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2024, 'Assessing the effects of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on the risk of household transmission during delta variant circulation: a population-based data linkage cohort study', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100930
,2024, 'Corneal pannus, Herbert’s pits and conjunctival inflammation in older children in Papua New Guinea', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2023.2273507
,2024, 'Effectiveness of one and two doses of ivermectin mass drug administration in reducing the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in Western Province, Solomon Islands: a cluster-randomised, before-after analysis', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100942
,2024, 'Access to and utilization of COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) among people living with HIV (PLWH): A mixed methods study from Cambodia.', PLOS Glob Public Health, 4, pp. e0002940, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002940
,2024, 'The impact of blood donation deferral strategies on the eligibility of men who have sex with men and other sexual risk behavior in Australia', Transfusion, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/trf.17732
,2023, 'Community-wide versus school-based targeted deworming for soil-transmitted helminth control in school-aged children in Vietnam: the CoDe-STH cluster-randomised controlled trial', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100920
,2023, 'Detection of dengue virus infection in children presenting with fever in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35143-2
,2023, 'Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths using quantitative PCR and risk factors for hookworm and Necator americanus infection in school children in Dak Lak province, Vietnam', Parasites and Vectors, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05809-x
,2023, 'Removal of UK-donor deferral for variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: A large donation gain in Australia', Vox Sanguinis, 118, pp. 891 - 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vox.13510
,2023, 'Carcinogenicity of aspartame, methyleugenol, and isoeugenol', The Lancet. Oncology, 24, pp. 848 - 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00341-8
,2023, 'Perceived risk of HIV transmission by blood transfusion among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Australia', Transfusion, 63, pp. 1528 - 1537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/trf.17456
,2023, 'Prevalence of blood donation eligibility in Australia: A population survey', Transfusion, 63, pp. 1519 - 1527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/trf.17474
,2023, 'Complex intervention to promote human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake in school settings: A cluster-randomized trial', Preventive Medicine, 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2023.107542
,2023, 'The impact of ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine citrate, and albendazole mass drug administration on the prevalence of scabies and soil-transmitted helminths in school-aged children in three municipalities in Timor-Leste: a before–after assessment', The Lancet Global Health, 11, pp. e924 - e932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00134-1
,2023, 'One versus two doses of ivermectin-based mass drug administration for the control of scabies: A cluster randomised non-inferiority trial', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011207
,2023, 'High Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1c Proviral Loads Are Associated With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Results of a Cross-Sectional Community Survey in Central Australia', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, pp. E820 - E826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac614
,2023, 'Acute air pollution and temperature exposure as independent and joint triggers of spontaneous preterm birth in New South Wales, Australia: a time-to-event analysis', Frontiers in Public Health, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1220797
,2023, 'Beyond patient delay, navigating structural health system barriers to timely care and treatment in a high burden TB setting in Papua New Guinea', Global Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2023.2184482
,2023, 'Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Mass Drug Administration to Eliminate Trachoma as a Public Health Problem in Malawi', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2023.2194409
,2023, 'HIV treatment-as-prevention and its effect on incidence of HIV among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Australia: a 10-year longitudinal cohort study', The Lancet HIV, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2352-3018(23)00050-4
,2022, 'Clinical management and outcomes of acute febrile illness in children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07424-0
,2022, 'Differences in diagnosis, management, and outcomes of acute febrile illness by health facility level in southern Ethiopia', Scientific Reports, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23641-8
,2022, 'Experiences of risk in Australian hotel quarantine: a qualitative study', BMC Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13339-x
,2022, 'Hepatitis C seroprevalence among people living with HIV/AIDS and pregnant women in four provinces in Cambodia: an integrated bio-behavioral survey', BMC Infectious Diseases, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07163-2
,2022, 'Measuring school level attributable risk to support school-based HPV vaccination programs', BMC Public Health, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13088-x
,2022, 'Sexual and reproductive health needs and practices of female sex workers in Papua New Guinea: findings from a biobehavioral survey Kauntim mi tu (‘Count me too’)', Archives of Public Health, 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00926-y
,2022, 'Simplified clinical algorithm for immediate antiretroviral therapy initiation: The HATI [HIV awal (early) Test & Treat in Indonesia] implementation research in Indonesia', Indian Journal of Medical Research, 156, pp. 729 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_239_23
,2022, 'Uncertainty and agency in COVID-19 hotel quarantine in Australia', SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2021.100034
,2022, 'Clinical signs of trachoma and laboratory evidence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a remote Queensland community: a serial cross-sectional study', Medical Journal of Australia, 217, pp. 538 - 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51735
,2022, 'Belonging, social connection and non-clinical care: Experiences of HIV peer support among recently diagnosed people living with HIV in Australia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e4793 - e4801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13886
,2022, 'Longitudinal Characterization of Phagocytic and Neutralization Functions of Anti-Spike Antibodies in Plasma of Patients after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection', Journal of Immunology, 209, pp. 1499 - 1512, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2200272
,2022, 'Hepatitis B prevalence in women giving birth in the Northern Territory, Australia, 2005-2015', Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.62
,2022, 'Mass Drug Administration for the Control of Scabies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75, pp. 959 - 967, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac042
,2022, 'Exploring Tuberculosis Riskscapes in a Papua New Guinean ‘Hotspot’', Qualitative Health Research, 32, pp. 1747 - 1762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323221111912
,2022, 'Point-of-care HPV DNA testing of self-collected specimens and same-day thermal ablation for the early detection and treatment of cervical pre-cancer in women in Papua New Guinea: a prospective, single-arm intervention trial (HPV-STAT)', The Lancet Global Health, 10, pp. e1336 - e1346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00271-6
,2022, 'Adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes associated with Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum: A systematic review and meta-analysis', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062990
,2022, 'Evaluation of serological assays for SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing from dried blood spots collected from cohorts with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection: SARS-CoV-2 detection from dried blood spots', Journal of Clinical Virology Plus, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcvp.2022.100093
,2022, 'Risk of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease transmission by blood transfusion in Australia', Vox Sanguinis, 117, pp. 1016 - 1026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/vox.13290
,2022, 'The acceptability and usability of two HIV self‐test kits among men who have sex with men: a randomised crossover trial', Medical Journal of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51641
,2022, 'Serological testing of blood donors to characterise the impact of COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia, 2020', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265858
,2022, 'The body distribution of scabies skin lesions', JEADV Clinical Practice, 1, pp. 111 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jvc2.26
,2022, 'Timely health care seeking and first source of care for acute febrile illness in children in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269725
,2022, 'The Importance of Partnership in the Rollout of Triple-Drug Therapy to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis in the Pacific', The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 106, pp. 39 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-1085
,2022, 'Surveillance systems to monitor antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a global, systematic review, 1 January 2012 to 27 September 2020', Eurosurveillance, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.18.2100917
,2022, 'Prevention of bacterial complications of scabies using mass drug administration: A population-based, before-after trial in Fiji, 2018–2020', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100433
,2022, 'The response to COVID-19 among drug retail outlets in Indonesia: A cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100420
,2022, 'A national survey integrating clinical, laboratory, and WASH data to determine the typology of trachoma in Nauru', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010275
,2022, 'Clinical and Public Health Implications of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/cmr.00078-21
,2022, 'Discord between presence of follicular conjunctivitis and Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a single Torres Strait Island community: a cross-sectional survey', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 155 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13179
,2022, 'Preferences for HIV testing services and HIV self-testing distribution among migrant gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia', Frontiers in Medicine, 9, pp. 839479 - 839479, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.839479
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