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Levels of regulatory B cells do not predict serological responses to hepatitis B vaccine

Bolther, Maria; Andersen, Karen Lise Dahl; Tolstrup, Martin; Visvanathan, Kumar; Woolley, Ian; Skinner, Narelle; Millen, Rosemary; Warner, Nadia; østergaard, Lars; Jensen-Fangel, Søren

(2018), Hum Vaccin Immunother, 14(6), 1483-1488

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1441653

Optimization of a meropenem-tobramycin combination dosage regimen against hypermutable and nonhypermutable pseudomonas aeruginosa via mechanism-based modeling and the hollow-fiber infection model

Landersdorfer, Cornelia B.; Rees, Vanessa E.; Yadav, Rajbharan; Rogers, Kate E.; Kim, Tae Hwan; Bergen, Phillip J.; Cheah, Soon-Ee; Boyce, John D.; Peleg, Anton Y.; Oliver, Antonio; Shin, Beom Soo; Nation, Roger L.; Bulitta, J

(2018), Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 62(4), e02055-17

DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02055-17

Delayed diagnosis and complications of predominantly antibody deficiencies in a cohort of Australian adults

Slade, Charlotte A.; Bosco, Julian J.; Giang, Tran Binh; Kruse, Elizabeth; Stirling, Robert G.; Cameron, Paul U.; Hore-Lacy, Fiona; Sutherland, Michael F.; Barnes, Sara L.; Holdsworth, Stephen; Ojaimi, Samar; Unglik, Gary A.; De Luca, Joseph; Patel, Mittal; McComish, Jeremy; Spriggs, Kymble; Tran, Yang; Auyeung, Priscilla; Nicholls, Katherine; O'Hehir, Robyn E.; Hodgkin, Philip D.; Douglass, Jo A.; Bryant, Vanessa L.; van Zelm, Menno C.

(2018), Front Immunol, 9(MAY), 694

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00694

Perturbed CD8+ T cell immunity across universal influenza epitopes in the elderly

Nguyen, Thi H.O.; Sant, Sneha; Bird, Nicola L.; Grant, Emma J.; Clemens, E. Bridie; Koutsakos, Marios; Valkenburg, Sophie A.; Gras, Stephanie; Lappas, Martha; Jaworowski, Anthony; Crowe, Jane; Loh, Liyen; Kedzierska, Katherine

(2018), J Leukoc Biol, 103(2), 321-339

DOI: 10.1189/jlb.5MA0517-207R

Agent-based models of malaria transmission

Smith, Neal R.; Trauer, James M.; Gambhir, Manoj; Richards, Jack S.; Maude, Richard J.; Keith, Jonathan M.; Flegg, Jennifer A.

(2018), Malar J, 17(1), 299

DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2442-y

Increasing Prevalence and Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Individuals

Moso, Michael A.; Woolnough, Emily; Langham, Freya; Hoy, Jennifer F.; Cheng, Allen C.; Walker, Rowan G.; Chrysostomou, Anastasia; Woolley, Ian; Weeraratne, Achini; Trevillyan, Janine M.

(2018), J Infect Dis, 217(6), 1013-1015

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix676

Polymorphism rs1385129 Within Glut1 Gene SLC2A1 Is Linked To Poor CD4+ T cell Recovery In Antiretroviral-Treated HIV+ Individuals

Masson, Jesse J.R.; Cherry, Catherine L.; Murphy, Nicholas M.; Sada-Ovalle, Isabel; Hussain, Tabinda; Billah, Baki; Crowe, Suzanne M.; Palmer, Clovis

(2018), Front Immunol, 9, 900

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00900

Achieving 90-90-90 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Targets Will Not Be Enough to Achieve the HIV Incidence Reduction Target in Australia

Scott, Nick; Stoov», Mark; Kelly, Sherrie L.; Wilson, David P.; Hellard, Margaret E.

(2018), Clin Infect Dis, 66(7), 1019-1026

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix939

Human Immunization with a Polymorphic Malaria Vaccine Candidate Induced Antibodies to Conserved Epitopes That Promote Functional Antibodies to Multiple Parasite Strains

Feng, Gaoqian; Boyle, Michelle J.; Cross, Nadia; Chan, Jo Anne; Reiling, Linda; Osier, Faith; Stanisic, Danielle I.; Mueller, Ivo; Anders, Robin F.; McCarthy, James S.; Richards, Jack S.; Beeson, James G.

