By Professor Lisa Maher

Journal articles

Hajarizadeh B; Grady B; Page K; Kim AY; McGovern BH; Cox AL; Rice TM; Sacks-Davis R; Bruneau J; Morris M; Amin J; Schinkel J; Applegate T; Maher L; Hellard M; Lloyd AR; Prins M; Dore GJ; Grebely J, 2015, 'Patterns of hepatitis C Virus RNA levels during acute infection: The InC³ study', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0122232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122232

Ivan M; Van Beek I; Wand H; Maher L, 2015, 'Surveillance of injecting-related injury and diseases in people who inject drugs attending a targeted primary health care facility in Sydney's Kings Cross', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39, pp. 182 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12363

Treloar C; Newland J; Maher L, 2015, 'A qualitative study trialling the acceptability of new hepatitis C prevention messages for people who inject drugs: Symbiotic messages, pleasure and conditional interpretations', Harm Reduction Journal, 12, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-015-0042-5

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

Haber PS; Day CA; Topp L; Shanahan M; Wand H; Van Beek I; Maher L, 2015, 'Hepatitis B vaccination for people who inject drugs', The Lancet, 385, pp. 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60019-8

Spelman T; Morris MD; Zang G; Rice T; Page K; Maher L; Lloyd A; Grebely J; Dore GJ; Kim AY; Shoukry NH; Hellard M; Bruneau J; Cox AL; Lauer G; McGovern BH; Prins M; Hahn J; Shiboski S; Mirzazadeh A; Alavi M; Bouchard R; Evans J; Grady B; Aneja J; Sacks-Davis R; Teutsch S; White B; Wells B; Applegate T; Matthews G; Yeung B; Schinkel J; Prince LE; Roy E; Bates A; Enriquez J; Chow S; McCredie L; Aitken C; Doyle J, 2015, 'A longitudinal study of hepatitis C virus testing and infection status notification on behaviour change in people who inject drugs', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69, pp. 745 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-205224

Hengel B; Guy R; Garton L; Ward J; Rumbold A; Taylor-Thomson D; Silver B; McGregor S; Dyda A; Knox J; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2015, 'Barriers and facilitators of sexually transmissible infection testing in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: Results from the Sexually Transmitted Infections in Remote Communities, Improved and Enhanced Primary Health Care (STRIVE) Study', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 4 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14080

Page K; Tsui J; Maher L; Choopanya K; Vanichseni S; Philip Mock MS; Celum C; Martin M, 2015, 'Biomedical HIV prevention including pre-exposure prophylaxis and opiate agonist therapy for women who inject drugs: State of research and future directions', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69, pp. S169 - S175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000000641

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

Chughtai AA; Seale H; Dung TC; Maher L; Nga PT; MacIntyre CR, 2015, 'Current practices and barriers to the use of facemasks and respirators among hospital-based health care workers in Vietnam', American Journal of Infection Control, 43, pp. 72 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.10.009

Iversen J; Page K; Madden A; Maher L, 2015, 'HIV, HCV, and health-related harms among women who inject drugs: Implications for prevention and treatment', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69, pp. S176 - S181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000000659

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

Hengel B; Maher L; Garton L; Ward J; Rumbold A; Taylor-Thomson D; Silver B; Mcgregor S; Dyda A; Knox J; Kaldor J; Guy R, 2015, 'Reasons for delays in treatment of bacterial sexually transmissible infections in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia: A qualitative study of healthcentre staff', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 341 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14240

Williams R; Lawrence C; Wilkes E; Shipp M; Henry B; Eades S; Mathers B; Kaldor J; Maher L; Gray D, 2015, 'Sexual behaviour, drug use and health service use by young Noongar people in Western Australia: A snapshot', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 188 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14038

Scott R; Foster R; Oliver LN; Olsen A; Mooney-Somers J; Mathers B; Micallef JM; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2015, 'Sexual risk and healthcare seeking behaviour in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in North Queensland', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 194 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH14092

Bull RA; Leung P; Gaudieri S; Deshpande P; Cameron B; Walker M; Chopra A; Lloyd AR; Luciani F; Dolan K; Haber P; Rawlinson W; Treloar C; Dore G; Maher L, 2015, 'Transmitted/founder viruses rapidly escape from CD8⁺ T cell responses in acute hepatitis C virus infection', Journal of Virology, 89, pp. 5478 - 5490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03717-14

Vu NT; Maher L; Zablotska I, 2015, 'Amphetamine-type stimulants and HIV infection among men who have sex with men: implications on HIV research and prevention from a systematic review and meta-analysis.', J Int AIDS Soc, 18, pp. 19273 - 19273, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.19273.

