By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

van Gemert C; Guy R; Stoove M; Dimech W; El-Hayek C; Asselin J; Moreira C; Nguyen L; Callander D; Boyle D; Donovan B; Hellard M, 2019, 'Pathology Laboratory Surveillance in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for a Cohort Study (Preprint)', Journal of Medical Internet Research: research protocols, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13625

Selvey LA; Hallett J; McCausland K; Bates J; Donovan B; Lobo R, 2018, 'Declining condom use among sex workers in Western Australia', Frontiers in Public Health, 6, pp. 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00342

Callander D; Guy R; Fairley CK; McManus H; Prestage G; Chow EPF; O'Connor CC; Grulich AE; Bourne C; Hellard M; Donovan B, 2018, 'Gonorrhoea gone wild: rising incidence of gonorrhoea and associated risk factors among gay and bisexual men attending Australian sexual health clinics', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 457 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18097

Callander D; Bourne C; Wand H; Stoové M; Hocking JS; De Wit J; Kaldor JM; Donovan B; Pell C; Finlayson R; Baker D; Forssman B; Tee BK; Kefalas B; Duck T; Guy R, 2018, 'Assessing the impacts of integrated decision support software on sexual orientation recording, comprehensive sexual health testing, and detection of infections among gay and bisexual men attending general practice: Observational study', JMIR Medical Informatics, 20, pp. e10808, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/10808

Callander D; Moreira C; El-Hayek C; Asselin J; van Gemert C; Smith LW; Long N; Dimech W; Boyle DIR; Donovan B; Stoove M; Hellard M; Guy R, 2018, 'Monitoring the Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS)', JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11028

Goller JL; De Livera AM; Guy RJ; Low N; Donovan B; Law M; Kaldor JM; Fairley CK; Hocking JS, 2018, 'Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009-2014: Ecological analysis of hospital data', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 94, pp. 534 - 541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053423

Hocking JS; Temple-Smith M; Guy R; Donovan B; Braat S; Law M; Gunn J; Regan D; Vaisey A; Bulfone L; Kaldor J; Fairley CK; Low N; Han A, 2018, 'Population effectiveness of opportunistic chlamydia testing in primary care in Australia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial', The Lancet, 392, pp. 1413 - 1422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31816-6

Patel C; Brotherton JML; Pillsbury A; Jayasinghe S; Donovan B; Macartney K; Marshall H, 2018, 'The impact of 10 years of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Australia: What additional disease burden will a nonavalent vaccine prevent?', Eurosurveillance, 23, pp. 30 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es.2018.23.41.1700737

Guy RJ; Ward J; Causer LM; Natoli L; Badman SG; Tangey A; Hengel B; Wand H; Whiley D; Tabrizi SN; Shephard M; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Anderson DA; Regan DG; Maher L; Kaldor JM, 2018, 'Molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Indigenous Australians attending remote primary health services (TTANGO): a cluster-randomised, controlled, crossover trial', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 1117 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30429-8

Yeung A; Hocking J; Guy R; Fairley CK; Smith K; Vaisey A; Donovan B; Imrie J; Gunn J; Temple-Smith M; Regan D, 2018, '‘It Opened My Eyes’—examining the impact of a multifaceted chlamydia testing intervention on general practitioners using Normalization Process Theory', Family Practice, 35, pp. 626 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmy011

Ward J; McManus H; McGregor S; Hawke K; Giele C; Su JY; McDonald A; Guy R; Donovan B; Kaldor JM, 2018, 'HIV incidence in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Australia: a population-level observational study', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e506 - e514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30135-8

Causer LM; Guy RJ; Tabrizi SN; Whiley DM; Speers DJ; Ward J; Tangey A; Badman SG; Hengel B; Natoli LJ; Anderson DA; Wand H; Wilson D; Regan DG; Shephard M; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Kaldor JM, 2018, 'Molecular test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea used at point of care in remote primary healthcare settings: A diagnostic test evaluation', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 94, pp. 340 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053443

