By Dr Phillip James Read

Journal articles

Hosseini-Hooshyar S; Martinello M; Yee J; Read P; Baker D; Post JJ; Finlayson R; Bloch M; Doyle JS; Shaw D; Hellard M; Petoumenos K; Carson J; Dore GJ; Matthews GV, 2020, 'Low hepatitis C virus reinfection rate despite ongoing risk following universal access to direct-acting antiviral therapy among people living with HIV', AIDS, 34, pp. 1347 - 1358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002562

Callander D; Cook T; Read P; Hellard ME; Fairley CK; Kaldor JM; Vlahakis E; Pollack A; Bourne C; Russell DB; Guy RJ; Donovan B, 2019, 'Sexually transmissible infections among transgender men and women attending Australian sexual health clinics', Medical Journal of Australia, 211, pp. 406 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50322

Read P; Gilliver R; Kearley J; Lothian R; Cunningham EB; Chronister KJ; Dore GJ, 2019, 'Treatment adherence and support for people who inject drugs taking direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 1301 - 1310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13175

Lazarus JV; Pericàs JM; Picchio C; Cernosa J; Hoekstra M; Luhmann N; Maticic M; Read P; Robinson EM; Dillon JF, 2019, 'We know DAAs work, so now what? Simplifying models of care to enhance the hepatitis C cascade', Journal of Internal Medicine, 286, pp. 503 - 525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joim.12972

Bajis S; Grebely J; Cooper L; Smith J; Owen G; Chudleigh A; Hajarizadeh B; Martinello M; Adey S; Read P; Gilliver R; Applegate T; Treloar C; Maher L; Dore GJ, 2019, 'Hepatitis C virus testing, liver disease assessment and direct-acting antiviral treatment uptake and outcomes in a service for people who are homeless in Sydney, Australia: The LiveRLife homelessness study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 969 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13112

Chronister KJ; Lothian R; Gilliver R; Kearley J; Read P, 2019, 'Feasibility and acceptability of adherence support for direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C in a low-threshold primary health-care opioid agonist treatment program', Drug and Alcohol Review, 38, pp. 185 - 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12903

Purcell T; Wade A; Accadia L; Strasser S; Read P; Allard N; Baker D; Pedrana A; Doyle J, 2019, 'Eliminating hepatitis C: Part 3. Curing hepatitis C in general practice', Medicine Today, 20, pp. 20 - 26

Read P; Chronister KJ; Kostovski C; Harrod ME; Salmon A; Jauncey M, 2019, 'Perceptions of people who inject drugs towards HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Australia', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 383 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18228

Keen P; Jamil M; Callander D; Conway DP; McNulty A; Davies SC; Couldwell DC; Smith DE; Holt M; Vaccher SJ; Gray J; Cunningham P; Prestage G; Guy R; Read P; Varma R; O'Connor C, 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

Grebely J; Cunningham EB; Dalgard O; Hajarizadeh B; Conway B; Powis J; Bruneau J; Feld J; Read P; Cooper C; Amin J; Bruggmann P; Lacombe K; Stedman C; Hellard M; Marks P; Dunlop A; Moriggia A; Applegate T; Litwin A; Matthews G; Dore G, 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

Hooshyar SH; Martinello M; Yee J; Bartlett S; Read P; Baker D; Post J; Finlayson R; Bloch M; Doyle J; Shaw D; Hellard M; Petoumenos K; Marks P; Applegate T; Dore G; Matthews G, 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

Cunningham EB; Amin J; Feld JJ; Bruneau J; Dalgard O; Powis J; Hellard M; Cooper C; Read P; Conway B; Dunlop AJ; Norton B; Litwin AH; Hajarizadeh B; Thurnheer MC; Dillon JF; Weltman M; Shaw D; Bruggmann P; Gane E; Fraser C; Marks P; Applegate TL; Quiene S; Siriragavan S; Matthews GV; Dore GJ; Grebely J, 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

Grulich AE; Guy R; Amin J; Jin F; Selvey C; Holden J; Schmidt HMA; Zablotska I; Price K; Whittaker B; Chant K; Cooper C; McGill S; Telfer B; Yeung B; Levitt G; Ogilvie EE; Dharan NJ; Hammoud MA; Vaccher S; Watchirs-Smith L; McNulty A; Smith DJ; Allen DM; Baker D; Bloch M; Bopage RI; Brown K; Carr A; Carmody CJ; Collins KL; Finlayson R; Foster R; Jackson EY; Lewis DA; Lusk J; O'Connor CC; Ryder N; Vlahakis E; Read P; Cooper DA; Smith D; Ooi C; Martin S; Soo TM; Templeton D; Townson D; Forssman B; Doong N; Han Thai G; Anderson B; MacLeod H; Parkhill N; Cooper D; Finlayson R; Law M, 2018, 'Population-level effectiveness of rapid, targeted, high-coverage roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men: the EPIC-NSW prospective cohort study', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e629 - e637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30215-7