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

Maher L; White B; Dore G; Lloyd A; Rawlinson W, 2015, 'Opioid substitution treatment protects against hepatitis C virus acquisition in people who inject drugs: The HITS-c study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e191 - e191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.435

Bretaña N; Boelen L; Bull R; Teutsch S; White P; Lloyd A; Luciani F; Bretana N; Dolan K; Rawlinson W; Dore G; Maher L, 2015, 'Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus among Prisoners, Australia, 2005–2012.', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 765 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.141832

Walsh N; Mijch A; Watson K; Wand H; Fairley CK; McNeil J; Crofts N; Maher L, 2014, 'HIV treatment outcomes among people who inject drugs in Victoria, Australia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 707, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0707-9

Vickerman P; Page K; Maher L; Hickman M, 2014, 'Commentary on Nolan etal. (2014): Opiate substitution treatment and hepatitis C virus prevention: Building an evidence base?', Addiction, 109, pp. 2060 - 2061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12750

Hajarizadeh B; Grady B; Page K; Kim AY; McGovern BH; Cox AL; Rice TM; Sacks-Davis R; Bruneau J; Morris M; Amin J; Schinkel J; Applegate T; Maher L; Hellard M; Lloyd AR; Prins M; Geskus RB; Dore GJ; Grebely J; Lauer G; Shoukry NH; Hahn J; Shiboski S; Rice TM; Alavi M; Bouchard R; Aneja J; Teutsch S; White B; Wells B; Zang G; Matthews G; Marks P; Yeung B; Prince LE; Roy E; Bates A; Enriquez J; Chow S; McCredie L; Aitken C; Doyle J; Spelman T; Evans J, 2014, 'Interferon lambda 3 genotype predicts hepatitis C virus RNA levels in early acute infection among people who inject drugs: The InC³ Study', Journal of Clinical Virology, 61, pp. 430 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.027

Rodgers C; Ivan M; Maher L; Van Beek I, 2014, 'REDUCING INJECTING-RELATED INJURY AND DISEASES IN PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS - RESULTS OF A PILOT CLINICIAN-LED INTERVENTION', DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, 33, pp. 53 - 53, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000344914800153&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Luciani F; Bretaña NAR; Teutsch S; Amin J; Topp L; Dore GJ; Maher L; Dolan K; Lloyd AR; Bretana N, 2014, 'A prospective study of hepatitis C incidence in Australian prisoners', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 109, pp. 1695 - 1706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12643

Luciani F; Bretaña NAR; Teutsch S; Amin J; Topp L; Dore GJ; Maher L; Dolan K; Lloyd AR; Bretana N, 2014, 'A prospective study of hepatitis C incidence in Australian prisoners', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 109, pp. 1695 - 1706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12643

White B; Dore GJ; Lloyd AR; Rawlinson WD; Maher L, 2014, 'Opioid substitution therapy protects against hepatitis C virus acquisition in people who inject drugs: The HITS-c study', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 326 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.00153

Boelen L; Teutsch S; Wilson DP; Dolan K; Dore GJ; Lloyd AR; Luciani F; Maher L, 2014, 'Per-event probability of hepatitis C infection during sharing of injecting equipment', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e100749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100749

Natoli L; Maher L; Shephard M; Hengel B; Tangey A; Badman SG; Ward J; Guy RJ; Regan D, 2014, 'Point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: Implications for clinical practice', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e100518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100518

Dertadian GK; Maher L, 2014, 'From Oxycodone to Heroin: Two Cases of Transitioning Opioid Use in Young Australians', Drug and Alcohol Review

Wand H; Iversen J; Law M; Maher L, 2014, 'Erratum: Quilt plots: A simple tool for the visualisation of large epidemiological data (PLoS ONE (2014) 9:1 (e85047) DOI:10.1371/journal.pone. 0085047)', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093201

