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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, 'Condom Failure Among HIV-Negative Men in Serodiscordant Relationships in Australia, Brazil, and Thailand', AIDS and Behavior, 28, pp. 3587 - 3595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04431-x
,2024, 'Telehealth for HIV care and management among people living with HIV in Australia: results from an online survey', Sexual health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH24067
,2024, 'Mpox Illness Narratives: Stigmatising Care and Recovery During and After an Emergency Outbreak', Qualitative Health Research, 34, pp. 1161 - 1174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323241234482
,2024, 'Syphilis testing, incidence, and reinfection among gay and bisexual men in Australia over a decade spanning HIV PrEP implementation: an analysis of surveillance data from 2012 to 2022', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101175
,2024, 'Human papillomavirus prevalence among Australian men aged 18-35 years in 2015-2018 according to vaccination status and sexual preference.', J Infect Dis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae412
,2024, 'Informed, but uncertain: managing transmission risk and isolation in the 2022 mpox outbreak among gay and bisexual men in Australia', Culture, Health and Sexuality, ahead-of-print, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2346540
,2024, 'Multicentre double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of the meningococcal B vaccine, 4CMenB (Bexsero), against Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in men who have sex with men: the GoGoVax study protocol', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081675
,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, 'Self-reported intimate partner violence among men who have sex with men at an urban Australian sexual health clinic', Sexual Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH23160
,2024, 'Understanding Risk Factors for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea Among Sex Workers Attending Sexual Health Clinics in 2 Australian Cities: Mixed Methods Study', JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/46845
,2024, 'Client and staff perceptions of acceptability of MyCheck: a direct-to-pathology telehealth and e-testing service for comprehensive bloodborne virus and sexually transmissible infection screening', Sexual Health, 21, pp. SH23194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh23194
,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
,2023, 'Agreements, Behaviour, and Change: Sex Outside the Relationship in Male HIV-negative Partners in HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Australia, Brazil, and Thailand', AIDS and Behavior, 27, pp. 3098 - 3108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04030-2
,2023, 'Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019', Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 223 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51864
,2023, 'Characteristics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Seroconversions in a Large Prospective Implementation Cohort Study of Oral HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men (EPIC-NSW)', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, pp. E622 - E628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac660
,2023, 'Understanding the health care needs of transgender and gender diverse people engaging with rural Australian sexual health centres: a qualitative interview study', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 339 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh22159
,2022, 'Repeat infections with chlamydia in women may be more transcriptionally active with lower responses from some immune genes', Frontiers in Public Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1012835
,2022, 'Real-world trends in incidence of bacterial sexually transmissible infections among gay and bisexual men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Australia following nationwide PrEP implementation: an analysis of sentinel surveillance data', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 1231 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00175-X
,2022, 'Chlamydia home sampling in the real world: A cross-sectional analysis', Sexual Health, 19, pp. 479 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH22054
,2022, 'The acceptability and usability of two HIV self‐test kits among men who have sex with men: a randomised crossover trial', Medical Journal of Australia, 217, pp. 149 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51641
,2022, 'Preferences for HIV testing services and HIV self-testing distribution among migrant gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia', Frontiers in Medicine, 9, pp. 839479 - 839479, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.839479
,2022, 'Non-empirical management of asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhoea reduces unnecessary antibiotic use fivefold: A before and after study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055382
,2021, 'Characteristics of Agreements to have Condomless Anal Intercourse in the Presence of an Undetectable Viral Load Among HIV Serodiscordant Male Couples in Australia, Brazil and Thailand', AIDS and Behavior, 25, pp. 3944 - 3954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03324-7
,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, 'Low Awareness of Mycoplasma genitalium in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Sydney, Australia', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 48, pp. 955 - 958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001487
,2021, 'Sexual health service adaptations to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Australia: a nationwide online survey', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45, pp. 622 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13158
,2021, 'Sustaining success: a qualitative study of gay and bisexual men’s experiences and perceptions of HIV self-testing in a randomized controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 21, pp. 2048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12011-0
,2021, 'A curious case of cancer or chlamydia?', Internal Medicine Journal, 51, pp. 1975 - 1976, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15574
,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, 'Adherence to daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in a large-scale implementation study in New South Wales, Australia', AIDS, 35, pp. 1987 - 1996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002970
,2021, 'Comparing hiv post-exposure prophylaxis, testing, and new diagnoses in two australian cities with different lockdown measures during the covid-19 pandemic', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010814
,2021, 'Ask Dr Google: What STI do i have?', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97, pp. 420 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054619
,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, 'Human papillomavirus prevalence and risk factors among Australian women 9–12 years after vaccine program introduction', Vaccine, 39, pp. 4856 - 4863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.005
,2021, 'High Levels of Prevention-Effective Adherence to HIV PrEP: An Analysis of Substudy Data from the EPIC-NSW Trial', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 87, pp. 1040 - 1047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002691
,2021, 'Long-term protection from HIV infection with oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in gay and bisexual men: findings from the expanded and extended EPIC-NSW prospective implementation study', The Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e486 - e494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00074-6
,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
,2021, 'Antiseptic mouthwash for gonorrhoea prevention (OMEGA): a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, multicentre trial', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 647 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30704-0
,2021, 'The longer-term effects of access to HIV self-tests on HIV testing frequency in high-risk gay and bisexual men: follow-up data from a randomised controlled trial', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 14, pp. 100214 - 100214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100214
,2020, 'Comparison of Trends in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections before vs after Initiation of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men', JAMA Network Open, 3, pp. e2030806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30806
,2020, 'Treating male partners of women with bacterial vaginosis (StepUp): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical effectiveness of male partner treatment for reducing the risk of BV recurrence', BMC Infectious Diseases, 20, pp. 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05563-w
,2020, 'Empirical treatment of asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea: Patient views', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 462 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20072
,2020, 'The Preferred Qualities of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Discrete Choice Experiment', Value in Health, 23, pp. 870 - 879, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.1826
,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, 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity in clients presenting as asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea at a sexual health centre', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 187 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19091
,2020, 'Prevalence of rectal Mycoplasma genitalium and macrolide resistance in men who have sex with men attending Sydney Sexual Health Centre', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 114 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18221
,2020, 'Provider attitudes to the empiric treatment of asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 155 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19165
,2019, 'Diagnosing lymphogranuloma venereum: two men taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis presenting with genital ulcer disease', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 30, pp. 1446 - 1449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462419878049
,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
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