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Journal articles
2014, 'Extended treatment with pegylated interferon alfa/ribavirin in patients with genotype 2/3 chronic hepatitis C who do not achieve a rapid virological response: final analysis of the randomised N-CORE trial', Hepatology International, 8, pp. 517 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12072-014-9555-3
,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
,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
,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, 'Regression of advanced fibrosis following virological response to anti-HCV therapy', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 29, pp. 85 - 85
,2014, 'Safety and efficacy of telaprevir and boceprevir in the "real world": an Australian experience', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 29, pp. 85 - 86
,2014, 'Markers of hepatitis B infection and immunity in patients attending Aboriginal community controlled health services', Medical Journal of Australia, 201, pp. 339 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja14.00121
,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, 'Lipopolysaccharide, immune activation, and liver abnormalities in HIV/hepatitis B virus (HBV)-coinfected individuals receiving HBV-active combination antiretroviral therapy', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 210, pp. 745 - 751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu119
,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
,2014, 'Declining incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting, 1996-2012', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e97726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097726
,2014, 'Hepatitis C disease burden and strategies to manage the burden (Guest Editors Mark Thursz, Gregory Dore and John Ward)', Journal of viral hepatitis, 21, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12253
,2014, 'Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in selected countries', Journal of viral hepatitis, 21, pp. 5 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12247
,2014, 'Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease burden', Journal of viral hepatitis, 21, pp. 60 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12249
,2014, 'The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with today's treatment paradigm', Journal of viral hepatitis, 21, pp. 34 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12248
,2014, 'Seminal HCV RNA level may mirror dynamics of plasma HCV RNA in HIV-infected men with acute HCV', HIV MEDICINE, 15, pp. 8 - 8
,2014, 'The majority of acute HCV infection in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (HIV plus MSM) is transmitted permucosally in the context of HIV serosorting in Australia', HIV MEDICINE, 15, pp. 137 - 137
,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
,2014, 'Modeling the impact of early antiretroviral therapy for adults coinfected with HIV and hepatitis B or C in South Africa', AIDS, 28, pp. s35 - s46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qad.0000000000000084
,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
,2014, 'Barriers and facilitators for assessment and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in the opioid substitution treatment setting: Insights from the ETHOS study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 21, pp. 560 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12183
,2014, 'Biomarkers of inflammation, coagulation and microbial translocation in HIV/HCV co-infected patients in the SMART study', Journal of Clinical Virology, 60, pp. 295 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2014.03.017
,2014, 'Can hepatitis C virus infection be eradicated in people who inject drugs?', Antiviral Research, 104, pp. 62 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.01.002
,2014, 'Continued low uptake of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in a large community-based cohort of inner city residents', Liver International, 34, pp. 1198 - 1206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.12370
,2014, 'Delivery of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in the primary care setting', European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 26, pp. 1003 - 1009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0000000000000150
,2014, 'Delivery of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in the primary care setting', Journal of Nursing Administration, 44, pp. 1003 - 1009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEG.0000000000000150
,2014, 'Disease progression during advanced fibrosis: IL28B genotype or HCV RNA levels?', Hepatology, 59, pp. 1650 - 1651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26675
,2014, 'Distribution of interferon lambda-3 gene polymorphisms in Australian patients with previously untreated genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C: Analysis from the PREDICT and CHARIOT studies', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 29, pp. 179 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12424
,2014, 'Enhanced antiviral treatment efficacy and uptake in preventing the rising burden of hepatitis C-related liver disease and costs in Australia', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 29, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12677
,2014, 'Interleukin-28B rs12979860 C allele: Protective against advanced fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 29, pp. 1458 - 1462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12544
,2014, 'ITPA genotype protects against anemia during peginterferon and ribavirin therapy but does not influence virological response', Hepatology, 59, pp. 2152 - 2160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.27022
,2014, 'Lower life expectancy among people with an HCV notification: A population-based linkage study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 21, pp. e10 - e18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12245
,2014, 'Simeprevir with pegylated interferon alfa 2a plus ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection (QUEST-1): A phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial', The Lancet, 384, pp. 403 - 413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60494-3
,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
,2014, '2014 Hepatology referees (volumes 59 and 60)', Hepatology, 60, pp. 2236 - 2240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.27589
,2014, 'How to build trustworthy hepatitis C services in an opioid treatment clinic? A qualitative study of clients and health workers in a co-located setting', International Journal of Drug Policy, 25, pp. 865 - 870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.01.011
,2013, 'Client and staff experiences of a co-located service for hepatitis C care in opioid substitution treatment settings in New South Wales, Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 133, pp. 529 - 534, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.07.023
,2013, 'Once-daily simeprevir (TMC435) with pegylated interferon and ribavirin in treatment-naïve genotype 1 hepatitis C: The randomized PILLAR study', Hepatology, 58, pp. 1918 - 1929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26641
,2013, 'Plasma interferon-gamma-inducible protein-10 levels are associated with early, but not sustained virological response during treatment of acute or early chronic HCV infection', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e80003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080003
,2013, 'Hepatitis C virus treatment for prevention among people who inject drugs: Modeling treatment scale-up in the age of direct-acting antivirals', Hepatology, 58, pp. 1598 - 1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.26431
,2013, 'Daclatasvir combined with peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin for 12 or 16 weeks in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3 infection: COMMAND GT2/3 study', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 28, pp. 155 - 156
,2013, 'Elimination of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs through treatment as prevention: Feasibility and future requirements', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, pp. 1014 - 1020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit377
,2013, 'Management and outcomes of side effects with focus on anaemia in patients with hepatitis c genotype 1 infection: The telaprevir early access program in patients from Australia and New Zealand', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 28, pp. 168 - 169
,2013, 'RBV pharmacokinetics explain the relationship between on-treatment anaemia and SVR, which is independent of ITPA genotype: analysis from the CHARIOT study', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 28, pp. 171 - 172
,2013, 'Treatment of hepatitis c genotype 1 patients with severe fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis: The telaprevir early access program in patients from Australia and New Zealand', JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, 28, pp. 169 - 169
,2013, 'Epidemiology and natural history of HCV infection', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 10, pp. 553 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2013.107
,2013, 'Assessment and treatment of hepatitis c virus infection among people who inject drugs in the opioid substitution setting: ETHOS study', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, pp. s62 - s69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit305
,2013, 'Recommendations for the management of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, pp. s129 - s137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit302
,2013, 'Treatment of hepatitis c virus infection among people who are actively injecting drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, pp. s80 - s89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit306
,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
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