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2024, 'Testing, diagnosis, and treatment following the implementation of a program to provide dried blood spot testing for HIV and hepatitis C infections: the NSW DBS Pilot', BMC Infectious Diseases, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-08989-8
,2024, 'Utilising Integrated Bio-behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) to investigate declining hepatitis C antibody prevalence among people who inject drugs in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey', International Journal of Drug Policy, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104545
,2024, 'Low HIV drug resistance prevalence among recently diagnosed HIV-positive men who have sex with men in a setting of high PrEP use', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26308
,2024, 'Chlamydia retesting remains low among young women in Australia: an observational study using sentinel surveillance data, 2018–2022', Sexual Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH23178
,2024, 'We have reached single-visit testing, diagnosis, and treatment for hepatitis C infection, now what?', Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 24, pp. 177 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2023.2292645
,2023, 'Hepatitis C Treatment Uptake Following Dried Blood Spot Testing for Hepatitis C RNA in New South Wales, Australia: The NSW DBS Pilot Study', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad517
,2022, 'High titre neutralizing antibodies in response to SARS–CoV–2 infection require RBD–specific CD4 T cells that include proliferative memory cells', Frontiers in Immunology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1032911
,2022, 'Diagnostic Accuracy of Assays Using Point-of-Care Testing or Dried Blood Spot Samples for the Determination of Hepatitis C Virus RNA: A Systematic Review', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 226, pp. 1005 - 1021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac049
,2022, 'Evaluation of serological assays for SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing from dried blood spots collected from cohorts with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection: SARS-CoV-2 detection from dried blood spots', Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2022.100093
,2022, 'A national survey integrating clinical, laboratory, and WASH data to determine the typology of trachoma in Nauru', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010275
,2022, 'A multi-center study comparing the analytical sensitivity and clinical concordance of three HIV-1 viral load assays', Journal of Virological Methods, 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114373
,2021, 'Evolution of HIV-1 Surveillance Drug Resistance Mutations over 10 Years in New South Wales, Australia', AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 37, pp. 897 - 902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/aid.2016.0301
,2021, 'HIV-1 viral blips are associated with repeated and increasingly high levels of cell-associated HIV-1 RNA transcriptional activity', AIDS, 35, pp. 2095 - 2103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003001
,2021, 'Community-based peer-led HIV/sexually transmitted infection testing services in Sydney for gay and bisexual men captured an eighth of new HIV diagnoses in New South Wales, Australia', AIDS, 35, pp. 1878 - 1880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002982
,2021, 'Increased targeted HIV testing and reduced undiagnosed HIV infections among gay and bisexual men', HIV Medicine, 22, pp. 605 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13102
,2021, 'A decentralised point-of-care testing model to address inequities in the COVID-19 response', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. e183 - e190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30859-8
,2021, 'SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies: Longevity, breadth, and evasion by emerging viral variants', PLoS Medicine, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003656
,2021, 'Persistent symptoms up to four months after community and hospital- managed SARS- CoV- 2 infection', Medical Journal of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50963
,2021, 'Evaluation of the Aptima HCV Quant Dx Assay for Hepatitis C Virus RNA Detection from Fingerstick Capillary Dried Blood Spot and Venepuncture-Collected Samples', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 223, pp. 818 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa442
,2021, 'Evaluation of the Aptima HCV Quant Dx Assay for Hepatitis C Virus RNA Detection from Fingerstick Capillary Dried Blood Spot and Venepuncture-Collected Samples', Journal of Infectious Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa442
,2021, 'Country Level Diversity of the HIV-1 Pandemic between 1990 and 2015', Journal of Virology, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01580-20
,2020, 'SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies; longevity, breadth, and evasion by emerging viral variants', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.19.20248567
,2020, 'Effect of age on the association between recreational drug use and sexual risk behaviour: A cross-sectional observational analysis', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 538 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20115
,2020, 'Global and regional epidemiology of HIV-1 recombinants in 1990–2015: a systematic review and global survey', The Lancet HIV, 7, pp. e772 - e781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30252-6
,2020, 'Evaluation of commercially available viral transport medium (VTM) for SARS-CoV-2 inactivation and use in point-of-care (POC) testing', Viruses, 12, pp. 1208, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12111208
,2020, 'Human papillomavirus genotypes in anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL): Anal intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 (AIN2) and 3 (AIN3) are different', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 29, pp. 2078 - 2083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-20-0664