Grebely J; Dalgard O; Conway B; Cunningham EB; Bruggmann P; Hajarizadeh B; Amin J; Bruneau J; Hellard M; Litwin AH; Marks P; Quiene S; Siriragavan S; Applegate TL; Swan T; Byrne J; Lacalamita M; Dunlop A; Matthews GV; Powis J; Shaw D; Thurnheer MC; Weltman M; Kronborg I; Cooper C; Feld JJ; Fraser C; Dillon JF; Read P; Gane E; Dore GJ, 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

Templeton DJ; Adam PCG; Varma R; Read P; Bourne C; Kao SC, 2018, 'Evaluation of knowledge and utility of the 2014 Australian sexually transmissible infection and HIV testing guidelines for asymptomatic men who have sex with men among general practitioners in Sydney', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 96 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17113

Read P; Lothian R; Chronister K; Gilliver R; Kearley J; Dore GJ; van Beek I, 2017, 'Delivering direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C to highly marginalised and current drug injecting populations in a targeted primary health care setting', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 209 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.032

Chow EPF; Callander D; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Donovan B; Guy R; Lewis DA; Hellard M; Read P; Ward A; Chen MY; Kaldor J; Grulich A; Marshall L; O'Connor C; Wilson D; Dickson B; Ali H; Smith LW; Jackson E; Russell D; Vhalkis E; Gunathilake M; Nikitas A; O'Sullivan M; Allen D; Ryder N; Brown K; Smith D; Paramsothy Y; Palmer C; Davies S; McNulty A; Menon A; Parker A, 2017, 'Increased Syphilis Testing of Men Who Have Sex With Men: Greater Detection of Asymptomatic Early Syphilis and Relative Reduction in Secondary Syphilis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65, pp. 389 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix326

Read P, 2017, 'Everything old is new again: Don't forget about syphilis', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 49 - 52

Keen P; Conway DP; Cunningham P; McNulty A; Couldwell DL; Davies SC; Smith DE; Gray J; Holt M; O'Connor CC; Read P; Callander D; Prestage G; Guy R, 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

Gilliver R; Machin W; Kearley J; Lothian R; Chronister KJ; Read P, 2017, 'O10 Treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients with direct acting antivirals at the Kirketon Road Centre', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 4 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30893-1

Chronister KJ; Gilliver R; Kearley J; Lothian R; Dore GJ; Read P, 2017, 'P54 Treatment adherence among people who inject drugs taking directly observed direct acting antiviral therapy at Kirketon Road Centre', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 30 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30795-0

Chronister KJ; Lothian R; Kearley J; Gilliver R; Read P, 2017, 'P55 Client acceptability and feasibility of expanded access to direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis at the Kirketon Road Centre', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 31 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30796-2

Foster R; Ali H; Crowley M; Dyer R; Grant K; Lenton J; Little C; Knight V; Read P; Donovan B; McNulty A; Guy R, 2016, 'Does Living Outside of a Major City Impact on the Timeliness of Chlamydia Treatment? A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43, pp. 506 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000496

Read P; Tagg KA; Jeoffreys N; Guy RJ; Gilbert GL; Donovan B, 2016, 'Treponema pallidum strain types and association with macrolide resistance in Sydney, Australia: New TP0548 gene types identified', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54, pp. 2172 - 2174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00959-16

Callander DJ; Read P; Prestage G; Minichiello V; Chow EPF; Lewis DA; McNulty A; Ali H; Hellard M; Guy R; Donovan B, 2016, 'A cross-sectional study of HIV and STIs among male sex workers attending Australian sexual health clinics', Sexually Transmitted Infections, Published Online First 2 September 2016, pp. 299 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052578

Smith KS; Kaldor JM; Hocking JS; Jamil MS; McNulty AM; Read P; Bradshaw CS; Chen MY; Fairley CK; Wand H; Worthington K; Blake S; Knight V; Rawlinson W; Saville M; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Donovan B; Guy R, 2016, 'The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: Findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 16, pp. 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2727-4

Marshall AD; Micallef M; Erratt A; Telenta J; Treloar C; Everingham H; Jones SC; Bath N; How-Chow D; Byrne J; Harvey P; Dunlop A; Jauncey M; Read P; Collie T; Dore GJ; Grebely J, 2015, 'Liver disease knowledge and acceptability of non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment among people who inject drugs in the drug and alcohol setting: The LiveRLife Study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 984 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.002

Smith KS; Hocking JS; Chen MY; Fairley CK; McNulty AM; Read P; Bradshaw CS; Tabrizi SN; Wand H; Saville M; Rawlinson W; Garland SM; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2015, 'Dual Intervention to Increase Chlamydia Retesting: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Three Populations', American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 49, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.014

Chan D; Stewart M; Smith M; Price T; Lusk J; Ooi C; Read P; Finlayson R, 2015, 'The rise of targeted HIV oral rapid testing in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 202, pp. 251 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.01292

