Comirnaty): an Extremely Rare Idiosyncratic Hypersensitivity Reaction. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Sheppard MN, Garland J, Ondruschka B, Wong CX, Stewart RAH, Tatley M, Stables SR, Tse RD.
J Clin Immunol. 2022 Jan 3:1-7. doi: 10.1007/s10875-021-01187-0. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 34978002 Free PMC article.
Response to letter to the editor: the clinical utility of diagnostic T cell assays for COVID-19. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Jordan A, Longhurst H, Leung E, Steele R, Lehnert K, Snell R, Brooks AES.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2021 Nov;17(11):1159-1161. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2021.1982386. Epub 2021 Oct 20.
PMID: 34530670 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Are All Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Inborn Errors of Immunity? Click here »
Ameratunga R, Longhurst H, Lehnert K, Steele R, Edwards ESJ, Woon ST.
Front Immunol. 2021 Jul 21;12:706796. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.706796. eCollection 2021.
PMID: 34367167 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Comparison of Diagnostic Criteria for Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID) in the New Zealand CVID Cohort Study. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Longhurst H, Steele R, Woon ST.
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Oct;61(2):236-244. doi: 10.1007/s12016-021-08860-7. Epub 2021 Jul 8.
PMID: 34236581
Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders, T-Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines, and the Risk of Chronic COVID-19. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Longhurst H, Steele R, Lehnert K, Leung E, Brooks AES, Woon ST.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 Oct;9(10):3575-3583. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.06.019. Epub 2021 Jun 25.
PMID: 34182162 Free PMC article.
Perspective: Application of the American College of Medical Genetics Variant Interpretation Criteria to Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Allan C, Lehnert K, Woon ST.
Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2021 Apr 5. doi: 10.1007/s12016-020-08828-z. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 33818703 Review.
Perspective: the nose and the stomach play a critical role in the NZACE2-Pātari* (modified ACE2) drug treatment project of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Steele R, Snell R, Medlicott N, Mears E, Leung E, Lehnert K, Jordan A, Das S, Abbott W, Longhurst H, Quiñones-Mateu ME.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2021 May 14:1-8. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2021.1912596. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 33792473 Free PMC article.
Bronchiectasis is associated with delayed diagnosis and adverse outcomes in the New Zealand Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders cohort study. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Jordan A, Cavadino A, Ameratunga S, Hills T, Steele R, Hurst M, McGettigan B, Chua I, Brewerton M, Kennedy N, Koopmans W, Ahn Y, Barker R, Allan C, Storey P, Slade C, Baker A, Huang L, Woon ST.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2021 Jun;204(3):352-360. doi: 10.1111/cei.13595. Epub 2021 Apr 12.
PMID: 33755987
Perspective: diagnostic laboratories should urgently develop T cell assays for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Click here »
Ameratunga R, Woon ST, Jordan A, Longhurst H, Leung E, Steele R, Lehnert K, Snell R, Brooks AES.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2021 May;17(5):421-430. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2021.1905525. Epub 2021 Apr 26.
Characterization of the clinical and immunologic phenotype and management of 157 individuals with 56 distinct heterozygous NFKB1 mutations.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Oct 2020. Click here »
Defining Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders in 2020.
Published in Immunology Clinical North America, Aug 2020. Click here »
Perspective: Evolving Concepts in the Diagnosis and Understanding of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID).
Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, Aug 2020. Click here »
Inhaled modified angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a decoy to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Published in NZ Medical Journal, May 2020. Click here »
The critical role of histology in distinguishing sarcoidosis from common variable immunodeficiency disorder (CVID) in a patient with hypogammaglobulinemia.
Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, Dec 2019. Click here »
All Patients With Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID) Should Be Routinely Offered Diagnostic Genetic Testing.
Frontiers in Immunology, Nov 2019. Click here »
The Natural History of Untreated Primary Hypogammaglobulinemia in Adults: Implications for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID).
Published in Frontiers in Immunology, July 2019. Click here »
Transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy: many patients recover in adolescence and adulthood.
Published in Clinical and ExperimentalImmunology, July 2019. Click here »
Criminalisation of unintentional error in healthcare in the UK: a perspective from New Zealand.
Published in BMJ (Clinical Research ed.), March 2019. Click here »
Assessing Disease Severity in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorders (CVID) and CVID-Like Disorders.
Published in Frontiers in Immunology, Sep 2018. Click here »
Autoimmune diseases after hepatitis B immunization in adults: Literature review and meta-analysis, with reference to 'autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants' (ASIA).
Published in Vaccine, Sep 2018. Click here »
Keeping it in the family: the case for considering late-onset combined immunodeficiency a subset of common variable immunodeficiency disorders.
Published in Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, July 2018. Click here »
Prospective Evaluation of the ESPGHAN Guidelines for Diagnosis of Coeliac Disease in New Zealand Children.
Published in Journal of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, June 2018. Click here »
Scientific and ethical concerns pertaining to animal models of autoimmune/autoinflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants (ASIA).
Published in Autoimmunity Review, May 2018. Click here »
Review: Diagnosing Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disorder in the Era of Genome Sequencing.
Published in Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology, April 2018. Click here »
Reply to Crépeaux et al and Blasco.
Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In Practice, March 2018. Click here »
Ad hominem attacks on vaccine safety researchers.
Published in Vaccine, February 2018. Click here »
Clinical Implications of Digenic Inheritance and Epistasis in Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders.
Published in Frontiers in Immunology, January 2018. Click here »
Improved prospects for food allergy prevention.
