April, 2023 (2)

• Immediate treatment for recent hepatitis C infection in people with high-risk behaviors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Manoharan L, Latham NH, Munari SC, Traeger MW, Menon V, Luhmann N, Baggaley R, Macdonald V, Verster A, Siegfried N, Matthews GV, Stoové M, Hellard ME, Doyle JS
  Hepatol Commun. 2023 Apr; 7(4)
• Reasons for not commencing direct-acting antiviral treatment despite unrestricted access for individuals with HIV and hepatitis C virus: a multinational, prospective cohort study.
  Isfordink CJ, Boyd A, Sacks-Davis R, van Santen DK, Smit C, Martinello M, Stoové M, Berenguer J, Wittkop L, Klein MB, Rauch A, Salmon D, Lacombe K, Stewart A, Schinkel J, Doyle JS, Hellard M, van der Valk M, Matthews GV; InCHEHC study group.
  Lancet Public Health. 2023 Apr; 8(4):e294-e304

March, 2023 (11)

• Stigma Associated with Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among People from Migrant and Ethnic Minority Groups: Results from a Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.
  Douglass CH, Win TM, Goutzamanis S, Lim MSC, Block K, Onsando G, Hellard M, Higgs P, Livingstone C, Horyniak D
  J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Mar; Epub ahead of print
• Engaging with communities to encourage adoption of a harm reduction approach to COVID-19.
  Hellard M, Motorniak D, Tse WC, Saich F, Stoové M
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2023 Mar; 47(2):100022
• Assessment of a primary care e-support package of automated case finding, simplified treatment algorithm and decision support to increase hepatitis B treatment uptake in primary care clinics in Australia (SIMPLY-B Study): protocol for a pilot evaluation.
  Moussa D, Wallace J, Manski-Nankervis JA, Doyle JS, Nguyen L, Boyle D, Stoové MA, Asselin J, Valaydon Z, Ahad M, Glasgow S, New K, Hocking JS, Sanci L, Thompson A, Hellard M, Howell J
  BMJ Open. 2023 Mar; 13(3):e070663
• The changing health impact of vaccines in the COVID-19 pandemic: A modeling study.
  Cohen JA, Stuart RM, Panovska-Griffiths J, Mudimu E, Abeysuriya RG, Kerr CC, Famulare M, Klein DJ
  Cell Rep. 2023 Mar; 42(4):112308
• Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia: a novel model of hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs at a medically supervised injecting facility.
  MacIsaac MB, Whitton B, Hubble A, Cogger S, Penn M, Weeks A, Elmore K, Pemberton D, Anderson J, Howard R, McKeever U, Papaluca T, Hellard ME, Stoové M, Wilson D, Pedrana A, Doyle J, Clark N, Holmes J, Thompson AJ
  Med J Aust. 2023 Mar; Epub ahead of print
• The impacts of COVID-19 measures on drug markets and drug use among a cohort of people who use methamphetamine in Victoria, Australia.
  Rathnayake K, Agius PA, Ward B, Hickman M, Maher L, Stoové M, Doyle JS, Hellard M, Wilkinson A, Quinn B, Crawford S, Sutton K, Dietze P
  Addiction. 2023 Mar; Epub ahead of print
• Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis.
  Kenneth S Gunasekera, Olivier Marcy, Johanna Munoz, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Moorine P Sekadde, Molly F Franke, Maryline Bonnet, Shakil Ahmed, Farhana Amanullah, Aliya Anwar, Orvalho Augusto, Rafaela Baroni Aurilio, Sayera Banu, Iraj Batool, Annemieke Brands, Kevin P Cain, Lucia Carratala-Castro, Maxine Caws, Eleanor S Click, Lisa M Cranmer, Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro, Anneke C Hesseling, Julie Huynh, Senjuti Kabir, Leonid Lecca, Anna Mandalakas, Farai Mavhunga, Aye Aye Myint, Kyaw Myo, Dorah Nampijja, Mark P Nicol, Patrick Orikiriza, Megan Palmer, Clemax Couto Sant'Anna, Sara Ahmed Siddiqui, Jonathan P Smith, Rinn Song, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Vibol Ung, Marieke M van der Zalm, Sabine Verkuijl, Kerri Viney, Elisabetta G Walters, Joshua L Warren, Heather J Zar, Ben J Marais, Stephen M Graham, Thomas P A Debray, Ted Cohen, James A Seddon
  Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2023 Mar; Epub ahead of print
• Community stressors and coping mechanisms in accessing the health system during a double crisis: a qualitative case study from Yangon Region, Myanmar.
  Kyaw HK, Than KK, Diaconu K, Witter S
  Int J Equity Health. 2023 Mar; 22(1):39
• The spatial signature of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum infections: quantifying the clustering of infections in cross-sectional surveys and cohort studies.
  Sandfort M, Monteiro W, Lacerda M, Nguitragool W, Sattabongkot J, Waltmann A, Salje H, Vantaux A, Witkowski B, Robinson LJ, Mueller I, White M
  Malar J. 2023 Mar; 22(1):75
• RNA sequencing of single allergen-specific memory B cells after grass pollen immunotherapy: two unique cell fates and CD29 as a biomarker for treatment effect.
  McKenzie CI, Varese N, Aui PM, Reinwald S, Wines BD, Hogarth PM, Thien F, Hew M, Rolland JM, O'Hehir RE, van Zelm MC
  Allergy. 2023 Mar; 78(3):822-835
• Effect of systematic tuberculosis detection on mortality in young children with severe pneumonia in countries with high incidence of tuberculosis: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial.
  Marcy O, Wobudeya E, Font H, Vessière A, Chabala C, Khosa C, Taguebue JV, Moh R, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Lounnas M, Mulenga V, Mavale S, Chilundo J, Rego D, Nduna B, Shankalala P, Chirwa U, De Lauzanne A, Dim B, Tiogouo Ngouana E, Folquet Amorrissani M, Cisse L, Amon Tanoh Dick F, Komena EA, Kwedi Nolna S, Businge G, Natukunda N, Cumbe S, Mbekeka P, Kim A, Kheang C, Pol S, Maleche-Obimbo E, Seddon JA, Mao TE, Graham SM, Delacourt C, Borand L, Bonnet M; TB-Speed Pneumonia Study Group
  Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Mar; 23(3):341-351

