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Journal articles
2019, 'Tracking the uptake of outcomes of hepatitis B virus testing using laboratory data in Victoria, 2011-16: A population-level cohort study', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 358 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh18102
,2019, 'Trends in diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease in an Australian sexual health clinic, 2002-16: Before and after clinical audit feedback', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 247 - 253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18119
,2019, 'Pathology Laboratory Surveillance in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for a Cohort Study (Preprint)', Journal of Medical Internet Research: research protocols, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13625
,2019, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized crossover trial (the WANTAIM Trial, Papua New Guinea)', Wellcome Open Research, 4, pp. 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15173.2
,2019, 'Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-income settings: Study protocol for a cluster randomized crossover trial (the WANTAIM Trial, Papua New Guinea)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15173.2
,2019, 'Rapid HIV testing increases testing frequency among gay and bisexual men: a controlled before–after study', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 172 - 179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh18161
,2018, 'Aging of the HIV Population in Australia: A Modeling Study', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 79, pp. E115 - E116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001870
,2018, 'Exploring the relationship between primary care antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections, Escherichia coli bacteraemia incidence and antimicrobial resistance: an ecological study', International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 52, pp. 790 - 798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.08.013
,2018, 'Performance of clinical screening algorithms comprising point-of-care HPV-DNA testing using self-collected vaginal specimens, and visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid, for the detection of underlying high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in Papua New Guinea', Papillomavirus Research, 6, pp. 70 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2018.10.009
,2018, 'Trends in human immunodeficiency virus diagnoses among men who have sex with men in North America, Western Europe, and Australia, 2000–2014', Annals of Epidemiology, 28, pp. 874 - 880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.09.006
,2018, 'Gonorrhoea gone wild: rising incidence of gonorrhoea and associated risk factors among gay and bisexual men attending Australian sexual health clinics', Sexual Health, 16, pp. 457 - 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH18097
,2018, 'Adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes associated with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, M. hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and U. parvum: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol', BMJ Open, 8, pp. e024175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024175
,2018, 'Assessing routine diagnostic methods for detecting Candida auris in England', Journal of Infection, 77, pp. 448 - 454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2018.07.012
,2018, 'Assessing the impacts of integrated decision support software on sexual orientation recording, comprehensive sexual health testing, and detection of infections among gay and bisexual men attending general practice: Observational study', JMIR Medical Informatics, 20, pp. e10808, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/10808
,2018, 'Monitoring the Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS)', JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11028
,2018, 'Population-level effectiveness of rapid, targeted, high-coverage roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men: the EPIC-NSW prospective cohort study', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e629 - e637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30215-7
,2018, 'Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009-2014: Ecological analysis of hospital data', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 94, pp. 534 - 541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053423
,2018, 'Population effectiveness of opportunistic chlamydia testing in primary care in Australia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial', The Lancet, 392, pp. 1413 - 1422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)31816-6
,2018, 'Molecular point-of-care testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea in Indigenous Australians attending remote primary health services (TTANGO): a cluster-randomised, controlled, crossover trial', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 1117 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30429-8
,2018, '‘It Opened My Eyes’—examining the impact of a multifaceted chlamydia testing intervention on general practitioners using Normalization Process Theory', Family Practice, 35, pp. 626 - 632, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmy011
,2018, 'HIV incidence in Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in Australia: a population-level observational study', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e506 - e514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30135-8
,2018, 'Molecular test for chlamydia and gonorrhoea used at point of care in remote primary healthcare settings: A diagnostic test evaluation', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 94, pp. 340 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053443
,2018, 'National characteristics and trends in antiretroviral treatment in Australia can be accurately estimated using a large clinical cohort', Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 100, pp. 82 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.04.015
,2018, 'Priorities for preventing a concentrated HIV epidemic among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians', The Medical journal of Australia, 209, pp. 56
