By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

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; Wilson D, 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 C; Callander D; Saulo D; Graham S; Kong M; Regan D; Grulich A; Fairley C; Guy R; 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 - a7a78, 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 - a8a88, 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 - 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?', 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

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

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

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; 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, 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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050856

Boyd MA; Donovan B, 2013, 'Antiretroviral therapy: Dolutegravir sets SAIL(ING)', 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

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

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