Methods Study context. The epidemiological study was conducted in greater Brisbane area including Local Government Areas of Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, and Redland (Fig. 1). Twelve public hospi- tals, comprising two specialist children's, two tertiary, and eight major hospitals, ...
The study area was originally intended to span the Moreton Bay, Ipswich, Brisbane, Redland and Logan local government areas (LGAs), but was later contracted solely to the Brisbane LGA due to a lack of sightings data from other regions. These shires comprise a fraction of the Koala Coast, ...