Reekie J; Kaldor JM; Mak DB; Ward J; Donovan B; Hocking JS; Preen D; Liu B, 2018, 'Long-term impact of childhood hepatitis B vaccination programs on prevalence among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women giving birth in Western Australia', Vaccine, 36, pp. 3296 - 3300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.04.057

Hui BB; Reulein CP; Guy RJ; Donovan B; Hocking JS; Law MG; Regan DG; Han A, 2018, 'Impact of replacing cytology with human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer screening on the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis: a modelling study', Sexually transmitted infections, 94, pp. 216 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053294

Donovan B; Callander D; Stanley M, 2018, 'Reply to San Giorgi and Dikkers', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 1506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy019

Keen P; Gray RT; Telfer B; Guy R; Schmidt H; Whittaker B; Holden J; Holt M; Kelleher A; Wilson D; Callander D; Cooper DA; Prestage GP; Selvey C; Grulich A; Telfer B; Schmidt H-M; Holden J; Donovan B; Kaldor J, 2018, 'The 2016 HIV diagnosis and care cascade in New South Wales, Australia: meeting the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21, pp. e25109 - e25109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25109

Hengel B; Bell S; Garton L; Ward J; Rumbold A; Taylor-Thomson D; Silver B; McGregor S; Dyda A; Knox J; Guy R; Maher L; Kaldor JM; McDermott R; Skov S; Boffa J; Chee DA; Law M; Fairley C; Donovan B; Glance D; Han A, 2018, 'Perspectives of primary health care staff on the implementation of a sexual health quality improvement program: A qualitative study in remote aboriginal communities in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 18, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3024-y

Badman SG; Causer LM; Guy R; Wand H; Donovan B; Tabrizi SN; Speers D; Shephard MD; Vallely A; Whiley D; Kaldor J; Wilson D; Regan D; Ward J; Fairley CK; Hengel B; Tangey A; Anderson D; Natoli L; Atkinson D, 2018, 'A reliable and easy to transport quality control method for chlamydia and gonorrhoea molecular point of care testing', Pathology, 50, pp. 317 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2017.09.012

Reekie J; Roberts C; Preen D; Hocking JS; Donovan B; Ward J; Mak DB; Liu B; Guy R; Kaldor J; Pearson SA; Stewart L; Wand H, 2018, 'Chlamydia trachomatis and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth, babies who are born small for gestational age, and stillbirth: a population-based cohort study', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 452 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30045-8

Gunaratnam P; McManus H; Watchirs-Smith L; McGregor S; Callander D; Brown G; Lobo R; O'Connor C; Hellard M; Medland N; Lewis D; Palmer C; Law M; Gray R; Donovan B; Guy R; Han A, 2018, 'People Born in Non-Main English Speaking Countries Are Less Likely to Start HIV Treatment Early in Australia: A National Cohort Analysis, 2014-15', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 77, pp. E31 - E34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001585

Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Callander D; Donovan B; Guy R; Chen MY, 2018, 'Reply to Kenyon', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 812 - 813, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix905

Callander D; McManus H; Guy R; Hellard M; O'Connor CC; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; McNulty A; Lewis DA; Carmody C; Schmidt HMA; Kim J; Donovan B, 2018, 'Rising Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Incidence and Associated Risk Factors among Female Sex Workers in Australia: A Retrospective Cohort Study', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 45, pp. 199 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000714

Jamil MS; McManus H; Callander D; Prestage G; Ali H; O’Connor CC; Chen M; McNulty AM; Knight V; Duck T; Keen P; Gray J; Medland N; Hellard M; Lewis DA; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Guy RJ; Marshall L; Wilson D; Dickson B; Kong M; Smith LW; Cooper D; Selvey C; Holden J; Crooks L; Cooper C; Price K; de Wit J; Kelleher A; Mitchell J; Schmidt HM; Telfer B; Whittaker B; Cooper D; O'Connor C, 2018, 'Understanding the Targeting and Uptake of HIV Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men Attending Sexual Health Clinics', AIDS and Behavior, 22, pp. 513 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-2012-2