Iversen J; Grebely J; Topp L; Wand H; Dore G; Maher L, 2014, 'Uptake of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs attending Needle and Syringe Programs in Australia, 1999-2011', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 21, pp. 198 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12129

Iversen J; Wand H; Topp L; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2014, 'Extremely low and sustained HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in a setting of harm reduction', AIDS, 28, pp. 275 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000000068

Wand H; Iversen J; Law M; Maher L; Han A, 2014, 'Quilt plots: A simple tool for the visualisation of large epidemiological data', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e85047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085047

White B; Madden A; Prins M; Hellard M; Wand H; Dore GJ; Page K; Maher L, 2014, 'Assessing the feasibility of hepatitis C virus vaccine trials: Results from the Hepatitis C Incidence and Transmission Study-community (HITS-c) vaccine preparedness study', Vaccine, 32, pp. 5460 - 5467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.07.091

Dertadian GC; Maher L, 2014, 'From oxycodone to heroin: Two cases of transitioning opioid use in young Australians', Drug and Alcohol Review, 33, pp. 102 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12093

Small W; Maher L; Kerr T, 2014, 'Institutional ethical review and ethnographic research involving injection drug users: A case study', Social Science and Medicine, 104, pp. 157 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.010

Olsen A; Wallace J; Maher L, 2014, 'Responding to Australia's National Hepatitis B Strategy 2010-13: Gaps in knowledge and practice in relation to Indigenous Australians', Australian Journal of Primary Health, 20, pp. 134 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY12162

Grebely J; Page K; Sacks-Davis R; van der Loeff MS; Rice TM; Bruneau J; Morris MD; Hajarizadeh B; Amin J; Cox AL; Kim AY; Mcgovern BH; Schinkel J; George J; Shoukry NH; Lauer GM; Maher L; Lloyd AR; Hellard M; Dore GJ; Prins M, 2014, 'The effects of female sex, viral genotype, and IL28B genotype on spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C virus infection', Hepatology, 59, pp. 109 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26639

Hartfield M; Bull R; White PA; Lloyd A; Luciani F; Alizon S; Maher L, 2014, 'Evidence that hepatitis C virus genome partly controls infection outcome', Evolutionary Applications, 7, pp. 533 - 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.12151

Sugden PB; Cameron B; Luciani F; Lloyd AR; Maher L, 2014, 'Exploration of genetically determined resistance against hepatitis C infection in high-risk injecting drug users', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 21, pp. e65 - e73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12232

Sugden PB; Cameron B; Mina M; Lloyd AR; Luciani F; Maher L; Dolan K, 2014, 'Protection against hepatitis C infection via NK cells in highly-exposed uninfected injecting drug users', Journal of Hepatology, 61, pp. 738 - 745, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2014.05.013

Kab V; Jennifer E; Neth S; Stein E; Claude-Couture M; Maher L; Page K, 2014, 'Testing for amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) use to ascertain validity of self-reported ATS use among young female sex workers in Cambodia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 140, pp. e99 - e99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.02.286

Hengel B; Jamil MS; Mein JK; Maher L; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ, 2013, 'Outreach for chlamydia and gonorrhoea screening: A systematic review of strategies and outcomes', BMC Public Health, 13, pp. 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1040

Wozniak TM; Smith M; Maher L, 2013, 'Hepatitis B', New South Wales public health bulletin, 24, pp. 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB12094

Walsh N; Maher L, 2013, 'HIV and HCV among people who inject drugs in Central Asia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.030

Page K; Stein E; Sansothy N; Evans J; Couture MC; Sichan K; Cockroft M; Mooney-Somers J; Phlong P; Kaldor J; Maher L, 2013, 'Sex work and HIV in Cambodia: Trajectories of risk and disease in two cohorts of high-risk young women in Phnom Penh, Cambodia', BMJ Open, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003095

Small W; Maher L; Lawlor J; Wood E; Shannon K; Kerr T, 2013, 'Injection drug users' involvement in drug dealing in the downtown eastside of Vancouver: Social organization and systemic violence', International Journal of Drug Policy, 24, pp. 479 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.03.006

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

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