(2018), J Infect Dis, 218(1), 35-43

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy170

Transcriptomic Predictors of Paradoxical Cryptococcosis-Associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome

Vlasova-St. Louis, Irina; Chang, Christina Catherine; Shahid, Samar; French, Martyn A; Bohjanen, Paul

(2018), Open Forum Infect Dis, 5(7),

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy157

Individuals with HIV-1 Subtype C Infection and Cryptococcal Meningitis Exhibit Viral Genetic Intermixing of HIV-1 Between Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid and a High Prevalence of CXCR4-Using Variants

Sojane, Katlego; Kangethe, Richard; Chang, Christina C.; Moosa, Mahomed-Yunus S.; Lewin, Sharon R.; French, Martyn A; Ndung'u, Thumbi

(2018), AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 34(7), 607-620

DOI: 10.1089/aid.2017.0209

The effect of antiretroviral intensification with dolutegravir on residual virus replication in HIV-infected individuals

Rasmussen, Thomas A.; McMahon, James H.; Chang, J. Judy; Audsley, Jennifer; Rhodes, Ajantha; Tennakoon, Surekha; Dantanarayana, Ashanti; Spelman, Tim; Schmidt, Tina; Kent, Stephen J.; Morcilla, Vincent; Palmer, Sarah; Elliott, Julian H.; Lewin, Sharon R.

(2018), Lancet HIV, 5(5), e221-e230

DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30040-7

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Assay With Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid as a Single Test or Combined With Conventional Assays for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in China: A Two-Center Prospective Study

Qu, Yue

(2018), Front Microbiol, 9, 444

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00444

Chronic kidney disease in Australian Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected patients

Cheung, Jason; Puhr, Rainer; Petoumenos, Kathy; Cooper, David; Woolley, Ian John; Gunathilake, Manoji; Raymond, Nigel; Varma, Rick; O'Connor, Catherine; Gracey, David M.

(2018), Nephrology, 23(8), 778-786

DOI: 10.1111/nep.13100

Variation in cell associated unspliced HIV RNA on antiretroviral therapy is associated with the circadian regulator BMAL-1

Chang, Christina Catherine; Naranbhai, Vivek; Stern, Jared; Roche, Michael John; Dantanarayana, Ashanti; Ke, Ruian; Tennakoon, Surekha; Solomon, Ajantha; Hoh, Rebecca; Hartogensis, Wendy; Hecht, Frederick M.; Sikaris, Ken; Price, David J; Elliott, Julian; Deeks, Steven G; Churchill, Melissa; Cameron, Paul; Hengartner, Nicolas; Perelson, Alan S; Lewin, Sharon Ruth

(2018), AIDS, 32(15), 2119-2128

DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001937

Proteome-wide mapping of immune features onto Plasmodium protein three-dimensional structures

Guy, Andrew J.; Irani, Vashti; Beeson, James G.; Webb, Benjamin; Sali, Andrej; Richards, Jack S.; Ramsland, Paul A.

(2018), Sci Rep, 8(1), 4355

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22592-3

Evaluation of PrEP eligibility criteria using sexually transmissible infections as HIV risk markers at enrolment in PrEPX, a large Australian HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis trial

Cornelisse, Vincent; Fairley, Christopher; Stoove, Mark; Asselin, Jason; Chow, Eric P.F.; Price, Brian; Roth, Norman J; Willcox, Jeff; Penn, Matthew; Tee, BK; Chang, Christina C.; Armishaw, Judy; Fogan-Smith, George; Wright, Edwina Jane; ,

(2018), Clin Infect Dis, 67(12), 1847-1852

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy370

Convergent evolution driven by rifampin exacerbates the global burden of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Gu»rillot, Romain; da Silva, Anders Gon¡alves; Monk, Ian; Giulieri, Stefano; Tomita, Takehiro; Alison, Eloise; Porter, Jessica; Pidot, Sacha; Gao, Wei; Peleg, Anton Y.; Seemann, Torsten; Stinear, Timothy P.; Howden, Benjamin P.

(2018), MSPHERE, 3(1), e00550-17

DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.00550-17

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796 - rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone

Mahony, Andrew A.; Buultjens, Andrew H.; Ballard, Susan A.; Grabsch, Elizabeth A.; Xie, Shirley; Seemann, Torsten; Stuart, Rhonda L.; Kotsanas, Despina; Cheng, Allen; Heffernan, Helen; Roberts, Sally A.; Coombs, Geoffrey W.; Bak, Narin; Ferguson, John K.; Carter, Glen C.; Howden, Benjamin P.; Stinear, Timothy P.; Johnson, Paul D.R.

(2018), Antimicrob Resist Infect Control, 7(1), 44

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-018-0335-z

Parasites under the Spotlight

Perez Guaita, David; Marzec, Katarzyna M; Hudson, Andrew; Evans, Corey J; Chernenko, Tatyana; Matthaus, Christian; Miljkovic, Milos; Diem, Max; Heraud, Philip; Richards, Jack S; Andrew, Dean W; Anderson, David A; Doerig, Christian; Garcia-Bustos, Jose; McNaughton, Donald; Wood, Bayden R

(2018), CHEM REV, 118(11), 5330-5358

DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00661