,2020, 'Estimating the Consensus hepatitis C Cascade of Care among people who inject drugs in Australia: Pre and post availability of direct acting antiviral therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 83, pp. 102837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102837
,2020, 'Time to Detection of Hepatitis C Virus Infection with the Xpert HCV Viral Load Fingerstick Point-of-Care Assay: Facilitating a More Rapid Time to Diagnosis', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 221, pp. 2043 - 2049, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa037
,2019, 'Evaluation of a hepatitis C virus core antigen assay from venepuncture and dried blood spot collected samples: A cohort study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 1423 - 1430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13196
,2019, 'Prevalence, incidence and predictors of anal Chlamydia trachomatis, anal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and syphilis among older gay and bisexual men in the longitudinal Study for the Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC)', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 95, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054011
,2019, 'Characteristics of recently arrived Asian men who have sex with men diagnosed with HIV through sexual health services in Melbourne and Sydney', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 424 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12926
,2019, 'Evaluation of the ResistancePlus GC (beta) assay: A commercial diagnostic test for the direct detection of ciprofloxacin susceptibility or resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 74, pp. 1820 - 1824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz108
,2019, 'Incidence and time trends of anal cancer among people living with HIV in Australia', AIDS, 33, pp. 1361 - 1368, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002218
,2019, 'A diagnostic evaluation of a molecular assay used for testing and treating anorectal chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections at the point-of-care in Papua New Guinea', Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25, pp. 623 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.08.001
,2019, 'Possible clearance of transfusion-acquired nef/LTR-deleted attenuated HIV-1 infection by an elite controller with CCR5 Delta 32 heterozygous and HLA-B57 genotype', JOURNAL OF VIRUS ERADICATION, 5, pp. 73 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30056-x
,2019, 'Performance evaluation of the Hologic Aptima HCV Quant Dx assay for detection of HCV RNA from dried blood spots', Journal of Clinical Virology, 112, pp. 40 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2019.01.010
,2019, 'Global and regional molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, 1990–2015: a systematic review, global survey, and trend analysis', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19, pp. 143 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30647-9
,2019, 'Association between rapid utilisation of direct hepatitis C antivirals and decline in the prevalence of viremia among people who inject drugs in Australia', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.09.030
,2019, 'Rapid HIV testing increases testing frequency among gay and bisexual men: a controlled before-after study (vol 16, pg 172, 2019)', SEXUAL HEALTH, 16, pp. 299 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18161_CO
,2019, 'Rapid HIV testing increases testing frequency among gay and bisexual men: a controlled before–after study', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 172 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh18161
,2018, 'Evaluation of a Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Assay in Plasma and Dried Blood Spot Samples', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 20, pp. 621 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2018.05.010
,2018, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 1889 - 1896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy114
,2017, 'Hepatitis C point-of-care diagnostics: in search of a single visit diagnosis', Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 17, pp. 1109 - 1115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2017.1400385
,2017, 'Estimating the cascade of hepatitis C testing, care and treatment among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 77 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.022
,2017, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30075-4
,2017, 'Hepatitis C virus core antigen: A simplified treatment monitoring tool, including for post-treatment relapse', Journal of Clinical Virology, 92, pp. 32 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2017.05.007
,2017, 'Multi-centre field evaluation of the performance of the Trinity Biotech Uni-Gold HIV 1/2 rapid test as a first-line screening assay for gay and bisexual men compared with 4th generation laboratory immunoassays', Journal of Clinical Virology, 86, pp. 46 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2016.11.006
,2017, 'O9 Progress towards elimination: rapid uptake of HCV treatment among people who inject drugs following broad access to DAA therapies', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 4 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30892-x
,2016, 'Quality assuring HIV point of care testing using whole blood samples', Pathology, 48, pp. 498 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2016.04.005
,2015, 'Barriers to HIV testing and characteristics associated with never testing among gay and bisexual men attending sexual health clinics in Sydney', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 18, pp. 20221, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.20221
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