Reekie J; Donovan B; Guy R; Hocking JS; Kaldor JM; Mak DB; Pearson S; Preen D; Stewart L; Ward J; Liu B; Roberts C; Wand H, 2018, 'Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Relation to Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing, Repeat Testing, and Positivity: A Population-Based Cohort Study', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 437 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix769

Donovan B; Callander D, 2018, 'Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: The Benefits of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Continue to Accrue', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 177 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix499

Selvey LA; Lobo RC; McCausland KL; Donovan B; Bates J; Hallett J, 2018, 'Challenges facing asian sex workers in Western Australia: Implications for health promotion and support services', Frontiers in Public Health, 6, pp. 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00171

Freeman G; Smith LW; Mcnulty A; Donovan B, 2018, 'Sexual health and students: The pathways travelled by those with sexual health concerns', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 76 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17083

Boettiger DC; Law MG; Dore GJ; Guy R; Callander D; Donovan B; O'Connor CC; Fairley CK; Hellard M; Matthews G; Han A, 2017, 'Hepatitis C testing and re-testing among people attending sexual health services in Australia, and hepatitis C incidence among people with human immunodeficiency virus: Analysis of national sentinel surveillance data', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2848-0

Drolet M; Laprise JF; Brotherton JML; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Ali H; Bénard É; Martin D; Brisson M, 2017, 'Te impact of human papillomavirus catch-up vaccination in Australia: Implications for introduction of multiple age cohort vaccination and postvaccination data interpretation', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 216, pp. 1205 - 1209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix476

Whiley DM; Trembizki E; Buckley C; Freeman K; Baird RW; Beaman M; Chen M; Donovan B; Kundu RL; Fairley CK; Guy R; Hogan T; Kaldor JM; Karimi M; Limnios A; Regan DG; Ryder N; Su JY; Ward J; Lahra MM, 2017, 'Molecular antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Northern Territory, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23, pp. 1478 - 1485, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170427

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

Chow EPF; Walker S; Hocking JS; Bradshaw CS; Chen MY; Tabrizi SN; Howden BP; Law MG; Maddaford K; Read TRH; Lewis DA; Whiley DM; Zhang L; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Cornelisse VJ; Phillips S; Donovan B; McNulty AM; Templeton DJ; Roth N; Moore R; Fairley CK; Han A, 2017, 'A multicentre double-blind randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of daily use of antibacterial mouthwash against oropharyngeal gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men: The OMEGA (Oral Mouthwash use to Eradicate GonorrhoeA) study protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2541-3

Donovan B, 2017, 'A concerned young woman with a recurrence of genital herpes', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 55 - 56

Hengel B; Wand H; Ward J; Rumbold A; Garton L; Taylor-Thomson D; Silver B; McGregor S; Dyda A; Mein J; Knox J; Maher L; Kaldor J; Guy R; Donovan B; Han A, 2017, 'Patient, staffing and health centre factors associated with annual testing for sexually transmissible infections in remote primary health centres.', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 274 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16123

Zou H; Meng X; Xu Z; Callander D; Donovan B; Grulich A; Chen M; Fairley C; O’Connor C; Hellard M; Guy R, 2017, 'Delayed HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia Has Improved but Remains an Issue', Annals of Global Health, 83, pp. 168 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.377

Ali H; McManus H; O’Connor CC; Callander D; Kong M; Graham S; Saulo D; Fairley CK; Regan DG; Grulich A; Low N; Guy RJ; Donovan B; O'Connor C, 2017, 'Human papillomavirus vaccination and genital warts in young indigenous Australians: National sentinel surveillance data', Medical Journal of Australia, 206, pp. 204 - 209, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00597

Lahra MM; Trembizki E; Buckley C; Donovan B; Chen M; Guy R; Kundu RL; Regan DG; Whiley DM, 2017, 'Changes in the rates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance are primarily driven by dynamic fluctuations in common gonococcal genotypes', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72, pp. 705 - 711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw452

