By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

Hui BB; Hocking JS; Braat S; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Guy R; Spark S; Yeung A; Low N; Regan D, 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

Walker ML; Stiasny D; Guy RJ; Law MG; Holt M; Mao L; Donovan B; Grulich AE; Gray RT; Regan DG, 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

Traeger MW; Guy R; Asselin J; Patel P; Carter A; Wright EJ; Grulich A; McManus H; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; McNulty A; Finlayson R; Bell C; Owen L; Marshall L; Russell D; O'Donnell D; Donovan B; Hellard ME; Stoové MA; Bastian L; Bateson D; Bowden S; Boyd M; Callander D; Cogle A; Costello J; Dimech W; Dittmer J; El-Hayek C; Ellard J; Franklin L; Hocking J; Kim J; McGill S; Nolan D; Pendle S; Polkinghorne V; Nguyen L; Nguyen T; O'Connor C; Reed P; Roth N; Ryder N; Selvey C; Stoové M; Vickers T; Walker M; Watchirs-Smith L; West M, 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', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 1231 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00175-X

Harney BL; Sacks-Davis R; Van Santen DK; Traeger M; Wilkinson AL; Asselin J; El-Hayek C; Fairley CK; Roth N; Bloch M; Matthews G; Donovan B; Guy R; Stoové M; Hellard ME; Doyle JS; Bastian L; Bateson D; Bowden S; Boyd M; Callander D; Carter A; Cogle A; Costello J; Dimech W; Dittmer J; Ellard J; Franklin L; Kim J; Mcgill S; Nolan D; Patel P; Pendle S; Polkinghorne V; Nguyen L; Nguyen T; O'connor C; Reed P; Ryder N; Selvey C; Vickers T; Walker M; Watchirs-Smith L; West M, 2022, 'The Incidence of Hepatitis C Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia, 2009-2019', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74, pp. 1804 - 1811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab720

Medland NA; Zhang Y; Gunaratnam P; Lewis DA; Donovan B; Whiley DM; Guy RJ; Kaldor JM, 2022, 'Surveillance systems to monitor antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a global, systematic review, 1 January 2012 to 27 September 2020', Eurosurveillance, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.18.2100917

Wilkinson AL; van Santen DK; Traeger MW; Sacks-Davis R; Asselin J; Scott N; Harney BL; Doyle JS; El-Hayek C; Howell J; Bramwell F; McManus H; Donovan B; Stoové M; Hellard M; Pedrana A, 2022, 'Hepatitis C incidence among patients attending primary care health services that specialise in the care of people who inject drugs, Victoria, Australia, 2009 to 2020', International Journal of Drug Policy, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103655

Hui BB; Padeniya TN; Rebuli N; Gray RT; Wood JG; Donovan B; Duan Q; Guy R; Hocking JS; Lahra MM; Lewis DA; Whiley DM; Regan DG; Seib KL, 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

McCausland K; Lobo R; Lazarou M; Hallett J; Bates J; Donovan B; Selvey LA, 2022, '‘It is stigma that makes my work dangerous’: experiences and consequences of disclosure, stigma and discrimination among sex workers in Western Australia', Culture Health and Sexuality, 24, pp. 180 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1825813

Causer L; Liu B; Watts C; McManus H; Donovan B; Ward J; Guy R, 2022, 'Hospitalisations for pelvic inflammatory disease in young Aboriginal women living in remote Australia: The role of chlamydia and gonorrhoea', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 98, pp. 445 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/SEXTRANS-2021-055242

Hocking JS; Wood A; Temple-Smith M; Braat S; Law M; Bulfone L; Jones C; van Driel M; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Guy R; Low N; Kaldor J; Gunn J, 2022, 'The impact of removing financial incentives and/or audit and feedback on chlamydia testing in general practice: A cluster randomised controlled trial (ACCEPt-able)', Plos Medicine, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003858

