By Emeritus Professor Basil Donovan

Journal articles

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

Poynten IM; Jin F; Templeton DJ; Prestage G; Donovan B; Pawlita ; Fairley CK; Garland S; Grulich AE; Waterboer T, 2012, 'Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for human papillomavirus 16 seropositivity in australian homosexual men', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 39, pp. 726 - 732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31825d5cb8

Ward JW; Guy R; Huang R; Knox J; Couzos S; Scrimgeour D; Moore L; Leahy T; Hunt J; Donovan B; Kaldor JM, 2012, 'Rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and sexually transmissible infection control in remote Australia: can they improve Aboriginal people's and Torres Strait Islanders' health.', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 109 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11051

Donovan B, 2012, 'Sex trafficking: the dark side of the Australian sex industry?', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 499 - 500, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SHv9n5_BR

Butler TG; Malacova E; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2012, 'Sexual behaviour and Sexual health of Australian prisoners', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 64 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12104

Malacova E; Butler TG; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2012, 'Sexual coercion prior to imprisonment: prevalence, demographic and behavioural correlates', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 23, pp. 533 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2011.011069

Quinn E; Donovan B; Sheppeard V, 2012, 'The early impact of the National HPV Vaccination Program', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 23, pp. 208 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB12071

Jin F; Prestage G; Templeton DJ; Poynten IM; Donovan B; Zablotska I; Kippax SC; Mindel A; Grulich AE, 2012, 'The impact of HIV seroadaptive behaviors on sexually transmissible infections in HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney, Australia', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 39, pp. 191 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182401a2f

Guy R; Ward JW; Smith K; Su JH; Huang ; Tangey A; Skov S; Rumbold A; Silver B; Donovan B; Kaldor JM, 2012, 'The impact of sexually transmissible infection programs in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia: a systematic review.', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 205 - 212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH11074

Whiley D; Goire N; Lahra MM; Donovan B; Limnios AE; Nissen MD; Sloots T, 2012, 'The ticking time bomb: escalating drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a public health disaster in waiting', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67, pp. 2059 - 2061

Waters EK; Kaldor JM; Hamilton AJ; Smith AMA; Philp DJ; Donovan B; Regan DG, 2012, 'Tracking type specific prevalence of human Papillomavirus in cervical pre-cancer: a novel sampling strategy', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 12, pp. 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-77

Ali H; Guy R; Fairley CK; Wand HC; Chen MY; Dickson B; O'Connor CC; Marshall L; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Hellard M; Donovan B, 2012, 'Understanding trends in genital Chlamydia Trachomatis can benefit from enhanced surveillance: findings from Australia', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 88, pp. 552 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050423

Read PJ; Wand HC; Guy R; Donovan B; McNulty A, 2012, 'Unprotected fellatio between female sex workers and their clients in Sydney, Australia', Sexually Transmitted Infections, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050430

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, 2012, '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

Bogaards JA; Berkhof J, 2011, 'Assessment of herd immunity from human papillomavirus vaccination', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 11, pp. 896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70324-3

Read TRH; Hocking JS; Chen MY; Donovan B; Bradshaw CS; Fairley CK, 2011, 'The near disappearance of genital warts in young women 4 years after commencing a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 87, pp. 544 - 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050234

Donovan B; Grulich AE, 2011, 'The quadrivalent HPV vaccine is effective prophylaxis against HPV-related external genital lesions in young men', Evidence-Based Medicine, 16, pp. 157 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ebm1405

Hocking J; Temple-Smith M; Poznanski S; Guy R; Low N; Donovan B; Gunn J; Law M; Kaldor J; Fairley C, 2011, 'AUSTRALIAN CHLAMYDIA CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS PILOT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A TRIAL OF CHLAMYDIA TESTING IN GENERAL PRACTICE', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 87, pp. A202 - A202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.240

Read T; Hocking J; Gurrin L; Chen M; Donovan B; Bradshaw C; Fairley C, 2011, 'CONTINUED DECLINE IN GENITAL WARTS 3 YEARS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF QUADRIVALENT HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINATION PROGRAM', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 87, pp. A321 - A321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.540

Drummond F; Ryder N; Wand H; Guy R; Read P; McNulty A; Wray L; Donovan B, 2011, 'IS SINGLE DOSE AZITHROMYCIN ADEQUATE FOR ASYMPTOMATIC RECTAL CHLAMYDIA?', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 87, pp. A76 - A76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050109.122

Drummond F; Lewis L; Bourne C; Ramanathan V; Hocking J; Wand H; Donovan B; Kaldor J; Guy R, 2011, 'OPTIMISING CLINICAL SYSTEMS TO INCREASE HIV/STI TESTING IN GAY MEN: THE ETEST PROJECT', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 87, pp. A209 - A209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2011-050108.256

