By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

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

Guy R; Wand HC; Holt M; Mao L; Wilson DP; Bourne CP; Drummond F; Honnor G; Keen P; Donovan B; Prestage G, 2012, 'High annual syphilis testing rates among gay men in Australia, but insufficient retesting', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 39, pp. 260 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182471ff0

Liu B; Donovan B; Hocking JS; Knox J; Silver B; Guy R, 2012, 'Improving adherence to guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease: a systematic review', Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2012, pp. 325108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/325108

Liu B; Donovan B; Parker J; Guy R; Hocking J; Kaldor JM; Wand HC; Jorm L, 2012, 'Increasing chlamydia diagnoses but little change in hospitalisations for ectopic pregnancy and infertility among women in New South Wales from 2001 to 2008', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 355 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11143

Down I; Wilson DP; McCann PD; Gray RT; Hoare A; Bradley JR; Donovan BJ; Prestage GP, 2012, 'Increasing gay men's testing rates and enhancing partner notification can reduce the incidence of syphilis', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 472 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12023

Guy R; Hocking JS; Lowe N; Ali H; Bauer H; Walker J; Klausner JD; Donovan B; Kaldor J, 2012, 'Interventions to increase rescreening for repeat chlamydial infection', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 39, pp. 136 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31823ed4ec

Bowring AL; Gouillou M; Guy R; Kong FYS; Hocking JS; Pirotta M; Heal CF; Brett TD; Donovan B; Hellard M, 2012, 'Missed opportunities - Low levels of chlamydia retesting at Australian general practices, 2008-2009', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 88, pp. 330 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050422

Yap L; Butler TG; Richters J; Malacova E; Wand HC; Smith AMA; Grant L; Richards A; Donovan B, 2012, 'Penile implants among prisoners - a cause for concern?', PLoS One, 8, pp. e53065, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053065

Watchirs Smith LA; Hillman R; Ward JW; Whiley DM; Causer LM; Skov S; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Guy R, 2012, 'Point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection; a systematic review of operational and performance characteristic', Sexually Transmitted Infections, Oct 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050656

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