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Journal articles
2016, 'Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: A review of prevalence, clinical features, diagnosis and prevention', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 56, pp. 9 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12408
,2016, 'Respiratory syncytial virus is present in the neonatal intensive care unit', Journal of Medical Virology, 88, pp. 196 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24325
,2016, 'Serum Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 (LILRA3) is increased in patients with multiple sclerosis and is a strong independent indicator of disease severity; 6.7kbp LILRA3 gene deletion is not associated with diseases susceptibility', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0149200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149200
,2016, 'The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: Findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 16, pp. 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2727-4
,2016, 'Human cytomegalovirus modulates expression of noncanonical Wnt receptor ROR2 to alter trophoblast migration', Journal of Virology, 90, pp. 1108 - 1115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02588-15
,2016, 'New insight into the phosphorylation-regulated intranuclear localization of human cytomegalovirus pUL69 mediated by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and viral CDK orthologue pUL97', Journal of General Virology, 97, pp. 144 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000337
,2016, 'Comparison of enteric protozoan infections in four Australian hospitals: variable tests and variable results', Parasitology Open, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/pao.2016.7
,2016, 'Erratum to Cytomegalovirus pUL50 is the multi-interacting determinant of the core nuclear egress complex (NEC) that recruits cellular accessory NEC components.', J Gen Virol, 97, pp. 2461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000599
,2015, 'High burden of RSV hospitalization in very young children: a data linkage study', Epidemiology and Infection, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815003015
,2015, 'Obituary: Professor Geoffrey Randolph Shellam', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 36, pp. 200 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA15069
,2015, 'Descriptive epidemiology of infectious gastrointestinal illnesses in Sydney, Australia, 2007-2010', Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSAR, 6, pp. 7 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/WPSAR.2015.6.2.006
,2015, 'Injecting risk behaviours following treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The Australian Trial in Acute Hepatitis C', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 976 - 983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.003
,2015, 'Congenital cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: a review of prevalence, clinical features, diagnosis and prevention', Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol., http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12408
,2015, 'Barriers to HIV testing and characteristics associated with never testing among gay and bisexual men attending sexual health clinics in Sydney', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 18, pp. 20221, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.18.1.20221
,2015, 'Virological diagnosis of Ebolavirus infection', Pathology, 47, pp. 410 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0000000000000292
,2015, 'Dual Intervention to Increase Chlamydia Retesting: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Three Populations', American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 49, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.01.014
,2015, 'Stimulatory effects of human cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp71 lead to increased expression of CCL2 (monocyte chemotactic protein-1) during infection', Journal of General Virology, 96, pp. 1855 - 1862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.000101
,2015, 'Personal clothing as a potential vector of respiratory virus transmission in childcare settings', Journal of Medical Virology, 87, pp. 925 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24102
,2015, 'A signal-to-cutoff ratio in the abbott architect HIV Ag/Ab combo assay that predicts subsequent confirmation of HIV-1 infection in a low-prevalence setting', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 1709 - 1711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03583-14
,2015, 'Effect of testing experience and profession on provider acceptability of rapid HIV testing after implementation in public sexual health clinics in Sydney', HIV Medicine, 16, pp. 280 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12209
,2015, 'Rapid HIV testing is highly acceptable and preferred among high-risk gay and bisexual men after implementation in Sydney sexual health clinics', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0123814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123814
,2015, 'Investigation of occult hepatitis B virus infection in anti-HBc positive patients from a liver clinic', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0117275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117275
,2015, 'Rhinoviruses significantly affect day-to-day respiratory symptoms of children with asthma', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 135, pp. 663 - 669.e12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2014.10.020
,2015, 'Sleep position, fetal growth restriction, and late-pregnancy stillbirth: The sydney stillbirth study', Obstetrics and Gynecology, 125, pp. 347 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000000627
,2015, 'The contrasting phylodynamics of human influenza B viruses', eLife, 2015, pp. e05055, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.05055
,2015, 'Absence of back to school peaks in human rhinovirus detections and respiratory symptoms in a cohort of children with asthma', Journal of Medical Virology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24371
,2015, 'Ex vivo model of congenital cytomegalovirus infection and new combination therapies', Placenta, 36, pp. 41 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2014.11.003
,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
,2015, 'MicroRNAs – The Link between Type 1 Diabetes and the Environment?', Non-coding RNAs in Endocrinology, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/749734
,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
,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
,2014, 'Characterization and risk of blood-borne virus transmission in organ transplantation: What are the priorities?', Future Virology, 9, pp. 1049 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fvl.14.94
,2014, 'Prolonged second diagnostic window for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in a fourth-generation immunoassay: Are alternative testing strategies required?', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, pp. 4105 - 4108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01573-14
,2014, 'Dynamics of HCV RNA Levels During Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection', Journal of Medical Virology, 86, pp. 1722 - 1729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24010
,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
,2014, 'The global eradication of smallpox and the work of Frank Fenner', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 35, pp. 165 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA14043
,2014, 'Universal newborn screening for congenital CMV infection: What is the evidence of potential benefit?', Reviews in Medical Virology, 24, pp. 291 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmv.1790
,2014, 'Prevention of Congenital Cytomegalovirus by Maternal and Neonatal Treatments: A Systematic Review', Medical Virology
,2014, 'Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Prevention', Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy
,2014, 'Human cytomegalovirus replication is strictly inhibited by siRNAs targeting UL54, UL97 or UL122/123 gene transcripts', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e97231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097231
,2014, 'Inaccurate ascertainment of morbidity and mortality due to influenza in administrative databases: A population-based record linkage study', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e98446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098446
,2014, 'Rationale and design of REACT: A randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of home-collection to increase chlamydia retesting and detect repeat positive tests', BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-223
,2014, 'The emergence and evolution of the novel epidemic norovirus GII.4 variant Sydney 2012', Virology, 450-451, pp. 106 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2013.12.005
,2014, 'A validation study: Assessing the reliability of the hand held StatStripXPress lactate meter to test lactate in amniotic fluid', BMC Research Notes, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-935
,2014, 'Congenital cytomegalovirus infection is associated with high maternal socio-economic status and corresponding low maternal cytomegalovirus seropositivity', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50, pp. 368 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12502
,2014, 'Differential properties of cytomegalovirus pUL97 kinase isoforms affect viral replication and maribavir susceptibility', Journal of Virology, 88, pp. 4776 - 4785, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00192-14
,2014, 'Hepatitis C testing and status among opioid substitution treatment clients in New South Wales', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 160 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12173
,2014, 'Improved detection of gastrointestinal pathogens using generalised sample processing and amplification panels', Pathology, 46, pp. 53 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0000000000000022
,2014, 'Proteomic analysis of the multimeric nuclear egress complex of human cytomegalovirus', Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 13, pp. 2132 - 2146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/mcp.M113.035782
,2014, 'Book Review', The Veterinary Journal, 202, pp. e2 - e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.10.013
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