By Professor Lisa Maher

Journal articles

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; 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

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

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 NA; Boelen L; Bull R; Teutsch S; White PA; Lloyd AR; Luciani F; HITS-p investigators , 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

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

Luciani F; Bretaña NA; Teutsch S; Amin J; Topp L; Dore GJ; Maher L; Dolan K; Lloyd AR, 2014, 'A prospective study of hepatitisCincidence in Australian prisoners', Addiction, 109, pp. 1695 - 1706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12643

Hartfield M; Bull R; White PA; Lloyd A; Luciani F; Alizon S, 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, 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

Maher LV, 2014, 'Jaccoud Arthropathy', AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES, 348, pp. 81 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3182775a04

Sugden PB; Cameron B; Mina M; Lloyd AR, 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, 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, pp. S37 - S40, 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; 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

Page K; Morris MD; Hahn JA; Maher L; Prins M, 2013, 'Injection drug use and hepatitis C virus infection in young adult injectors: Using evidence to inform comprehensive prevention', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, pp. S32 - S38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit300

White B; Madden A; Hellard M; Kerr T; Prins M; Page K; Dore GJ; Maher L, 2013, 'Increased hepatitis C virus vaccine clinical trial literacy following a brief intervention among people who inject drugs', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 419 - 425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.12000

Evans JL; Couture MC; Stein ES; Sansothy N; Maher L; Page K, 2013, 'Biomarker validation of recent unprotected sexual intercourse in a prospective study of young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 40, pp. 462 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318286db8a

Wand H; Guy R; Law M; Wilson DP; Maher L, 2013, 'High rates of late HIV diagnosis among people who inject drugs compared to men who have sex with men and heterosexual men and women in Australia', AIDS and Behavior, 17, pp. 235 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-0117-6

Iversen J; Topp LJ; Wand HC; Maher L, 2013, 'Are people who inject performance and image-enhancing drugs an increasing population of Needle and Syringe Program attendees?', Drug and Alcohol Review, 32, pp. 205 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00499.x

Maher L; Mooney-Somers J; Phlong P; Couture MC; Kien SP; Stein ES; Bates A; Sansothy N; Page K, 2013, 'Condom negotiation across different relationship types by young women engaged in sex work in Phnom Penh, Cambodia', Global Public Health, 8, pp. 270 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2013.767930

Cameron B; Galbraith S; Li H; Lloyd A; HITS investigators , 2013, 'Correlates and characteristics of hepatitis C virus-specific T-cell immunity in exposed uninfected high-risk prison inmates', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 20, pp. e96 - e106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12016

Islam MM; Topp LJ; Iversen J; Day CA; Conigrave KM; Maher L, 2013, 'Healthcare utilisation and disclosure of injecting drug use among clients of Australia's needle and syringe programs', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37, pp. 148 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12032

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

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