By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

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

Baker D; Pell C; Donovan B, 2014, 'HIV infection as a chronic disease: Optimising outcomes', Medicine Today, 15, pp. 16 - 26

Yeung A; Temple-Smith M; Spark S; Guy R; Fairley CK; Law M; Wood A; Smith K; Donovan B; Kaldor J; Gunn J; Pirotta M; Carter R; Hocking J; Chen M; Sanci L; Wilson D; Regan D; Tabrizi S; Ward J; Pitts M; Mitchell A; Saville M; Gertig D; Hellard M; Low N; Imrie J; Han A, 2014, 'Improving chlamydia knowledge should lead to increased chlamydia testing among Australian general practitioners: A cross-sectional study of chlamydia testing uptake in general practice', BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0584-2

Weaver ER; Bowring AL; Guy R; Van Gemert C; Hocking JS; Boyle DI; Merritt T; Heal C; Lau PM; Donovan B; Hellard ME, 2014, 'Reattendance and chlamydia retesting rates at 12 months among young people attending Australian general practice clinics 2007-10: A longitudinal study', Sexual Health, 11, pp. 366 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14079

Brotherton JML; Liu B; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Saville M, 2014, 'Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage in young Australian women is higher than previously estimated: Independent estimates from a nationally representative mobile phone survey', Vaccine, 32, pp. 592 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.075

Lorch R; Hocking J; Temple-Smith M; Law M; Yeung A; Wood A; Vaisey A; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Kaldor J; Guy R; Han A, 2013, 'The chlamydia knowledge, awareness and testing practices of Australian general practitioners and practice nurses: Survey findings from the Australian Chlamydia Control Effectiveness Pilot (ACCEPt)', BMC Family Practice, 14, pp. 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-14-169

Korostil IA; Ali H; Guy RJ; Donovan B; Law MG; Regan DG, 2013, 'Near elimination of genital warts in Australia predicted with extension of human papillomavirus vaccination to males', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40, pp. 833 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000030

Ali H; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Ryder N; McNulty A; Chen MY; Marshall L; O'Connor CC; Dickson B; Grulich AE; Hellard ME; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2013, 'Are Australian sexual health clinics attracting priority populations?', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 456 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13066

Guy RJ; Natoli L; Ward J; Causer L; Hengel B; Whiley D; Tabrizi SN; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Badman SB; Tangey A; Wand H; Shephard M; Regan DG; Wilson D; Anderson D; Kaldor JM, 2013, 'A randomised trial of point-of-care tests for chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections in remote Aboriginal communities: Test, Treat ANd GO- the " TTANGO" trial protocol', BMC Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-485

Ali H; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Chen MY; O'connor CC; Grulich AE; McNulty A; Ryder N; Hellard ME; Guy RJ, 2013, 'Increasing access by priority populations to australian sexual health clinics', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40, pp. 819 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000015

Ward J; McGregor S; Guy RJ; Rumbold AR; Garton L; Silver BJ; Taylor-Thomson D; Hengel B; Knox J; Dyda A; Law MG; Wand H; Donovan B; Fairley CK; Skov S; Ah Chee D; Boffa J; Glance D; McDermott R; Maher L; Kaldor JM; Law M; Han A, 2013, 'STI in remote communities: Improved and enhanced primary health care (STRIVE) study protocol: A cluster randomised controlled trial comparing 'usual practice' STI care to enhanced care in remote primary health care services in Australia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-425

Graham S; Guy RJ; Cowie B; Wand HC; Donovan B; Akre SP; Ward JS; Maher L, 2013, 'Chronic hepatitis B prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians since universal vaccination: A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMC Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-403

Donovan B; Ali H, 2013, 'Authors' reply to Gupta.', BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3734

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

Reekie J; Donovan B; Guy R; Hocking J; Jorm L; Kaldor JM; Ward J; Liu B, 2013, 'COMPARISON OF THE RATE OF HOSPITALISATION FOR PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE (PID) FOLLOWING A DIAGNOSIS OF CHLAMYDIA OR GONORRHOEA IN WOMEN RESIDENT IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 89, pp. A150 - A151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0470

Ali H; Donovan B; Wand H; Read TRH; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Fairley CK; Guy RJ, 2013, 'Genital warts in young Australians five years into national human papillomavirus vaccination programme: National surveillance data', BMJ (Online), 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2032

Walker J; Fairley CK; Bradshaw CS; Tabrizi SN; Twin J; Chen MY; Taylor N; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; McNamee K; Urban E; Walker S; Currie M; Birden H; Bowden FJ; Gunn J; Pirotta M; Gurrin L; Harindra V; Garland SM; Hocking JS, 2013, 'Mycoplasma genitalium Incidence, Organism Load, and treatment failure in a cohort of young australian women', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 56, pp. 1094 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis1210

Donovan B; Guy RJ, 2013, 'Evaluating human papillomavirus vaccination programs', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40, pp. 290 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318282d69b

Ali H; Guy RJ; Wand H; Read TRH; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Fairley CK; Donovan B, 2013, 'Decline in in-patient treatments of genital warts among young Australians following the national HPV vaccination program', BMC Infectious Diseases, 13, pp. 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-140

Hocking JS; Donovan B; Guy R, 2013, 'Matters arising:Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: An australian study', Medical Journal of Australia, 198, pp. 83 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11741