Chow EPF; Carter A; Vickers T; Fairley CK; McNulty A; Guy RJ; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Callander D; Khawar L; Machalek DA; Donovan B, 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

Lafferty L; Smith K; Causer L; Andrewartha K; Whiley D; Badman SG; Donovan B; Anderson L; Tangey A; Mak D; Maher L; Shephard M; Guy R; Bastian L; Ward J; Kaldor J; Comerford C; Bushby T; Moore L; Gunathilake M; Johnson D; Gallant D, 2021, 'Scaling up sexually transmissible infections point-of-care testing in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: healthcare workers’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators', Implementation Science Communications, 2, pp. 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00232-8

Phillips TR; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Ong JJ; McNulty A; Marshall L; Templeton DJ; Owen L; Ward A; Gunathilake M; Russell D; Langton-Lockton J; Bourne C; Martin S; Chow EPF, 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

Khawar L; McManus H; Vickers T; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Machalek DA; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Guy RJ; McGregor S, 2021, 'Genital warts trends in Australian and overseas-born people in Australia: A cross-sectional trend analysis to measure progress towards control and elimination', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 16, pp. 100251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100251

Duan Q; Carmody C; Donovan B; Guy RJ; Hui BB; Kaldor JM; Lahra MM; Law MG; Lewis DA; Maley M; McGregor S; McNulty A; Selvey C; Templeton DJ; Whiley DM; Regan DG; Wood JG, 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

Chow EPF; Ong JJ; Donovan B; Foster R; Phillips TR; McNulty A; Fairley CK, 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

van Santen DK; Asselin J; Haber NA; Traeger MW; Callander D; Donovan B; El-Hayek C; McMahon JH; Petoumenos K; McManus H; Hoy JF; Hellard M; Guy R; Stoové M; Carr A; Elliot J; Templeton DJ; Liaw T; Wilson DP, 2021, 'Improvements in transition times through the HIV cascade of care among gay and bisexual men with a new HIV diagnosis in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (2012–19): a longitudinal cohort study', Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e623 - e632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00155-7

Goller JL; De Livera AM; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Low N; Hocking JS, 2021, 'Epididymitis rates in Australian hospitals 2009-2018: Ecological analysis', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97, pp. 387 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054473

Donovan B, 2021, 'Epididymitis rates in Australian hospitals 2009-2018: Ecological analysis', Sexually Transmitted Infections, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054473

McManus H; Callander D; Asselin J; McMahon J; Hoy JF; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Pedrana AE; Keen P; Wilson DP; Elliott J; Kaldor J; Liaw ST; Petoumenos K; Holt M; Hellard ME; Grulich AE; Carr A; Stoove MA; Guy RJ, 2021, 'A New Method for Estimating the Incidence of Infectious Diseases', American Journal of Epidemiology, 190, pp. 1386 - 1395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwab014

Ooi C; Donovan B; Lewis DA, 2021, 'Cross-sectional study of sexual behaviour and health of gay and bisexual men in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Contrasts between sex venue and clinic attendees', Sexual Health, 18, pp. 248 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20196

Lau A; Kong FYS; Fairley CK; Templeton DJ; Amin J; Phillips S; Law M; Chen MY; Bradshaw CS; Donovan B; McNulty A; Boyd MA; Timms P; Chow EPF; Regan DG; Khaw C; Lewis DA; Kaldor J; Ratnayake M; Carvalho N; Hocking JS, 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

Chow EPF; Williamson DA; Hocking JS; Law MG; Maddaford K; Bradshaw CS; McNulty A; Templeton DJ; Moore R; Murray GL; Danielewski JA; Wigan R; Chen MY; Guy RJ; Zhang L; Donovan B; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Whiley DM; Cornelisse VJ; Howden BP; Lewis DA; Read TRH; Fairley CK, 2021, 'Antiseptic mouthwash for gonorrhoea prevention (OMEGA): a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, multicentre trial', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 647 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30704-0