February, 2023 (5)

• Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011-2019.
  Carter A, McManus H, Ward JS, Vickers T, Asselin J, Baillie G, Chow EP, Chen MY, Fairley CK, Bourne C, McNulty A, Read P, Heath K, Ryder N, McCloskey J, Carmody C, McCormack H, Alexander K, Casey D, Stoove M, Hellard ME, Donovan B, Guy RJ.
  Med J Aust. 2023 Feb; 218(5):223-228
• Recruiting and retaining community-based participants in a COVID-19 longitudinal cohort and social networks study: lessons from Victoria, Australia.
  Nguyen T, Thomas AJ, Kerr P, Stewart AC, Wilkinson AL, Nguyen L, Altermatt A, Young K, Heath K, Bowring A, Fletcher-Lartey S, Lusher D, Hill S, Pedrana A, Stoové M, Gibney K, Hellard M
  BMC Med Res Methodol. 2023 Feb; 23(1):54
• An evaluation of existing text de-identification tools for use with patient progress notes from Australian general practice.
  El-Hayek C, Barzegar S, Faux N, Doyle K, Pillai P, Mutch SJ, Vaisey A, Ward R, Sanci L, Dunn AG, Hellard ME, Hocking JS, Verspoor K, Boyle DI
  Int J Med Inform. 2023 Feb; 173:105021
• Cost-effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention across sub-Saharan Africa: results from five independent models.
  Bansi-Matharu L, Mudimu E, Martin-Hughes R, Hamilton M, Johnson L, Ten Brink D, Stover J, Meyer-Rath G, Kelly SL, Jamieson L, Cambiano V, Jahn A, Cowan FM, Mangenah C, Mavhu W, Chidarikire T, Toledo C, Revill P, Sundaram M, Hatzold K, Yansaneh A, Apollo T, Kalua T, Mugurungi O, Kiggundu V, Zhang S, Nyirenda R, Phillips A, Kripke K, Bershteyn A
  Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Feb; 11(2):E244-E255
• Health and economic benefits of achieving contraceptive and maternal health targets in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and Caribbean.
  Kelly SL, Walsh T, Delport D, Ten Brink D, Martin-Hughes R, Homer CS, Butler J, Adedeji O, De Beni D, Maurizio F, Friedman HS, Di Marco D, Tobar F, de la Corte Molina MP, Richards AS, Scott N
  BMJ Glob Health. 2023 Feb; 8(2):e010018

January, 2023 (17)

