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Journal articles
2024, 'Review of mathematical models of Neisseria gonorrhoeae vaccine impact: Implications for vaccine development', Vaccine, 42, pp. S70 - S81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.03.068
,2024, 'Clinical effectiveness and analytical quality of a national point-of-care testing network for sexually transmitted infections integrated into rural and remote primary care clinics in Australia, 2016–2022: an observational program evaluation', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101110
,2023, 'The potential impact of a vaccine on Neisseria gonorrhoeae prevalence among heterosexuals living in a high prevalence setting', Vaccine, 41, pp. 5553 - 5561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.048
,2023, 'The changing epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae genogroups and antimicrobial resistance in Queensland, Australia, 2010-15: A case series analysis of unique Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 296 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH22118
,2023, 'Economies of resistance', Critical Public Health, 33, pp. 763 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2023.2271140
,2022, 'Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia (MoCCA): protocol for a non-randomised implementation and feasibility trial', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067488
,2022, 'Intensified partner notification and repeat testing can improve the effectiveness of screening in reducing Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence: a mathematical modelling study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98, pp. 414 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055220
,2022, 'Assessing the Impact of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Scale-Up on Gonorrhea Incidence among Gay and Bisexual Men in Sydney: A Mathematical Modeling Study', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 49, pp. 534 - 540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001649
,2022, 'Impact of Testing Strategies to Combat a Major Syphilis Outbreak Among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: A Mathematical Modeling Study', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac119
,2022, 'A Gonococcal Vaccine Has the Potential to Rapidly Reduce the Incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection among Urban Men Who Have Sex with Men', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 225, pp. 983 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab581
,2021, 'Effect on genital warts in Australian female and heterosexual male individuals after introduction of the national human papillomavirus gender-neutral vaccination programme: an analysis of national sentinel surveillance data from 2004–18', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 1747 - 1756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00071-2
,2021, 'Modelling testing and response strategies for COVID-19 outbreaks in remote Australian Aboriginal communities', BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06607-5
,2021, 'Effect of a School-Based Educational Intervention About the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine on Psychosocial Outcomes Among Adolescents: Analysis of Secondary Outcomes of a Cluster Randomized Trial', JAMA Network Open, 4, pp. e2129057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29057
,2021, 'Dengue transmission risk in a changing climate: Bangladesh is likely to experience a longer dengue fever season in the future', Environmental Research Letters, 16, pp. 114003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2b60
,2021, 'Genital warts trends in Australian and overseas-born people in Australia: A cross-sectional trend analysis to measure progress towards control and elimination', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 16, pp. 100251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100251
,2021, 'Modelling response strategies for controlling gonorrhoea outbreaks in men who have sex with men in Australia', PLoS Computational Biology, 17, pp. e1009385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009385
,2021, 'Role of saliva use during masturbation in the transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis in men who have sex with men', Epidemiology and Infection, 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268821001941
,2021, 'Azithromycin or doxycycline for asymptomatic rectal chlamydia trachomatis', New England Journal of Medicine, 384, pp. 2418 - 2427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa2031631
,2020, 'Defining elimination of genital warts—a modified delphi study', Vaccines, 8, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020316
,2020, 'Factors Associated with Early Resumption of Condomless Anal Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men after Rectal Chlamydia Treatment', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 47, pp. 389 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001166
,2020, 'Supplemental Trichomonas vaginalis testing is required to maintain control following a transition from Pap smear to HPV DNA testing for cervical screening: A mathematical modelling study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96, pp. 76 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2018-053845
,2019, 'Prevalence of human papillomavirus in teenage heterosexual males following the implementation of female and male school-based vaccination in Australia: 2014–2017', Vaccine, 37, pp. 6907 - 6914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.052
,2019, 'Modelling the in-host dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection', Pathogens and Disease, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftz008
,2019, 'Modelling the decline and future of hepatitis A transmission in Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 199 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13018
,2018, 'Treatment for pharyngeal gonorrhoea under threat', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 1175 - 1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30610-8
