By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

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

Hocking JS; Temple-Smith M; van Driel M; Law M; Guy R; Bulfone L; Wood A; Low N; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Gunn J; Kaldor J; Han A, 2016, 'Can preventive care activities in general practice be sustained when financial incentives and external audit plus feedback are removed? ACCEPt-able: A cluster randomised controlled trial protocol', Implementation Science, 11, pp. 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13012-016-0489-0

Mason E; Wray L; Foster R; Jamil MS; Guy R; McNulty A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Reactive arthritis at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre 1992–2012: declining despite increasing chlamydia diagnoses', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 27, pp. 882 - 889, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462415598251

Ward JS; Dyda A; McGregor S; Rumbold A; Garton L; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2016, 'Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote aboriginal communities', Medical Journal of Australia, 205, pp. 168 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.01392

Badman SG; Causer LM; Guy R; Tabrizi SN; Francis F; Donovan B; Whiley D; Ward J; Kaldor J; Wand H; Wilson D; Regan D, 2016, 'A preliminary evaluation of a new GeneXpert (Gx) molecular point-of-care test for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 92, pp. 350 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052384

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

Li B; Bi P; Waddell R; Chow EP; Donovan B; McNulty A; Fehler G; Loff B; Shahkhan H; Fairley CK, 2016, 'Was an epidemic of gonorrhoea among heterosexuals attending an Adelaide sexual health services associated with variations in sex work policing policy?', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 92, pp. 377 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051918

Li B; Bi P; Waddell R; Chow EP; Donovan B; McNulty A; Fehler G; Loff B; Shahkhan H; Fairley CK, 2016, 'Was an epidemic of gonorrhoea among heterosexuals attending an Adelaide sexual health services associated with variations in sex work policing policy?', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 92, pp. 377 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051918

Wilson M; Simpson PL; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Donovan B, 2016, '‘You’re a woman, a convenience, a cat, a poof, a thing, an idiot’: transgender women negotiating sexual experiences in men’s prisons in Australia', Sexualities: studies in culture and society, First published date: November-22-2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460716652828

Regan DG; Wood JG; Benevent C; Ali H; Smith LW; Robertson PW; Ferson MJ; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Law MG; Han A, 2016, 'Estimating the critical immunity threshold for preventing hepatitis A outbreaks in men who have sex with men', Epidemiology and Infection, 144, pp. 1528 - 1537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815002605

Ward J; Bryant J; Wand H; Kaldor J; Delaney-Thiele D; Worth H; Betts S; Waples-Crowe P; Cairnduff S; Coburn T; Donovan B; Pitts M, 2016, 'Methods of a national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people regarding sexually transmissible infections and bloodborne viruses', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40, pp. S96 - S101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12427

Lau A; Spark S; Tomnay J; Smith MT; Fairley CK; Guy RJ; Donovan B; Hocking JS, 2016, 'Socio-demographic and structural barriers to being tested for chlamydia in general practice', Medical Journal of Australia, 204, pp. 112.e1 - 112.e5, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00933

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