By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

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

Buckley C; Trembizki E; Donovan B; Chen M; Freeman K; Guy R; Kundu R; Lahra MM; Regan DG; Smith H; Whiley DM; Nimmo G; Bletchly C; Baird R; Hicks V; Hogan T; Kaldor J; Wand H; Ryder N, 2016, 'A real-time PCR assay for direct characterization of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae GyrA 91 locus associated with ciprofloxacin susceptibility', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71, pp. 353 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv366

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

Badman SG; Vallely LM; Toliman P; Kariwiga G; Lote B; Pomat W; Holmer C; Guy R; Luchters S; Morgan C; Garland SM; Tabrizi S; Whiley D; Rogerson SJ; Mola G; Wand H; Donovan B; Causer L; Kaldor J; Vallely A; Homer C, 2016, 'A novel point-of-care testing strategy for sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in high-burden settings: Results of a feasibility study in Papua New Guinea', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1573-4

Trembizki E; Guy R; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Lahra MM; Whiley DM, 2016, 'Further evidence to support the individualised treatment of gonorrhoea with ciprofloxacin', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 1005 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30271-7

Ward J; Wand H; Bryant J; Delaney-Thiele D; Worth H; Pitts M; Byron K; Moore E; Donovan B; Kaldor JM, 2016, 'Prevalence and correlates of a diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection among young aboriginal and Torres strait islander people: A national survey', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43, pp. 177 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000417

Li B; Bi P; Chow EPF; Donovan B; McNulty A; Ward A; Bell C; Fairley CK, 2016, 'Seasonal variation in gonorrhoea incidence among men who have sex with men', Sexual Health, 13, pp. 589 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH16122

Simpson PL; Reekie J; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Factors associated with sexual coercion in a representative sample of men in Australian prisons', Archives of Sexual Behavior: an interdisciplinary research journal, 45, pp. 1195 - 1205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0653-7

Natoli L; Guy RJ; Shephard M; Causer L; Badman SG; Hengel B; Tangey A; Ward J; Coburn T; Anderson D; Kaldor J; Maher L; Donovan B; Wilson D; Regan D; Wand H; Whiley D; Tabrizi SN; Fairley C, 2015, '"I do feel like a scientist at times": A qualitative study of the acceptability of molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea to primary care professionals in a remote high STI burden setting', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0145993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145993

Trembizki E; Buckley C; Donovan B; Chen M; Guy R; Kaldor J; Lahra MM; Regan DG; Smith H; Ward J; Whiley DM, 2015, 'Direct real-time PCR-based detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae 23S rRNA mutations associated with azithromycin resistance', The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 70, pp. 3244 - 3249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv274

Ali H; Cameron E; Drovandi CC; McCaw JM; Guy RJ; Middleton M; El-Hayek C; Hocking JS; Kaldor JM; Donovan B; Wilson DP; Regan D; Baker J, 2015, 'A new approach to estimating trends in chlamydia incidence', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 513 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051631

Graham S; Guy RJ; Ward JS; Kaldor J; Donovan B; Knox J; McCowen D; Bullen P; Booker J; O'Brien C; Garrett K; Wand HC, 2015, 'Incidence and predictors of annual chlamydia testing among 15-29 year olds attending Aboriginal primary health care services in New South Wales, Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 15, pp. 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1116-5

Ali H; Regan DG; Guy RJ; Robertson P; Watchirs-Smith L; McNulty AM; Donovan B, 2015, 'Increasing hepatitis A immunity in men who have sex with men in Sydney, 1996-2012', Vaccine, 33, pp. 4745 - 4747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.090

Graham S; Guy RJ; Wand HC; Kaldor JM; Donovan B; Knox J; McCowen D; Bullen P; Booker J; O'Brien C; Garrett K; Ward JS, 2015, 'A sexual health quality improvement program (SHIMMER) triples chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing rates among young people attending Aboriginal primary health care services in Australia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1107-5

Yap L; Reekie J; Liu W; Chen Y; Wu Z; Li J; Zhang L; Wand H; Donovan B; Butler T, 2015, 'HIV testing in re-education through labour camps in Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (a cross-sectional survey)', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 401 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051658

Buckley C; Trembizki E; Baird RW; Chen M; Donovan B; Freeman K; Goire N; Guy R; Lahra MM; Regan D; Whiley DM, 2015, 'Multitarget PCR assay for direct detection of penicillinase-producing neisseria gonorrhoeae for enhanced surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 2706 - 2708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00540-15

