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Journal articles
2018, 'Uptake of direct-acting antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 640 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12852
,2018, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 1889 - 1896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy114
,2018, 'Mortality trends among people with hepatitis B and C: A population-based linkage study, 1993-2012', BMC Infectious Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3110-0
,2018, 'Reply to: “‘Who killed JR’: Chronic hepatitis C or alcohol use disorders?”', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. 1099 - 1100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.12.021
,2018, 'Striving for hepatitis C virus elimination or control?', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 295 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30080-3
,2018, 'Trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and survival among people with hepatitis C: An international study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 473 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12837
,2018, 'Longitudinal injecting risk behaviours among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting: The HITS-p study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 54, pp. 18 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.013
,2018, 'A172 C-EDGE CO-STAR: RISK OF REINFECTION FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL THERAPY WITH ELBASVIR (EBR) AND GRAZOPREVIR (GZR) IN PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID) RECEIVING OPIOD AGONIST THERAPY (OAT)', Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 1, pp. 299 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwy008.173
,2018, 'A239 QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF 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', Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 1, pp. 419 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwy008.240
,2018, 'Determinants of survival following hepatocellular carcinoma in Egyptian patients with untreated chronic HCV infection in the pre-DAA era', Arab Journal of Gastroenterology, 19, pp. 26 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajg.2018.02.004
,2018, 'Reply to: “Direct antiviral agents and risk of HCC: Waiting for Godot”', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. 616 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.10.002
,2018, 'Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for hepatitis C virus infection in people with recent injection drug use (SIMPLIFY): an open-label, single-arm, phase 4, multicentre trial', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30404-1
,2018, 'The contribution of alcohol use disorder to decompensated cirrhosis among people with hepatitis C: An international study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. 393 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.10.019
,2018, 'Observations on the launch of new drugs for hepatitis C', Australian Prescriber, 41, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2018.005
,2018, 'Restrictions for reimbursement of interferon-free direct-acting antiviral drugs for HCV infection in Europe', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30284-4
,2018, 'Sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antiviral therapies for HCV in people receiving opioid substitution therapy: An analysis of phase 3 studies', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy001
,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
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