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Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Syphilis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia, 2013-2019

Ei Thu, Aung; Fairley, Christopher K; Ong, Jason Jiat Shern; Chen, Marcus; Phillips, Tiffany Renee; Tran, Phuc Hoang; Samra, Ranjit; Chow, Eric Pui Fung

(2023), Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(2), ofad017

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad017

Neurosyphilis-related hospital admissions, Australia, 2007–20

Ei Thu, Aung; Chen, Marcus; Fairley, Christopher K; Ong, Jason Jiat Shern; Chow, Eric Pui Fung

(2023), MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 218(4), 180-181

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51830

Predicting vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 over time and against variants

Cromer, Deborah; Steain, Megan C.; Reynaldi, Arnold; Schlub, Timothy E; Khan, Shanchita R.; Sasson, Sarah C.; Kent, Stephen; Khoury, David S.; Davenport, Miles Philip

(2023), Nature Communications, 14(1), 1633

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37176-7

Mpox knowledge, vaccination and intention to reduce sexual risk practices among men who have sex with men and transgender people in response to the 2022 mpox outbreak

Chow, Eric Pui Fung; Samra, Ranjit; Bradshaw, Catriona Susan; Chen, Marcus; Williamson, Deborah A.; Towns, Janet Mary; Maddaford, Kate; Mercury, Finn; Fairley, Christopher K

(2023), Sexual Health, 20(5), 390–402

DOI: 10.1071/SH23075

Understanding the duration of tongue kissing among female sex workers for potential oropharyngeal-oropharyngeal gonorrhoea transmission

Chow, Eric Pui Fung; Lew, Chen; Tran, Phuc Hoang; Phillips, Tiffany Renee; Maddaford, Kate; Fairley, Christopher K

(2023), Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99(1), 75-76

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2022-055444

Accessing first doses of mpox vaccine made available in Victoria, Australia

Chow, Eric Pui Fung; Chen, Marcus; Bradshaw, Catriona Susan; Towns, Janet Mary; Fairley, Christopher K

(2023), LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC, 31

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100712

Web-Based Harm Reduction Intervention for Chemsex in Men Who Have Sex With Men

Choi, Edmond Pui Hang; Choi, Kitty W.Y.; Wu, Chanchan; Chau, Pui Hing; Kwok, Jojo Yan Yan; Wong, William Chi Wai; Chow, Eric Pui Fung

(2023), JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9

DOI: 10.2196/42902

Cost-effectiveness of treating serendipitously diagnosed anal pre-cancerous lesions among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV

Cheng, Qinglu; Poynten, Isobel Mary; Jin, Fengyi; Grulich, Andrew Edwin; Ong, Jason Jiat Shern; Hillman, Richard J; Hruby, George; Howard, Kirsten; Newall, Anthony T.; Boettiger, David Charles

(2023), LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC, 37

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100756

Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating anal pre-cancerous lesions among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV

Cheng, Qinglu; Poynten, Isobel Mary; Jin, Fengyi; Grulich, Andrew Edwin; Ong, Jason Jiat Shern; Hillman, Richard J; Hruby, George; Howard, Kirsten; Newall, Anthony T.; Boettiger, David Charles

(2023), LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC, 32, 100676

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100676

Disease Burden and the Accumulation of Multimorbidity of Noncommunicable Diseases in a Rural Population in Henan, China

Chen, Ying; Pan, Mingming; He, Yaling; Dong, Xiaokang; Hu, Ze; Hou, Jian; Bao, Yining; Yang, Jing; Yuchi, Yinghao; Li, Ruiying; Zhu, Linghui; Kang, Ning; Liao, Wei; Li, Shuoyi; Wang, Chong Jian; Zhang, Lei

(2023), JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9

DOI: 10.2196/43381

Sexually acquired enteric infections among men who have sex with men

Chen, Marcus; Williamson, Deborah A.

(2023), LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 23(6), 644-645

DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00813-1

A Systematic Review of Kissing as a Risk Factor for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea or Chlamydia

Charleson, Finley J.; Tran, Phuc Hoang; Kolobaric, Adam; Case, Richard; Fairley, Christopher K; Hocking, Jane Simone; Chow, Eric Pui Fung

(2023), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 50(7), 395-401

DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001777

Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011-2019

Carter, A; Mcmanus, H; Ward, J. S.; Vickers, T; Asselin, J; Baillie, G; Chow, E. P. F.; Chen, M.Y.; Fairley, C.K.; Bourne, C; McNulty, A; Read, P; Heath, K; Ryder, N; McCloskey, J; Carmody, C; McCormack, H; Alexander, K; Casey, D; Stoove, M; Hellard, M.t E.; Donovan, Bl; Guy, R. J.

(2023), MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 218(5), 223-228

DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51864

Comparison of Seegene AnyPlexTM II STI-7e with standard-of-care diagnostic methods for the detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis

Bodiybadu, Kaveesha; Danielewski, Jennifer A.; Plummer, Erica Louise; Bradshaw, Catriona Susan; Machalek, Dorothy A.; Garland, Suzanne M; Simos, Lenka; Murray, Gerald Laurence

(2023), Letters in Applied Microbiology, 76(1), ovac002

DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovac002

Miscarriage Australia: the use of a human centered design approach to design and develop a website for those affected by miscarriage

Bilardi, Jade Elissa; Webb, Amy Nur Syahira; Trieu, Van Hau Trieu; Sharp, Gemma Victoria; McIntosh, Jennifer Gaye; Temple-Smith, Meredith J.

(2023), Frontiers in Public Health, 11

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1128768

We know all too well the significant psychological impact of miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage

Bilardi, Jade Elissa; Temple-Smith, Meredith J.

(2023), Fertility and Sterility, 120(5), 937-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.08.951

A systematic narrative review of psychological interventions available in the antenatal period to prepare parents for parenting

Bellhouse, Clare; Newman, Louise Kathryn; Bilardi, Jade Elissa; Temple-Smith, Meredith J.

(2023), Current Psychology, 42(11), 8733–8746

DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-02138-z

Phenotypic and functional characterization of pharmacologically expanded Vγ9Vδ2 T cells in pigtail macaques

Barber-Axthelm, Isaac; Wragg, Kathleen M.; Esterbauer, Robyn; Amarasena, Thakshila H; Barber-Axthelm, Valerie R.B.; Wheatley, Adam Kenneth; Gibbon, Anne Margaret; Kent, Stephen; Juno, Jennifer A.

(2023), iScience, 26(3), 106269

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106269

Randomised controlled trials of behavioural nudges delivered through text messages to increase influenza and COVID-19 vaccines among pregnant women (the EPIC study)

Andraweera, P. H.; Wang, Bing; Danchin, Margaret; Blyth, Christopher C; Vlaev, Ivo; Ong, Jason Jiat Shern; Dodd, Jodie; Couper, Jennifer J; Sullivan, Thomas; Karnon, Jonathan D.; Spurrier, Nicola ; Cusack, Michael; Mordaunt, Dylan ; Simatos, Dimi; Dekker,

(2023), Trials, 24(1), 454

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07485-9

Prime-boost, double-dose influenza vaccine immunity in COPD

Anderson, Gary P.; Irving, Lou; Jarnicki, Andrew Gregory; Kedzierska, Katherine; Koutsakos, Marios; Kent, Stephen; Hurt, Aeron C.; Wheatley, Adam Kenneth; Nguyen, Thi H.O.; Snape, Natale; Upham, John W

(2023), ERJ Open Research, 9(2), 00641-2021

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00641-2021