Hui BB; Ryder N; Su JY; Ward J; Chen MY; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Guy RJ; Lahra MM; Law MG; Whiley DM; Regan DG; Han A, 2015, 'Exploring the benefits of molecular testing for gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance surveillance in remote settings', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0133202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133202

Causer LM; Kaldor JM; Conway DP; Leslie DE; Denham I; Karapanagiotidis T; Ryan C; Wand H; Anderson DA; Robertson PW; McNulty AM; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Guy RJ, 2015, 'An Evaluation of a Novel Dual Treponemal/Nontreponemal Point-of-Care Test for Syphilis as a Tool to Distinguish Active from Past Treated Infection', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61, pp. 184 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ243

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

Guy R; Ward J; Wand H; Rumbold A; Garton L; Hengel B; Silver B; Taylor-Thomson D; Knox J; McGregor S; Dyda A; Fairley C; Maher L; Donovan B; Kaldor J; Law M, 2015, 'Coinfection with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis: A crosssectional analysis of positivity and risk factors in remote Australian Aboriginal communities', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 201 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051535

Chow EPF; Read TRH; Wigan R; Donovan B; Chen MY; Bradshaw CS; Fairley CK, 2015, 'Ongoing decline in genital warts among young heterosexuals 7 years after the Australian human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 214 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051813

Drolet M; Bénard É; Boily MC; Ali H; Baandrup L; Bauer H; Beddows S; Brisson J; Brotherton JML; Cummings T; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Flagg EW; Johnson AM; Kahn JA; Kavanagh K; Kjaer SK; Kliewer EV; Lemieux-Mellouki P; Markowitz L; Mboup A; Mesher D; Niccolai L; Oliphant J; Pollock KG; Soldan K; Sonnenberg P; Tabrizi SN; Tanton C; Brisson M, 2015, 'Population-level impact and herd effects following human papillomavirus vaccination programmes: A systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 565 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(14)71073-4

Craig AP; Kong FYS; Yeruva L; Hocking JS; Rank RG; Wilson DP; Donovan B, 2015, 'Is it time to switch to doxycycline from azithromycin for treating genital chlamydial infections in women? Modelling the impact of autoinoculation from the gastrointestinal tract to the genital tract', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0939-3

Silver BJ; Guy RJ; Wand H; Ward J; Rumbold AR; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Maher L; Dyda A; Garton L; Hengel B; Knox J; McGregor S; Taylor-Thomson D; Kaldor JM; Law M, 2015, 'Incidence of curable sexually transmissible infections among adolescents and young adults in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: Analysis of longitudinal clinical service data', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 135 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051617

Callander D; Bourne C; Pell C; Finlayson R; Forssman B; Baker D; De Wit J; Hocking J; Stoové M; Donovan B; Kaldor J; Guy R, 2015, 'Recording the sexual orientation of male patients attending general practice', Family Practice, 32, pp. 35 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmu061

Lorch R; Hocking J; Guy R; Vaisey A; Wood A; Donovan B; Fairley C; Gunn J; Kaldor J; Temple-Smith M, 2015, 'Do Australian general practitioners believe practice nurses can take a role in chlamydia testing? A qualitative study of attitudes and opinions', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-0757-7

Graham S; Wand HC; Ward JS; Knox J; McCowen D; Bullen P; Booker J; O'Brien C; Garrett K; Donovan B; Kaldor J; Guy RJ; Butler T, 2015, 'Attendance patterns and chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing among young people in Aboriginal primary health centres in New South Wales, Australia', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 445 - 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15007

Natoli L; Guy RJ; Shephard M; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Ward J; Regan DG; Hengel B; Maher L, 2015, 'Chlamydia and gonorrhoea point-of-care testing in Australia: Where should it be used?', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 51 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14213

Donovan B; Dimech W; Ali H; Guy R; Hellard M, 2015, 'Increased testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae with duplex nucleic acid amplification tests in Australia: Implications for surveillance', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 48 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14179

Boyd MA; Donovan B; Prestage G; Chen M; Petoumenos K; Gray R; Guy R; Rogers GB; Bourne C; Klausner JD, 2015, 'Is it time to rethink syphilis control?', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60, pp. 325 - 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu813

Natoli L; Guy RJ; Shephard M; Whiley D; Tabrizi SN; Ward J; Regan DG; Badman SG; Anderson DA; Kaldor J; Maher L; Wand H; Donovan B; Hengel B; Tangey A, 2015, 'Public health implications of molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in remote primary care services in Australia: a qualitative study', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e006922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/BMJOPEN-2014-006922