Published in Journal of Primary Health Care, Dec 2017. Click here »
Treatment of idiopathic retinal vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN) with photocoagulation in combination with systemic immunosuppression.
Published in Retinal Cases and Brief Reports, December 2017. Click here »
Initial intravenous immunoglobulin doses should be based on adjusted body weight in obese patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders.
Published in Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, December 2017. Click here »
Resolution of extensive vulvovaginal condylomatosis following immunoglobulin replacement in primary immunodeficiency disorders.
Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, November 2017. Click here »
Epistatic interactions between mutations of TACI (TNFRSF13B) and TCF3 result in a severe primary immunodeficiency disorder and systemic lupus erythematosus.
Published in Clinical and Translational Immunology, October 2017. Click here »
Evidence Refuting the Existence of Autoimmune/Autoinflammatory Syndrome Induced by Adjuvants (ASIA).
Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, November 2017. Click here »
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss vasculitis) presenting as Samter's triad.
Published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, January 2018. Click here »
Comprehensive genetic testing for primary immunodeficiency disorders in a tertiary hospital: 10-year experience in Auckland, New Zealand.
Published in Allergy Asthma Clinical Immunology, December 2016. Click here »
Hereditary Angioedema as a Metabolic Liver Disorder: Novel Therapeutic Options and Prospects for Cure.
Published in Frontiers in Immunology, November 2016. Click here »
Diagnostic criteria for common variable immunodeficiency disorders.
Published in Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology: In Practice, Sep-Oct 2016 Click here »
The case for a national service for primary immune deficiency disorders in New Zealand.
Published in New Zealand Medical Journal, June 2016. Click here »
Application of diagnostic and treatment criteria for common variable immunodeficiency disorder.
Published in Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, Volume 12 2016. Click here »
Profound Reversible Hypogammaglobulinemia Caused by Celiac Disease in the Absence of Protein Losing Enteropathy.
Published in Journal of Clinical Immunology, August 2015. Click here »
Haploinsufficiency of the NF-κB1 Subunit p50 in Common Variable Immunodeficiency.
Published in American Journal of Human Genetics, Sep 2015. Click here »
New diagnostic criteria could distinguish common variable
immunodeficiency disorder from anticonvulsant-induced hypogammaglobulinemia.
Published in Clinical and Experimental Neuroimmunology, February
2015.
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here »
Comparison of diagnostic criteria for common variable
immunodeficiency disorder.
Published in Frontiers in Immunology, September 2014. Click
here »
Identification of germinal centres in the lymph node of
a patient with hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome associated with
congenital rubella.
Published in the Journal of Clinical Immunology, October 2014.
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here »
Health risks and adverse reactions to functional foods.
Published in Critical Reviews in Food Science Nutrition, August
2014. Click
here »
New diagnostic criteria for common variable immune deficiency
(CVID), which may assist with decisions to treat with intravenous
or subcutaneous immunoglobulin.
Published in Clinical and Experimental Immunology, November
2013. Click
here »
Hypogammaglobulinemia factitia- Munchausen syndrome masquerading
as common variable immune deficiency. Published in Allergy,
Asthma and Clinical Immunology, September 2013. Click
here »
Samter's triad in childhood: a warning for those prescribing
NSAIDs.
Published in Paediatric Anaesthesia, August 2013. Click
here »
Diagnostic utility of modified gliadin peptide antibody
assays in New Zealand children.
Published in the Journal of Paediatric Gastroenterology Nutrition,
July 2013. Click
here »
Variability of memory B cell markers in a cohort of common
variable immune deficiency patients over 6 months.
Published in the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, June
2013. Click
here »
Clinical variability of family members with the C104R
mutation in transmembrane activator and calcium modulator
and cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI).
Published in the Journal of Clinical Immunology, January 2013.
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Gluteal subcutaneous atrophy after depot steroid injection
for allergic rhinitis.
Published in the World Allergy Organization Journal, 2012
Nov. Click
here »
Primary immune deficiency disorders in the South Pacific:
the clinical utility of a customized genetic testing program
in New Zealand. (Abstract).
Published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,
November 2011. Click
here »
Rheumatoid factor measurement-continuing problems 70 years
after discovery. (Abstract).
Published in Clinical Rheumatology, September 2011. Click
here »
Anaphylaxis to hyperallergenic functional foods
Published in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
2010. Click
here »
Adverse reactions to food in New Zealand children aged
0–5 years
Published in the NZ Medical Journal 17 December 2010,
Vol 123 No 1327. Click
here »
Molecular diagnostic testing for primary immune deficiency
disorders
Published in BMC Allergy and Immunology, July 2010. Click
here »
Customised molecular diagnosis of primary immune deficiency
disorders in New Zealand: an efficient strategy for a small
developed country.
New Zealand Medical Journal, October 2009. Click
here »
Unstable angina following anaphylaxis. (Abstract).
Postgraduate Medical Journal, December 2008. Click
here »
Latex glove use by food handlers: the case for nonlatex
gloves. (Abstract).
Journal of Food Protection, November 2008. Click
here »
Cellular and Molecular Characterisation of the Hyper Immunoglobulin
M Syndrome Associated with Congenital Rubella Infection.
August 2008. Click here
»
The changing epidemiology of food allergy—implications
for New Zealand.
NZ Medical Journal April 2008. Click
here »
Television interviews of Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga
Close Up, Television New Zealand, 21 May 2009
The dark side of Dairy
http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/dark-side-dairy-2751985/video
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