Select Publications
Journal articles
2018, 'Glecaprevir-pibrentasvir for 8 or 12 weeks in HCV genotype 1 or 3 infection', New England Journal of Medicine, 378, pp. 354 - 369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1702417
,2018, 'HCV avidity as a tool for detection of recent HCV infection: Sensitivity depends on HCV genotype', Journal of Medical Virology, 90, pp. 120 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24919
,2018, 'The Effect of Female Sex on Hepatitis C Incidence among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the International Multicohort InC3 Collaborative', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 20 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix768
,2018, 'Efficacy and safety of Elbasvir/Grazoprevir in women infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 or 4 and co-administered oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. S264 - S265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(18)30742-6
,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, 'Hepatocellular carcinoma risk following direct-acting antiviral HCV therapy: A systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regression', Journal of Hepatology, 67, pp. 1204 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.07.025
,2017, 'Direct-Acting antiviral agents for HCV infection affecting people who inject drugs', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 14, pp. 641 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2017.106
,2017, 'Late hepatitis B and C diagnosis in relation to disease decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma development', Journal of Hepatology, 67, pp. 909 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.06.025
,2017, 'Estimating HCV disease burden—volume 4 (editorial)', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 4 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12763
,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, '‘I didn't want to let it go too far.’ The decisions and experiences of people who inject drugs who received a liver disease assessment as part of a liver health promotion campaign: The LiveRLife study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 153 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.06.001
,2017, 'Changes in risk behaviours during and following treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 230 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.040
,2017, 'Delivering direct acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C to highly marginalised and current drug injecting populations in a targeted primary health care setting', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 209 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.032
,2017, 'Efficacy of response-guided directly observed pegylated interferon and self-administered ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 177 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.020
,2017, 'Estimating the cascade of hepatitis C testing, care and treatment among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 77 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.022
,2017, 'Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A systematic review', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 34 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.002
,2017, 'Ongoing incident hepatitis C virus infection among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting, 2005-2014: The HITS-p study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 733 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12701
,2017, 'Research priorities to achieve universal access to hepatitis C prevention, management and direct-acting antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.019
,2017, 'Glecaprevir and pibrentasvir yield high response rates in patients with HCV genotype 1–6 without cirrhosis', Journal of Hepatology, 67, pp. 263 - 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.03.039
,2017, 'Commentary on Gountas et al. (2017): Time to focus on empirical evidence for HCV treatment as prevention', Addiction, 112, pp. 1300 - 1301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13796
,2017, 'Efficacy of 8 Weeks of Sofosbuvir, Velpatasvir, and Voxilaprevir in Patients With Chronic HCV Infection: 2 Phase 3 Randomized Trials', Gastroenterology, 153, pp. 113 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2017.03.047
,2017, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30075-4
,2017, 'Hepatitis C virus core antigen: A simplified treatment monitoring tool, including for post-treatment relapse', Journal of Clinical Virology, 92, pp. 32 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2017.05.007
,2017, 'Adherence to response-guided pegylated interferon and ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2517-3
,2017, 'HCV Cure and Reinfection Among People With HIV/HCV Coinfection and People Who Inject Drugs', Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 14, pp. 110 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11904-017-0358-8
,2017, 'A molecular transmission network of recent hepatitis C infection in people with and without HIV: Implications for targeted treatment strategies', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 404 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12652
,2017, 'HCV reinfection incidence among individuals treated for recent infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 359 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12666
,2017, 'IFN-λ3, not IFN-λ4, likely mediates IFNL3-IFNL4 haplotype-dependent hepatic inflammation and fibrosis', Nature Genetics, 49, pp. 795 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3836
,2017, 'NS5A resistance-associated substitutions in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus: Prevalence and effect on treatment outcome', Journal of Hepatology, 66, pp. 910 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.01.007
,2017, 'Geographic differences in temporal incidence trends of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The InC3 collaboration', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64, pp. 860 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw869
,2017, 'HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) REINFECTION AND INJECTION RISK BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING ELBASVIR/GRAZOPREVIR (EBR/GZR) TREATMENT IN PATIENTS ON OPIOID AGONIST THERAPY (OAT): CO-STAR THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY', GASTROENTEROLOGY, 152, pp. S1058 - S1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(17)33575-8
,2017, 'Limited naturally occurring escape in broadly neutralizing antibody epitopes in hepatitis C glycoprotein E2 and constrained sequence usage in acute infection', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 49, pp. 88 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.01.006
,2017, 'Treatment of HCV in persons who inject drugs: Treatment as prevention', Clinical Liver Disease, 9, pp. 77 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cld.626
,2017, 'Importation of generic hepatitis C therapies: bridging the gap between price and access in high-income countries', The Lancet, 389, pp. 1268 - 1272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32051-7
,2017, 'Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: A modelling study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 161 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30181-9
,2017, 'Analysis of resistance-associated substitutions in acute hepatitis C virus infection by deep sequencing across six genotypes and three continents', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 37 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12615
,2017, 'Chronic hepatitis C burden and care cascade in Australia in the era of interferon-based treatment', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 32, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.13453
,2017, 'Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among People with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and a History of Injecting Drug Use in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Addiction Medicine, 11, pp. 10 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000261
,2017, 'Elimination of HCV as a public health concern among people who inject drugs by 2030 - What will it take to get there', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20, pp. 22146, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.22146
,2017, 'Factors associated with HBV virological breakthrough', Antiviral Therapy, 22, pp. 53 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP3087
,2017, 'Phylogenetic analysis of full-length, early infection, hepatitis C virus genomes among people with intravenous drug use: the InC3 Study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 43 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12616
,2017, 'Real-world efficacy and safety of ritonavir-boosted paritaprevir, ombitasvir, dasabuvir ± ribavirin for hepatitis C genotype 1 – final results of the REV1TAL study', Antiviral Therapy, 22, pp. 699 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP3168
,2017, 'Sequencing of hepatitis C virus for detection of resistance to direct-acting antiviral therapy: A systematic review', Hepatology Communications, 1, pp. 379 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1050
,2017, 'Survival following hospitalization with hepatocellular carcinoma among people notified with hepatitis B or C virus in Australia (2000-2014)', Hepatology Communications, 1, pp. 736 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1073
,2017, 'O1 Hepatitis C: the treatment landscape in 2017', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30884-0
,2017, 'O13 Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in people with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and recent injecting drug use: the SIMPLIFY study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 5 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30896-7
,2017, 'O16 A regional prison cleared of hepatitis C in less than 12 months', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 6 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30899-2
,2017, 'O21 HCV reinfection and injecting risk behaviour following elbasvir/grazoprevir treatment in patients on opioid agonist therapy: Co-STAR three year follow-up study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 8 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30904-3
,2017, 'O23 Characterisation of populations with hepatitis C to improve access to antiviral therapy programs: a population-based linkage study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 9 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30906-7
,2017, 'O6 Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in two maximum-security prisons in New South Wales, Australia: the StoP-C study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 2 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30889-x
,