Rissel C; Donovan B; Yeung A; de Visser RO; Grulich A; Simpson JM; Richters J, 2017, 'Decriminalization of Sex Work Is Not Associated with More Men Paying for Sex: Results from the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 14, pp. 81 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-016-0225-1

Lau A; Kong F; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Chen M; Bradshaw C; Boyd M; Amin J; Timms P; Tabrizi S; Regan DG; Lewis DA; McNulty A; Hocking JS, 2017, 'Treatment efficacy of azithromycin 1 g single dose versus doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for 7 days for the treatment of rectal chlamydia among men who have sex with men - a double-blind randomised controlled trial protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2125-7

Yap L; Shu S; Zhang L; Liu W; Chen Y; Wu Z; Li J; Wand H; Donovan B; Butler T, 2017, 'Psychological distress among re-education through labour camp detainees in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China', Journal of Mental Health, 26, pp. 57 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2016.1276529

Smith KS; Guy R; Danielewski J; Tabrizi SN; Fairley CK; McNulty AM; Rawlinson W; Saville M; Garland SM; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Hocking JS, 2017, 'Biological and behavioral factors associated with positive chlamydia retests', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 44, pp. 417 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000616

Harrod ME; Couzos S; Ward J; Saunders M; Donovan B; Hammond B; Delaney-Thiele D; Belfrage M; Williams S; Smith LW; Kaldor JM, 2017, 'Gonorrhoea testing and positivity in non-remote Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 320 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16046

Reekie J; Donovan B; Guy R; Hocking JS; Kaldor JM; Mak DB; Pearson S; Preen D; Wand H; Ward J; Liu B, 2017, 'Trends in chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing and positivity in Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women 2001-2013: A population-based cohort study', Sexual Health, 14, pp. 574 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16207

Rawson SL; El-Hayek C; Asselin J; Howell J; Stoové M; Dimech W; Guy R; Donovan B; Doyle JS; Hellard M, 2017, 'P53 Hepatitis C diagnostic testing trends in Victoria, 2010–2015', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 30 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30794-9

Callander D; Stoové M; Carr A; Hoy JF; Petoumenos K; Hellard M; Elliot J; Templeton DJ; Liaw S; Wilson DP; Grulich A; Cooper DA; Pedrana A; Donovan B; McMahon J; Prestage G; Holt M; Fairley CK; McKellar-Stewart N; Ruth S; Asselin J; Keen P; Cooper C; Allan B; Kaldor JM; Guy R; Cooper D; Liaw T, 2016, 'A longitudinal cohort study of HIV 'treatment as prevention' in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: The Treatment with Antiretrovirals and their Impact on Positive And Negative men (TAIPAN) study protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-2073-2

Regan DG; Donovan B, 2016, 'Balancing the cost–benefit equation for cervical cancer prevention: a moving target', The Lancet Public Health, 1, pp. e42 - e43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(16)30024-X

Trembizki E; Wand H; Donovan B; Chen M; Fairley CK; Freeman K; Guy R; Kaldor JM; Lahra MM; Lawrence A; Lau C; Pearson J; Regan DG; Ryder N; Smith H; Stevens K; Su JY; Ward J; Whiley DM, 2016, 'The Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study, 2012', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63, pp. 1591 - 1598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw648

Mason E; Foster R; Wray L; McNulty A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Reactive arthritis following a Microsporidia infection', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 27, pp. 1239 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416640364

Buckley C; Trembizki E; Donovan B; Chen M; Freeman K; Guy R; Lahra MM; Kundu RL; Regan DG; Smith HV; Whiley DM; Kaldor J; Wand H; Ward J; Fairley C; Ryder N; Su JY, 2016, 'Real-time PCR detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae susceptibility to penicillin', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71, pp. 3090 - 3095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkw291

Hui BB; Whiley DM; Donovan B; Law MG; Regan DG; Chen M; Guy R; Lahra M; Han A, 2016, 'Identifying factors that lead to the persistence of imported gonorrhoeae strains: A modelling study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 93, pp. 221 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052738

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