Read P; Fairley CK; Chow EPF, 2015, 'Increasing trends of syphilis among men who have sex with men in high income countries', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 155 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14153

Read PJ; Guy R; Jeoffreys N; Baker D; Shields M; Donovan B, 2015, 'Treatment and outcomes of polymerase chain reaction-confirmed early syphilis', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 506 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15043

Smith KS; Hocking JS; Chen M; Fairley CK; McNulty A; Read P; Bradshaw CS; Tabrizi SN; Wand H; Saville M; Rawlinson W; Garland SM; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy R, 2014, 'Rationale and design of REACT: A randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of home-collection to increase chlamydia retesting and detect repeat positive tests', BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-223

Templeton DJ; Read P; Varma R; Bourne C, 2014, 'Australian sexually transmissible infection and HIV testing guidelines for asymptomatic men who have sex with men 2014: A review of the evidence', Sexual Health, 11, pp. 217 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14003

Read P; Jeoffreys N; Tagg K; Guy RJ; Gilbert GL; Donovan B, 2014, 'Azithromycin-resistant syphilis-causing strains in Sydney, Australia: Prevalence and risk factors', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, pp. 2776 - 2781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00301-14

Mulhall BP; Wright S; Allen D; Brown K; Dickson B; Grotowski M; Jackson E; Petoumenos K; Read P; Read T; Russell D; Smith DJ; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Law MG; Han A, 2014, 'High rates of sexually transmissible infections in HIV-positive patients in the Australian HIV Observational Database: A prospective cohort study', Sexual Health, 11, pp. 291 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13074

Mcallister J; Read P; Mcnulty A; Tong W; Ingersoll A; Carr A, 2014, 'Raltegravir-emtricitabine-tenofovir as HIV nonoccupational post-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men: Safety, tolerability and adherence', HIV Medicine, 15, pp. 13 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12075

Ewing M; Read P; Knight V; Morgan S; Hanlon M; McDonald A; Mclver R; Wright S; McNulty A, 2013, 'Do callers to the NSW Sexual Health Infoline attend the services they are referred to?', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 530 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13106

Martin L; Knight V; Read PJ; Mcnulty A, 2013, 'Fast-track services for all? The preferences of Chinese-, Korean-, and Thai-speaking women attending a sexual health service', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40, pp. 929 - 932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000055

McCann L; Allan W; Read P; McNulty A, 2013, 'Contact tracing using provider referral: How difficult is it?', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 472 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13085

Read PJ; Limnios EA; McNulty A; Whiley D; Lahra MM, 2013, 'One confirmed and one suspected case of pharyngeal gonorrhoea treatment failure following 500mg ceftriaxone in Sydney, Australia', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 460 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13077

Read PJ; Knight V; Bourne C; Guy R; Donovan B; Allan W; Mcnulty AM, 2013, 'Community event-based outreach screening for syphilis and other sexually transmissible infections among gay men in Sydney, Australia', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 357 - 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13012

Kwon I; Mcnulty A; Read P, 2013, 'The prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis detected by wet mount and polymerase chain reaction in Sydney women', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 385 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12201

Read PJ; McNulty A, 2013, 'Lymphogranuloma venereum presenting as genital ulceration and inguinal syndrome', Medical Journal of Australia, 199, pp. 27 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10194

Smith KS; Hocking JS; Wand H; Chen M; Fairley CK; Bradshaw CS; Read P; McNulty A; Saville M; Tabrizi N, 2013, 'HOME-BASED SAMPLE COLLECTION INCREASES CHLAMYDIA RETESTING AND DETECTS ADDITIONAL REPEAT POSITIVE TESTS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN THREE RISK GROUPS', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 89, pp. A70 - A71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0215

Read PJ; Lucas S; Morris S; Kulasegaram R, 2013, 'Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome Kaposi sarcoma in the liver manifesting as acute obstructive hepatitis: Another potential role for montelukast?', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 24, pp. 156 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462412472819

Martin L; Knight V; Read PJ; McNulty A, 2013, 'Clients' preferred methods of obtaining sexually transmissible infection or HIV results from Sydney Sexual Health Centre', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 91 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12062

Read P, 2012, 'Syphilis screening and treatment', Australian Family Physician, 41, pp. 920

Bateson D; Freedman E; Stewart M; Read P, 2012, 'The who, what and from where of STIs: Selective testing in asymptomatic patients', Medicine Today, 13, pp. 12 - 21

Read PJ; Donovan B, 2012, 'Clinical aspects of adult syphilis', Internal Medicine Journal, 42, pp. 614 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02814.x

McManus H; O'Connor CC; Boyd MA; Broom J; Russell D; Watson K; Roth N; Read PJ; Law M; Petoumenos K; Templeton D; Han A, 2012, 'Long-term survival in HIV positive patients with up to 15 years of antiretroviral therapy', PLoS One, 7, pp. Article numbere48839, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048839

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