Callander D; Meunier É; Deveau R; Grov C; Donovan B; Minichiello V; Kim J; Duncan D, 2021, 'Investigating the effects of COVID-19 on global male sex work populations: A longitudinal study of digital data', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97, pp. 93 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054550

Chow EPF; Hocking JS; Bradshaw CS; Phillips TR; Tabesh M; Donovan B; Maddaford K; Chen MY; Fairley CK, 2021, 'Paying for Sex among Males and Females: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Melbourne, Australia', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 48, pp. 195 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001307

Lobo R; McCausland K; Bates J; Hallett J; Donovan B; Selvey LA, 2021, 'Sex workers as peer researchers–a qualitative investigation of the benefits and challenges', Culture Health and Sexuality, 23, pp. 1435 - 1450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1787520

Donovan B, 2021, 'Sex workers as peer researchers–a qualitative investigation of the benefits and challenges', Culture, Health and Sexuality, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2020.1787520

Carter A; Newman C; de Visser R; Yeung A; Rissel C; Grulich A; Haire B; Bateson D; Vaughn C; McGeechan K; Donovan B; Richters J; Guy R, 2021, 'Unwanted Sex Due to Intoxication among Australians Aged 16–69 Years', Journal of Sex Research, 58, pp. 74 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2020.1829530

Ward J; Bradley C; Donovan B; Hengel B; Elliott S, 2020, 'A New National STI and BBV Surveillance System for Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Services', International Journal for Population Data Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1481

Yap L; Jones J; Donovan B; Nathan S; Sullivan E; Davison S; Heffernan E; Richards A; Meurk C; Steele M; Fisher C; Ton B; Butler T, 2020, 'The sexual behaviours of adolescents aged between 14 and 17 years involved with the juvenile justice system in Australia: A community-based survey', Plos One, 15, pp. e0243633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243633

Vodstrcil LA; Plummer EL; Doyle M; Fairley CK; McGuiness C; Bateson D; Hocking JS; Law MG; Petoumenos K; Donovan B; Chow EPF; Bradshaw CS; Kaldor J; McNulty A; Lewis DA; Chen MY; Bilardi JE; Tabrizi SN; Murray GL; Danielewski J; Garland SM; McNamee K; Han A, 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

Yap L; Simpson P; Richters J; Donovan B; Grant L; Butler T, 2020, 'Disclosing sexuality: Gay and bisexual men’s experiences of coming out, forced out, going back in and staying out of the ‘closet’ in prison', Culture Health and Sexuality, 22, pp. 1222 - 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1668963

Comninos NB; Garton L; Guy R; Callander D; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Donovan B; Goddard SL; Rutherford A; Templeton DJ, 2020, 'Increases in pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity in men who have sex with men, 2011-2015: Observational study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96, pp. 432 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054107

Bradley C; Hengel B; Crawford K; Elliott S; Donovan B; Mak DB; Nattabi B; Johnson D; Guy R; Fairley CK; Wand H; Ward J; Lewis D; Bowden F; Selvey C; Bastian L; Smallwood G, 2020, 'Establishment of a sentinel surveillance network for sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in Aboriginal primary care services across Australia: The ATLAS project', BMC Health Services Research, 20, pp. 769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05388-y

Callander D; Meunier É; Deveau R; Grov C; Donovan B; Minichiello V; Singham Goodwin A; Duncan DT, 2020, 'Sex workers are returning to work and require enhanced support in the face of COVID-19: Results from a longitudinal analysis of online sex work activity and a content analysis of safer sex work guidelines', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 384 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20128

Khawar L; Machalek DA; Regan DG; Donovan B; McGregor S; Guy RJ, 2020, 'Defining elimination of genital warts—a modified delphi study', Vaccines, 8, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8020316

Lau A; Kong FYS; Fairley CK; Templeton DJ; Amin J; Boyd MA; Bradshaw C; Chen MY; Donovan B; Khaw C; Lewis DA; McNulty A; Regan DG; Ratnayake M; Hocking JS, 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