,2018, 'Population effectiveness of opportunistic chlamydia testing in primary care in Australia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial', The Lancet, 392, pp. 1413 - 1422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31816-6
,2018, 'Molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Indigenous Australians attending remote primary health services (TTANGO): a cluster-randomised, controlled, crossover trial', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 1117 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30429-8
,2018, '‘It Opened My Eyes’—examining the impact of a multifaceted chlamydia testing intervention on general practitioners using Normalization Process Theory', Family Practice, 35, pp. 626 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmy011
,2018, 'Molecular test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea used at point of care in remote primary healthcare settings: A diagnostic test evaluation', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 94, pp. 340 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053443
,2018, 'Impact of replacing cytology with human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer screening on the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis: a modelling study', Sexually transmitted infections, 94, pp. 216 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053294
,2018, 'A reliable and easy to transport quality control method for chlamydia and gonorrhoea molecular point of care testing', Pathology, 50, pp. 317 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2017.09.012
,2018, 'A systematic review of scabies transmission models and data to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of scabies interventions', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, pp. e0007182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007182
,2018, 'A biological model of scabies infection dynamics and treatment informs mass drug administration strategies to increase the likelihood of elimination', Mathematical Biosciences, 309, pp. 163 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2018.08.007
,2017, 'Early sexual experiences of teenage heterosexual males in Australia: A cross-sectional survey', BMJ Open, 7, pp. e016779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016779
,2017, 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae Transmission among Men Who Have Sex with Men: An Anatomical Site-Specific Mathematical Model Evaluating the Potential Preventive Impact of Mouthwash', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 44, pp. 586 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000661
,2017, 'Quantifying the population effects of vaccination and migration on hepatitis A seroepidemiology in Australia', Vaccine, 35, pp. 5228 - 5234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.08.022
,2017, 'Targeted human papillomavirus vaccination for young men who have sex with men in Australia yields significant population benefits and is cost-effective', Vaccine, 35, pp. 4923 - 4929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.078
,2017, 'Molecular antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Northern Territory, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23, pp. 1478 - 1485, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170427
,2017, 'Human papillomavirus vaccination and genital warts in young indigenous Australians: National sentinel surveillance data', Medical Journal of Australia, 206, pp. 204 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00597
,2017, 'Changes in the rates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance are primarily driven by dynamic fluctuations in common gonococcal genotypes', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72, pp. 705 - 711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw452
,2017, 'Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Unvaccinated Heterosexual Men after a National Female Vaccination Program', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 215, pp. 202 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw530
,2017, 'Treatment efficacy of azithromycin 1 g single dose versus doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for 7 days for the treatment of rectal chlamydia among men who have sex with men - a double-blind randomised controlled trial protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2125-7
,2016, 'Balancing the cost–benefit equation for cervical cancer prevention: a moving target', The Lancet Public Health, 1, pp. e42 - e43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(16)30024-X
,2016, 'The Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, 2012', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63, pp. 1591 - 1598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw648
,2016, 'Real-time PCR detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility to penicillin', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71, pp. 3090 - 3095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw291
,2016, 'Identifying factors that lead to the persistence of imported gonorrhoeae strains: A modelling study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 93, pp. 221 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052738
,2016, 'A preliminary evaluation of a new GeneXpert (Gx) molecular point-of-care test for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 92, pp. 350 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052384
,2016, 'Estimating the critical immunity threshold for preventing hepatitis A outbreaks in men who have sex with men', Epidemiology and Infection, 144, pp. 1528 - 1537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815002605
,2016, 'Varicella-zoster virus in Perth, Western Australia: Seasonality and reactivation', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0151319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151319
,2016, 'A real-time PCR assay for direct characterization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae GyrA 91 locus associated with ciprofloxacin susceptibility', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71, pp. 353 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv366
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