Boyd MA; Donovan B, 2013, 'Antiretroviral therapy: Dolutegravir sets SAIL(ING)', The Lancet, 382, pp. 664 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61456-7

Walker J; Walker S; Fairley CK; Bilardi J; Chen MY; Bradshaw CS; Urban E; Pirotta M; Birden H; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Gunn J; Hocking JS, 2013, 'What do young women think about having a chlamydia test? Views of women who tested positive compared with women who tested negative', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 39 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12019

Butler T; Yap L; Donovan B; Richters J, 2013, 'Condoms for prisoners: No evidence that they increase sex in prison, but they increase safe sex', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89, pp. 377 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050856

Jamil MS; Hocking JS; Bauer HM; Ali H; Wand HC; Smith K; Walker J; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy R, 2013, 'Home-based chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: A systematic review of strategies and outcomes', BMC Public Health, 13, pp. 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-189

Poynten IM; Waterboer T; Jin F; Templeton DJ; Prestage G; Donovan B; Pawlita ; Fairley CK; Grulich AE, 2013, 'Human papillomavirus types 6 and 11 seropositivity: Risk factors and association with ano-genital warts among homosexual men', Journal of Infection, 66, pp. 503 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2013.03.005

Bradshaw CS; Walker J; Fairley CK; Chen MY; Tabrizi SN; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Mcnamee K; Urban E; Walker S; Currie MJ; Birden H; Bowden F; Garland SM; Pirotta M; Gurrin C; Hocking JS, 2013, 'Prevalent and Incident Bacterial Vaginosis Are Associated with Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviours in Young Australian Women', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e57688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057688

Wand H; Guy R; Donovan B, 2012, 'Population attributable risk for chlamydia infection in a cohort of young international travellers (backpackers) and residents in Australia (BMJ Open (2011) 1, (e000004))', BMJ Open, 2, pp. e000004corr1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2010-000004corr1

Hocking JS; Spark S; Guy R; Temple-Smith M; Fairley CK; Kaldor J; Donovan B; Law M; Gunn J; Low N, 2012, 'THE AUSTRALIAN CHLAMYDIA CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS PILOT (ACCEPT): FIRST RESULTS FROM A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF ANNUAL CHLAMYDIA SCREENING IN GENERAL PRACTICE', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 88, pp. A3 - A4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050601a.8

Donovan B, 2012, 'SYPHILIS', INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL, 42, pp. 3 - 3, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000303038900011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Quinn E; Donovan B; Sheppeard VK, 2012, 'Bug breakfast in the bulletin: the early impact of the national HPV vaccination program.', New South Wales public health bulletin, 23, pp. 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb12071

Graham S; Guy RJ; Donovan B; McManus H; Su JY; El-Hayek C; Kwan KSH; Dyda A; Wand HC; Ward JS, 2012, 'Epidemiology of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, 2000–2009', Medical Journal of Australia, 197, pp. 642 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.10163

Shields M; Guy RJ; Jeoffreys NJ; Finlayson R; Donovan B, 2012, 'A longitudinal evaluation of Treponema pallidum PCR testing in early syphilis', BMC Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. Article number353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-353

Ali H; Donovan BJ; Liu B; Hocking JS; Agius PA; Ward JS; Bourne CP; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2012, 'Chlamydia prevention indicators for Australia: Review of the evidence from New South Wales', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 399 - 406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11183

Bowring AL; Goller JL; Gouillou M; Harvey C; Bateson D; Mcnamee K; Read C; Boyle D; Jordan L; Wardle R; Stephens A; Donovan B; Guy R; Hellard M, 2012, 'Chlamydia testing and retesting patterns at family planning clinics in Australia', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 74 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11187

Walker J; Tabrizi S; Fairley CK; Chen MY; Bradshaw C; Twin J; Taylor N; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Mcnamee K; Urban E; Walker S; Currie MJ; Birden H; Bowden F; Gunn J; Pirotta M; Gurrin L; Harindra V; Garland SM; Hocking J, 2012, 'Chlamydia trachomatis incidence and re-infection among young women - behavioural and microbiological characteristics', PLoS One, 7, pp. e37778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037778

Liu B; Guy R; Donovan B; Kaldor JM, 2012, 'Chlamydia trachomatis re-infections in a population-based cohort of women', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89, pp. 45 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050252

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

Richters J; Butler TG; Schneider K; Yap L; Kirkwood K; Grant L; Richards A; Smith A; Donovan BJ, 2012, 'Consensual sex between men and sexual violence in Australian prisons', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41, pp. 517 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9667-3

Donovan B; Guy R, 2012, 'Developments in research for STI prevention in Peru', Lancet, 379, pp. 1081 - 1082, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22341823

Graham S; Guy R; Donovan B; McManus H; Su J; El-Hayek C; Kwan KSH; Dyda A; Wand HC; Ward JW, 2012, 'Epidemiology of chlamydia and gonorrhoea among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2000-2009', Medical Journal of Australia, 197, pp. 642 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.10163

Waters EK; Hamilton AJ; Smith AMA; Philp DJ; Donovan B; Regan DG, 2012, 'Fixed sized samples for type-specific surveillance of human papillomavirus (HPV) in genital warts', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 95 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12056

Brotherton J; Garland S; Donovan B, 2012, 'Genital HPV types in Australia', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. 102 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70352-8

Garland S; Pirotta M; Donovan B, 2012, 'Genital warts are more than an inconvenience!', Public Health, 126, pp. 546 - 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2012.02.015

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