Nguyen L; Stoové M; Boyle D; Callander D; McManus H; Asselin J; Guy R; Donovan B; Hellard M; El-Hayek C, 2020, 'Privacy-preserving record linkage of deidentified records within a public health surveillance system: Evaluation study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22, pp. e16757, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16757

Wnukowski-Mtonga P; Jayasinghe S; Chiu C; Macartney K; Brotherton J; Donovan B; Hall M; Smith DW; Peterson K; Campbell-Lloyd S; Selvey C; Giles M; Kaldor J; Marshall H, 2020, 'Scientific evidence supporting recommendations on the use of the 9-valent HPV vaccine in a 2-dose vaccine schedule in Australia', Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2018, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.33

Marukutira T; Gray RT; Douglass C; El-Hayek C; Moreira C; Asselin J; Donovan B; Vickers T; Spelman T; Crowe S; Guy R; Stoove M; Hellard M, 2020, 'Gaps in the HIV diagnosis and care cascade for migrants in Australia, 2013-2017: A cross-sectional study', Plos Medicine, 17, pp. e1003044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PMED.1003044

MacGibbon J; Minichiello V; Prestage G; Bell S; Cox C; Donovan B; Callander D, 2020, 'How Male Sex Workers and Their Clients Shifted from Reluctance About HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to Advocating for Its Use: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study', AIDS and Behavior, 24, pp. 782 - 790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02618-1

Gray RT; Callander D; Hocking JS; McGregor S; McManus H; Dyda A; Moreira C; Braat S; Hengel B; Ward J; Wilson DP; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2020, 'Population-level diagnosis and care cascade for chlamydia in Australia', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96, pp. 131 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2018-053801

Regan DG; Hui BB; Guy RJ; Donovan B; Hocking JS; Law MG; Han A, 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

Zappulla A; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Guy R; Bradshaw CS; Chen MY; Phillips TR; Maddaford K; Chow EPF, 2020, 'Sexual practices of female sex workers in Melbourne, Australia: An anonymous cross-sectional questionnaire study in 2017-18', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 53 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19037

Whitford K; Callander D; Smith LW; Guy R; Kong M; Ward J; Donovan B; McManus H; Bell S; McGregor S; Menon A; Russell D; O'Connor CC; ACCESS collaboration , 2020, 'Two Distinct Gonorrhea Trends and Risk Factors Among Women in Australia.', Sex Transm Dis, 47, pp. 34 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001086

Bell S; Ward J; Aggleton P; Murray W; Silver B; Lockyer A; Ferguson T; Fairley CK; Whiley D; Ryder N; Donovan B; Guy R; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2020, 'Young Aboriginal people's sexual health risk reduction strategies: a qualitative study in remote Australia', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 303 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh19204

Bell S; Aggleton P; Ward J; Murray W; Silver B; Lockyer A; Ferguson T; Fairley CK; Whiley D; Ryder N; Donovan B; Guy R; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2020, 'Young Aboriginal people’s engagement with STI testing in the Northern Territory, Australia', BMC Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08565-0

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

Ward J; Guy RJ; Rumbold AR; McGregor S; Wand H; McManus H; Dyda A; Garton L; Hengel B; Silver BJ; Taylor-Thomson D; Knox J; Donovan B; Law M; Maher L; Fairley CK; Skov S; Ryder N; Moore E; Mein J; Reeve C; Ah Chee D; Boffa J; Kaldor JM; Han A, 2019, 'Strategies to improve control of sexually transmissible infections in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised trial', Lancet Global Health, 7, pp. e1553 - e1563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30411-5

Whitford K; Callander D; Smith LW; Guy R; Kong M; Ward J; Donovan B; McManus H; Bell S; McGregor S; Menon A; Russell D; O'Connor CC; ACCESS collaboration , 2019, 'TWO DISTINCT GONORRHOEA TRENDS AND RISK FACTORS AMONG WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA.', Sex Transm Dis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001086

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