Chen MY; Klausner JD; Fairley CK; Guy R; Wilson D; Donovan B, 2015, 'Syphilis: A fresh look at an old foe', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 93 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15025

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

Guy R; Ward J; Wand H; Rumbold A; Garton L; Hengel B; Silver B; Taylor-Thomson D; Knox J; McGregor S; Dyda A; Fairley C; Maher L; Donovan B; Kaldor J; STRIVE Investigator Group , 2015, 'Coinfection with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis: a cross-sectional analysis of positivity and risk factors in remote Australian Aboriginal communities.', Sexually Transmitted Infections

Ali H; O’Connor CC; Callander D; Saulo D; Graham S; Kong M; Regan DJ; Grulich AE; Fairley CK; Guy RJ; Donovan B, 2015, 'LB1.3 The impact of hpv vaccination on genital warts in aboriginal australians: analysis of national data', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. A78.1 - A78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.208

Smith LW; Callander D; Ali H; Bourne C; O’Connor C; Lewis D; Forrester B; Hounsfield V; Kaldor J; Hellard M; Donovan B; Guy R, 2015, 'P03.05 Chlamydia re-testing at sexual health clinics has increased but further initiatives are needed for young people', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. A87.2 - A88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.233

Liu B; Donovan B; Brotherton JML; Saville M; Kaldor JM, 2014, 'Genital warts and chlamydia in Australian women: Comparison of national population-based surveys in 2001 and 2011', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 90, pp. 532 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051307

Ward J; Goller J; Ali H; Bowring A; Couzos S; Saunders M; Yau P; Kaldor JM; Hellard M; Guy RJ; Donovan B, 2014, 'Chlamydia among Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people attending sexual health services, general practices and Aboriginal community controlled health services', BMC Health Services Research, 14, pp. 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-285

Dimech W; Lim MSC; Van Gemert C; Guy R; Boyle D; Donovan B; Hellard M, 2014, 'Analysis of laboratory testing results collected in an enhanced chlamydia surveillance system in Australia, 2008-2010', BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-325

O'Connor CC; Ali H; Guy RJ; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Chen MY; Dickson BM; Marshall LJ; Grulich AE; Hellard ME; Kaldor JM; Donovan B; Ward JS, 2014, 'High chlamydia positivity rates in indigenous people attending Australian sexual health services', Medical Journal of Australia, 200, pp. 595 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10875

Trembizki E; Smith H; Lahra MM; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Guy R; Kaldor J; Regan D; Ward J; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 2014, 'High-throughput informative single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69, pp. 1526 - 1532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt544

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

Reekie J; Donovan B; Guy R; Hocking JS; Jorm L; Kaldor JM; Mak DB; Preen D; Pearson S; Roberts CL; Stewart L; Wand H; Ward J; Liu B, 2014, 'Hospitalisations for pelvic inflammatory disease temporally related to a diagnosis of chlamydia or gonorrhoea: A retrospective cohort study', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e94361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094361

Causer LM; Kaldor JM; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Karapanagiotidis T; Leslie DE; Robertson PW; McNulty AM; Anderson D; Wand H; Conway DP; Denham I; Ryan C; Guy RJ, 2014, 'A laboratory-based evaluation of four rapid point-of-care tests for syphilis', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e91504, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091504

Jamil MS; Bauer HM; Hocking JS; Ali H; Wand H; Walker J; Douglas L; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2014, 'Chlamydia screening strategies and outcomes in educational settings: A systematic review', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 41, pp. 180 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000095

Lahra MM; Donovan B; Whiley DM, 2014, 'Decreased susceptibility to cephalosporins among gonococci?', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70015-5

Goire N; Lahra MM; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Guy R; Kaldor J; Regan D; Ward J; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 2014, 'Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 12, pp. 223 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3217

Yeung AH; Temple-Smith M; Fairley CK; Vaisey AM; Guy R; Law MG; Low N; Bingham AL; Gunn J; Kaldor J; Donovan B; Hocking JS; Han A, 2014, 'Chlamydia prevalence in young attenders of rural and regional primary care services in Australia: A cross-sectional survey', Medical Journal of Australia, 200, pp. 170 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.10729

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

Bourne C; Lahra MM; Donovan B, 2014, 'Gaining control of gonorrhoea', Medicine Today, 15, pp. 58 - 60

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