Donovan B, 2011, 'John W. Tapsall AM: 1945-2010 In Memoriam', SEXUAL HEALTH, 8, pp. I - I, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SHv8n2_OB

Malacova E; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith A; Donovan B, 2011, 'Attitudes towards Sex: A Comparison of Prisoners and the General Community', Sexual Health, 8, pp. 355 - 362, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=368723163652406;res=IELHEA

Kong FYS; Guy RJ; Hocking JS; Merritt T; Pirotta M; Heal C; Bergeri I; Donovan B; Hellard ME, 2011, 'Australian general practitioner chlamydia testing rates among young people', Medical Journal of Australia, 194, pp. 249 - 252

Wilson DP; Prestage G; Gray R; Hoare A; McCann P; Down I; Guy R; Drummond F; Klausner JD; Donovan B; Kaldor JM, 2011, 'Chemoprophylaxis is likely to be acceptable and could mitigate syphilis epidemics among populations of gay men', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38, pp. 573 - 579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31820e64fd

Twin J; Moore EE; Garland SM; Eundem A; Stevens MP; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Tabrizi S; Rawlinson WD, 2011, 'Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes among men who have sex with men in Australia', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38, pp. 279 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181fc6944

Guy RJ; Wand H; Franklin N; Fairley CK; Chen MY; O'Connor CC; Marshall L; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Hellard ME; Donovan B, 2011, 'Chlamydia trends in men who have sex with men attending sexual health services in Australia, 2004-2008', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38, pp. 339 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318202719d

Wand HC; Guy R; Donovan B; McNulty A, 2011, 'Developing and validating a risk scoring tool for chlamydia infection among sexual health clinic attendees in Australia: A simple algorithm to identify those at high risk of chlamydia infection', BMJ Open, 1, pp. e000005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2010-000005

Ryder N; Bourne CP; Donovan B, 2011, 'Different trends for sexually transmissible infections despite increased testing of men who have sex with men', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 22, pp. 335 - 337

Schneider K; Puthanakit T; Kerr SJ; Law MG; Cooper DA; Donovan B; Phanuphak N; Sirisanthana V; Ananworanich J; Ohata J; Wilson DP, 2011, 'Economic evaluation of monitoring virologic responses to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings', AIDS, 25, pp. 1143 - 1151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283466fab

Guy R; Ali H; Liu B; Poznanski S; Ward J; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Hocking J, 2011, 'Efficacy of interventions to increase the uptake of chlamydia screening in primary care: a systematic review', BMC Infectious Diseases, 11, pp. 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-211

Ward J; Guy R; Akre S; Middleton MG; Giele CM; Su JY; Davis CA; Wand HC; Knox JB; Fagan PS; Donovan B; Kaldor JM; Russell DB, 2011, 'Epidemiology of syphilis in Australia: moving toward elimination of infectious syphilis from remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?', Medical Journal of Australia, 194, pp. 525 - 529

Freeman E; Donovan B; Brown K, 2011, 'Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 21, pp. 268 - 269

Drummond F; Ryder N; Wand H; Guy R; Read P; McNulty A; Wray L; Donovan B, 2011, 'Is azithromycin adequate treatment for asymptomatic rectal chlamydia?', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 22, pp. 478 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2011.010490

Malacova E; Butler T; Richters J; Yap L; Grant L; Richards A; Smith AMA; Donovan B, 2011, 'Knowledge of sexually transmissible infections: A comparison of prisoners and the general population', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 22, pp. 381 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2011.010408

Templeton DJ; Grulich AE; Yew J; Twin J; Jin F; Prestage G; Donovan BJ; Tabrizi S, 2011, 'Lymphogranuloma venereum is rare in Australian community-based samples of men who have sex with men', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38, pp. 48 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181e78389

Walker J; Fairley CK; Urban E; Chen MY; Bradshaw C; Walker SM; Donovan B; Tabrizi SN; McNamee K; Currie M; Pirotta M; Kaldor J; Gurrin L; Birden H; Harindra V; Bowden FJ; Garland S; Gunn JM; Hocking JS, 2011, 'Maximizing retention in a longitudinal study of genital Chlamydia trachomatis among young women in Australia', BMC Public Health, 11, pp. 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-156

Liu B; Brotherton J; Shellard D; Donovan B; Saville M; Kaldor JM, 2011, 'Mobile phones are a viable option for surveying young women: a comparison of two telephone survey methods', BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11, pp. 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-159

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