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Journal articles
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, 'A latent class approach to identify multi-risk profiles associated with phylogenetic clustering of recent hepatitis C virus infection in Australia and New Zealand from 2004 to 2015', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22, pp. e25222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25222
,2019, 'Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 4, pp. 135 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30270-X
,2019, 'SAT-232-Reinfection following successful HCV DAA therapy among people with recent injecting drug use', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. e732 - e733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0618-8278(19)31465-3
,2019, 'SAT-235-Low HCV reinfection incidence following DAA treatment scale-up in people living with HIV in Australia', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. e734 - e734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0618-8278(19)31468-9
,2018, 'Adherence to sofosbuvir and velpatasvir among people with chronic HCV infection and recent injection drug use: The SIMPLIFY study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 62, pp. 14 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.013
,2018, 'Paritaprevir, ritonavir, ombitasvir, and dasabuvir with and without ribavirin in people with HCV genotype 1 and recent injecting drug use or receiving opioid substitution therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 62, pp. 94 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.004
,2018, 'Acceptability and preferences of point-of-care finger-stick whole-blood and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 61, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.011
,2018, 'Shortened therapy of eight weeks with paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir and dasabuvir is highly effective in people with recent HCV genotype 1 infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 1180 - 1188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12917
,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, 'Hepatitis C Virus Diagnosis and the Holy Grail', Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 32, pp. 425 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2018.02.010
,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
,2018, 'Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for hepatitis C virus infection in people with recent injection drug use (SIMPLIFY): an open-label, single-arm, phase 4, multicentre trial', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30404-1
,2018, 'Drug use and phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus infection among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A latent class analysis approach', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 28 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12758
,2018, 'HCV avidity as a tool for detection of recent HCV infection: Sensitivity depends on HCV genotype', Journal of Medical Virology, 90, pp. 120 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24919
,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, 'Efficacy of response-guided directly observed pegylated interferon and self-administered ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 177 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.020
,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, 'Adherence to response-guided pegylated interferon and ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2517-3
,2017, 'A molecular transmission network of recent hepatitis C infection in people with and without HIV: Implications for targeted treatment strategies', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 404 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12652
,2017, 'HCV reinfection incidence among individuals treated for recent infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 359 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12666
,2017, 'Limited naturally occurring escape in broadly neutralizing antibody epitopes in hepatitis C glycoprotein E2 and constrained sequence usage in acute infection', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 49, pp. 88 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.01.006
,2017, 'Dynamic evolution of hepatitis C virus resistance-associated substitutions in the absence of antiviral treatment', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 41719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep41719
,2017, 'Analysis of resistance-associated substitutions in acute hepatitis C virus infection by deep sequencing across six genotypes and three continents', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 37 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12615
,2017, 'Phylogenetic analysis of full-length, early infection, hepatitis C virus genomes among people with intravenous drug use: the InC3 Study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 43 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12616
,2017, 'Sequencing of hepatitis C virus for detection of resistance to direct-acting antiviral therapy: A systematic review', Hepatology Communications, 1, pp. 379 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1050
,2017, 'O13 Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in people with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and recent injecting drug use: the SIMPLIFY study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 5 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30896-7
,2017, 'O7 Moving towards HCV elimination in HIV/HCV co- infection in Australia following universal access to interferon-free therapy', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 3 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30890-6
,2017, 'P4 Acceptability of point of care finger-stick and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs and homeless people', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 13 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30745-7
,2017, 'P6 Phylogenetic clustering of recent hepatitis C virus infection between 2004 and 2015', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 14 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30747-0
,2016, 'Maximum levels of hepatitis C virus lipoviral particles are associated with early and persistent infection', Liver International, 36, pp. 1774 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.13176
,2016, 'Sofosbuvir and ribavirin for 6 weeks is not effective among people with recent hepatitis C virus infection: The DARE-C II study', Hepatology, 64, pp. 1911 - 1921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.28844
,2016, 'Historical Trends in the Hepatitis C Virus Epidemics in North America and Australia', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 214, pp. 1383 - 1389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw389
,2016, 'Venue-based networks may underpin HCV transmissions amongst HIV-infected gay and bisexual men', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0162002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162002
,2016, 'Diverse impacts of the rs58542926 E167K variant in TM6SF2 on viral and metabolic liver disease phenotypes', Hepatology, 64, pp. 34 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.28475
,2016, 'HIV infection is associated with higher levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and eotaxin among people with recent hepatitis C virus infection', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1567-2
,2016, 'Transmission of hepatitis C virus infection among younger and older people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada', Journal of Hepatology, 64, pp. 1247 - 1255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2016.02.031
,2016, 'Alanine aminotransferase, HCV RNA levels and pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrogenic cytokines/chemokines during acute hepatitis C virus infection', Virology Journal, 13, pp. 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-016-0482-x
,2016, 'HIV infection and hepatitis C virus genotype 1a are associated with phylogenetic clustering among people with recently acquired hepatitis C virus infection', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 37, pp. 252 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2015.11.028
,2016, 'Short duration response-guided treatment is effective for most individuals with recent hepatitis C infection: the ATAHC II and DARE-C I studies', ANTIVIRAL THERAPY, 21, pp. 425 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP3035
,2016, 'Short duration response-guided treatment is effective for most individuals with recent hepatitis C infection: the ATAHC II and DARE-C I studies', Antiviral therapy, 21, pp. 465, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP3073
,2015, 'Factors associated with hepatitis C virus RNA levels in early chronic infection: the InC3 study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 22, pp. 708 - 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12384
,2015, 'The influence of hepatitis C virus genetic region on phylogenetic clustering analysis', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0131437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131437
,2015, 'A molecular phylogenetics-based approach for identifying recent hepatitis C virus transmission events', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 33, pp. 101 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2015.04.017
,2015, 'Methamphetamine injecting is associated with phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus infection among street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 152, pp. 272 - 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.04.005
,2015, 'Mixed HCV infection and reinfection in people who inject drugs-impact on therapy', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 12, pp. 218 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2015.36
,2015, 'Patterns of hepatitis C Virus RNA levels during acute infection: The InC3 study', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0122232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122232
,2015, 'A comparison of seminal hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels during recent and chronic HCV infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 211, pp. 736 - 743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu550
,2015, 'Interferon λ 3 and 4 genotyping using high-resolution melt curve analysis suitable for multiple clinical sample types', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 17, pp. 583 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2015.05.003
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