Research publications | Alfred Health

Viral suppression and HIV transmission in serodiscordant male couples

Bavinton, Benjamin R.; Pinto, Angie N.; Phanuphak, Nittaya; Grinsztejn, Beatriz; Prestage, Garrett P.; Zablotska-Manos, Iryna B.; Jin, Fengyi; Fairley, Christopher K.; Moore, Richard; Roth, Norman; Bloch, Mark; Pell, Catherine; McNulty, Anna M.; Baker, David; Hoy, Jennifer; Tee, Ban Kiem; Templeton, David J.; Cooper, David A.; Emery, Sean; Kelleher, Anthony; Grulich, Andrew E.; ,

(2018), Lancet HIV, 5(8), e438-e447

DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30132-2

The association of rainfall and Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia

Yerramilli, Arvind; Tay, Ee Laine; Stewardson, Andrew; Fyfe, Janet; O’Brien, Daniel P.; Johnson, Paul D.R.

(2018), PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 12(9), e0006757

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006757

Effect of outpatient antibiotics for urinary tract infections on antimicrobial resistance among commensal Enterobacteriaceae

Stewardson, A. J.; Vervoort, J.; Adriaenssens, N.; Coenen, S.; Godycki-Cwirko, M.; Kowalczyk, A.; Huttner, B. D.; Lammens, C.; Malhotra-Kumar, S.; Goossens, H.; Harbarth, S.; , ; ,

(2018), Clin Microbiol Infect, 24(9), 972-979

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.026

Mobile phones and computer keyboards

Smibert, O. C.; Aung, A. K.; Woolnough, E.; Carter, G. P.; Schultz, M. B.; Howden, B. P.; Seemann, T.; Spelman, D.; McGloughlin, S.; Peleg, Anton Yariv

(2018), J Hosp Infect, 99(3), 295-298

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.02.013

Effects of the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative after 8 years on infection control practices, health-care worker education, and clinical outcomes

Grayson, M. Lindsay; Stewardson, Andrew J.; Russo, Philip L; Ryan, Kate E.; Olsen, Karen L.; Havers, Sally M.; Greig, Susan; Cruickshank, Marilyn; ,

(2018), Lancet Infect Dis, 18(11), 1269-1277

DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30491-2

Psychological Factors Associated With Painful Versus Non-Painful HIV-Associated Sensory Neuropathy

Pillay, Prinisha; Wadley, Antonia L.; Cherry, Catherine L.; Karstaedt, Alan S.; Kamerman, Peter R.

(2018), AIDS Behav, 22(5), 1584-1595

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1856-9

Beliefs in Antiretroviral Treatment and Self-Efficacy in HIV Management are Associated with Distinctive HIV Treatment Trajectories

Mao, Limin; de Wit, John; Adam, Philippe; Post, Jeffrey; Slavin, Sean; Cogle, Aaron; Wright, Edwina; Kidd, Michael

(2018), AIDS Behav, 22(3), 887-895

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1649-6

Eliminating hepatitis C virus as a public health threat among HIV-positive men who have sex with men

Scott, Nick; Stoov», Mark; Wilson, David P.; Keiser, Olivia; El-Hayek, Carol; Doyle, Joseph; Hellard, Margaret

(2018), J Int AIDS Soc, 21(1), e25059

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25059

Implications of survey labels and categorisations for understanding drug use in the context of sex among gay and bisexual men in Melbourne, Australia

Ryan, Kathleen E.; Wilkinson, Anna L.; Pedrana, Alisa; Quinn, Brendan; Dietze, Paul; Hellard, Margaret; Stoov», Mark

(2018), Int J Drug Policy, 55, 183-186

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.014

Barriers and strategies to achieve a cure for HIV

Pitman, Matthew C.; Lau, Jillian S.Y.; McMahon, James H.; Lewin, Sharon R.

(2018), Lancet HIV, 5(6), e317-e328

DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30039-0

The systematic development of a complex intervention: HealthMap, an online self-management support program for people with HIV

Millard, Tanya; Dodson, Sarity; McDonald, Karalyn; Klassen, Karen M.; Osborne, Richard H.; Battersby, Malcolm W.; Fairley, Christopher K.; Elliott, Julian H.

(2018), BMC Infect Dis, 18(1), 615

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3518-6

Structural basis for antibody targeting of the broadly expressed microbial polysaccharide poly-N-acetylglucosamine

Soliman, Caroline; Walduck, Anna K.; Yuriev, Elizabeth; Richards, Jack S.; Cywes-Bentley, Colette; Pier, Gerald B.; Ramsland, Paul A.

(2018), J Biol Chem, 293(14), 5079-5089

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001170

Meropenem Combined with Ciprofloxacin Combats Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Respiratory Infections of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Rees, Vanessa E; Yadav, Rajbharan; Rogers, Kate E; Bulitta, Jurgen B; Wirth, Veronika; Oliver, Antonio; Boyce, John D; Peleg, Anton Y; Nation, Roger L; Landersdorfer, Cornelia B

(2018), Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 62(11), e01150-18

DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01150-18

Elucidation of the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic determinants of fosfomycin activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa using a dynamic in vitro model

Bilal, Hajira; Peleg, Anton Y.; McIntosh, Michelle P.; Styles, Ian K.; Hirsch, Elizabeth B.; Landersdorfer, Cornelia B.; Bergen, Phillip J.

(2018), J Antimicrob Chemother, 73(6), 1570-1578

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky045

Concomitant medication polypharmacy, interactions and imperfect adherence are common in Australian adults on suppressive antiretroviral therapy

Siefried, Krista J.; Mao, Limin; Cysique, Lucette A.; Rule, John; Giles, Michelle L.; Smith, Don E.; McMahon, James; Read, Tim R.; Ooi, Catriona; Tee, Ban K.; Bloch, Mark; De Wit, John; Carr, Andrew

(2018), AIDS, 32(1), 35-48

DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001685

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