,2018, 'Impact of replacing cytology with human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer screening on the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis: a modelling study', Sexually transmitted infections, 94, pp. 216 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053294
,2018, 'The 2016 HIV diagnosis and care cascade in New South Wales, Australia: meeting the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21, pp. e25109 - e25109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25109
,2018, 'Undiagnosed HIV infections among gay and bisexual men increasingly contribute to new infections in Australia', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 21, pp. e25104 - e25104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25104
,2018, 'Meeting Sexual Partners Through Internet Sites and Smartphone Apps in Australia: National Representative Study (Preprint)', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.10683
,2018, 'Perspectives of primary health care staff on the implementation of a sexual health quality improvement program: A qualitative study in remote aboriginal communities in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 18, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3024-y
,2018, 'A reliable and easy to transport quality control method for chlamydia and gonorrhoea molecular point of care testing', Pathology, 50, pp. 317 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2017.09.012
,2018, 'Chlamydia trachomatis and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth, babies who are born small for gestational age, and stillbirth: a population-based cohort study', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 452 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30045-8
,2018, 'Candida auris: Epidemiological situation, laboratory capacity and preparedness in European Union and European economic area countries, 2013 to 2017', Eurosurveillance, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.13.18-00136
,2018, 'Comparing Australian gay and bisexual men with undiagnosed and recently diagnosed HIV infection to those in the National HIV Registry', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 276 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17064
,2018, 'People Born in Non-Main English Speaking Countries Are Less Likely to Start HIV Treatment Early in Australia: A National Cohort Analysis, 2014-15', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 77, pp. E31 - E34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000001585
,2018, 'Reply to Kenyon', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 812 - 813, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix905
,2018, 'Rising Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea Incidence and Associated Risk Factors among Female Sex Workers in Australia: A Retrospective Cohort Study', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 45, pp. 199 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000714
,2018, 'Erratum: Correction: expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in new South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): design of an open label, single arm implementation trial (BMC public health (2018) 18 1 (210))', BMC public health, 18, pp. 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5173-7
,2018, 'Expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in New South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): Design of an open label, single arm implementation trial', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-5018-9
,2018, 'Resurgence of scarlet fever in England, 2014–16: a population-based surveillance study', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18, pp. 180 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30693-X
,2018, 'Understanding the Targeting and Uptake of HIV Testing Among Gay and Bisexual Men Attending Sexual Health Clinics', AIDS and Behavior, 22, pp. 513 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-2012-2
,2018, 'Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Relation to Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing, Repeat Testing, and Positivity: A Population-Based Cohort Study', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 437 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix769
,2018, ''I see it everywhere': Young Australians unintended exposure to sexual content online', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 335 - 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17132
,2018, 'Changing pattern of sexually transmissible infections and HIV diagnosed in public sexual health services compared with other locations in New South Wales, 2010-14', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 366 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17183
,2018, 'Meeting sexual partners through internet sites and smartphone apps in Australia: National representative study', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/10683
,2017, 'Hepatitis C testing and re-testing among people attending sexual health services in Australia, and hepatitis C incidence among people with human immunodeficiency virus: Analysis of national sentinel surveillance data', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2848-0
,2017, 'Performance and operational characteristics of point-of-care tests for the diagnosis of urogenital gonococcal infections', Sexually transmitted infections, 93, pp. S16 - S21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053192
,2017, 'Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia', BMC Public Health, 17, pp. 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4785-7
,2017, 'Molecular antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Northern Territory, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23, pp. 1478 - 1485, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2309.170427
,2017, 'Increased Syphilis Testing of Men Who Have Sex With Men: Greater Detection of Asymptomatic Early Syphilis and Relative Reduction in Secondary Syphilis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65, pp. 389 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix326
,2017, 'A snapshot of Chlamydia trachomatis genetic diversity using multilocus sequence type analysis in an Australian metropolitan setting', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 36, pp. 1297 - 1303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-017-2935-6
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