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Journal articles
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
,2014, 'Effectiveness of Palivizumab in Preventing RSV Hospitalization in High Risk Children: A Real‐World Perspective', International Journal of Pediatrics, 2014, pp. 571609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/571609
,2013, 'The cyclin-dependent kinase ortholog pUL97 of human cytomegalovirus interacts with cyclins', Viruses, 5, pp. 3213 - 3230, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v5123213
,2013, 'Detecting human papillomavirus in ocular surface diseases', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 54, pp. 8069 - 8078, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.13-13140
,2013, 'Human cytomegalovirus directly modulates expression of chemokine CCL2 (MCP-1) during viral replication', Journal of General Virology, 94, pp. 2495 - 2503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.052878-0
,2013, 'Enterovirus infection, Beta cell apoptosis and type 1 diabetes', Microbiology Australia, 34, pp. 153 - 156, http://www.asmwa.com.au/Publications/microbiology_australia_journal
,2013, 'Updated international consensus guidelines on the management of cytomegalovirus in solid-organ transplantation', Transplantation, 96, pp. 333 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e31829df29d
,2013, 'Environmental determinants of islet autoimmunity (ENDIA): A pregnancy to early life cohort study in children at-risk of type 1 diabetes', BMC Pediatrics, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-13-124
,2013, 'International survey of cytomegalovirus management in solid organ transplantation after the publication of consensus guidelines', Transplantation, 95, pp. 1455 - 1460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e31828ee12e
,2013, 'Discordant hepatitis C serological testing in Australia and the implications for organ transplant programs', Journal of Clinical Virology, 57, pp. 19 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2012.12.019
,2013, 'Maribavir use in practice for cytomegalovirus infection in french transplantation centers', Transplantation Proceedings, 45, pp. 1603 - 1607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.01.082
,2013, 'A pilot study to determine the feasibility of collecting amniotic fluid samples from women during labour and measuring amniotic fluid lactate at point of care', BMC Research Notes, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-112
,2013, 'Influenza antiviral resistance in the Asia-Pacific region during 2011', Antiviral Research, 97, pp. 206 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.12.016
,2013, 'Maintenance of Th1 hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific responses in individuals with acute HCV who achieve sustained virological clearance after treatment', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 28, pp. 1770 - 1781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12265
,2013, 'The reliability of HBV core antibody in serological screening for hepatitis B virus', Pathology, 45, pp. 501 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283631cf9
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