• Validation of a novel point-of-care test for alanine aminotransferase measurement: A pilot cohort study.
  Howell J, Van H, Pham MD, Sawhney R, Li F, Bhat P, Lubel J, Kemp W, Bloom S, Majumdar A, McCaughan GW, Hall S, Spelman T, Doyle JS, Hellard M, Visvanathan K, Thompson A, Drummer HE, Anderson D
  Liver Int. 2023 Jan; Epub ahead of print
• Inclusion of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in COVID-19 Public Health Research: Research Design Adaptations to Seek Different Perspectives in Victoria, Australia.
  Gibbs L, Thomas AJ, Coelho A, Al-Qassas A, Block K, Meagher N, Eisa L, Fletcher-Lartey S, Ke T, Kerr P, Kwong EJL, MacDougall C, Malith D, Marinkovic Chavez K, Osborne D, Price DJ, Shearer F, Stoové M, Young K, Zhang Y, Gibney KB, Hellard M
  Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan; 20(3):2320
• Low knowledge of newborn danger signs among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea and implications for health seeking behaviour in early infancy - findings from a longitudinal study.
  Eghrari D, Scoullar MJL, Wilson AN, Peach E, Elijah A, Melepia P, SupSup H, Vallely LM, Siba PM, Kennedy EC, Vogel JP, Homer CSE, Robinson LJ, Fowkes FJI, Pomat W, Crabb BS, Beeson JG, Morgan CJ
  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jan; 23(1):71
• Frequent and unpredictable changes in COVID-19 policies and restrictions reduce the accuracy of model forecasts.
  Houdroge F, Palmer A, Delport D, Walsh T, Kelly SL, Hainsworth SW, Abeysuriya R, Stuart RM, Kerr CC, Coplan P, Wilson DP, Scott N
  Sci Rep. 2023 Jan; 13(1):1398
• Estimating the proportion of Victorians infected with COVID-19 during the Omicron BA.1 epidemic wave of January 2022 in Australia.
  Altermatt A, Heath K, Saich F, Wilkinson AL, Scott N, Sacks-Davis R, Young K, Stoové M, Gibney KB, Hellard M
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2023 Jan; 47(1):100007
• Does sexuality matter? A cross-sectional study of drug use, social injecting, and access to injection-specific care among men who inject drugs in Melbourne, Australia.
  Schroeder SE, Wilkinson AL, O'Keefe D, Bourne A, Doyle JS, Hellard M, Dietze P, Pedrana A
  Harm Reduct J. 2023 Jan; 20(1):9
• Implementing the WHO Labour Care Guide to reduce the use of Caesarean section in four hospitals in India: protocol and statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized pilot trial.
  Vogel JP, Pingray V, Althabe F, Gibbons L, Berrueta M, Pujar Y, Somannavar M, Vernekar SS, Ciganda A, Rodriguez R, Welling SA, Revankar A, Bendigeri S, Kumar JA, Patil SB, Karinagannanavar A, Anteen RR, Pavithra MR, Shetty S, Latha B, Megha HM, Gaddi SS, Chikkagowdra S, Raghavendra B, Armari E, Scott N, Eddy K, Homer CSE, Goudar SS
  Reprod Health. 2023 Jan; 20(1):18
• Patient reported outcomes during and following HCV direct-acting antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs.
  Cheng Q, Cunningham EB, Shih S, Amin J, Bruneau J, Artenie AA, Powis J, Litwin AH, Cooper C, Dalgard O, Hellard M, Bruggmann P, Marks P, Lacombe K, Stedman C, Read P, Hajarizadeh B, Dunlop AJ, Conway B, Feld JJ, Dore GJ, Grebely J; SIMPLIFY and D3FEAT study groups
  Value Health. 2023 Jan; Epub ahead of print
• "Tell us what's going on": Exploring the information needs of pregnant and post-partum women in Australia during the pandemic with 'Tweets', 'Threads', and women's views.
  Caddy C, Cheong M, Lim MSC, Power R, Vogel JP, Bradfield Z, Coghlan B, Homer CSE, Wilson AN
  PLoS One. 2023 Jan; 18(1):e0279990
• Contact screening and management in a high-transmission MDR-TB setting in Papua New Guinea: Progress, challenges and future directions
  Majumdar SS, Islam S, Huang GKL, Morris L, Bauri M, Chan G, Kama G, Keam T, Peacock-Smith A, Finch S, Marukutira T, Bhatt S, Drewett G, Wratten M, Murray A, Pank N, Masah C, Bala R, Umali S, Kalon S, Greig J, Chani K, Kal M and Graham SM
  Front. Trop. Dis. 2023 Jan; 3:1085401.
• Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Using the Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Assay on the Stool of Pediatric Patients in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
  Rekart ML, Mun L, Aung A, Gomez D, Mulanda W, Kliescikova J, Sitali N, Rajabov A, Azamova S, Pirmahmadzoda B, Achar J, Alvarez JL, Greig J, Cros PD, Sinha A
  Microbiol Spectr. 2023 Jan; 11(1):e03698-22
• The cost-effectiveness of universal hepatitis B screening for reaching WHO diagnosis targets in Australia by 2030.
  Xiao Y, Hellard ME, Thompson AJ, Seaman C, Howell J, Scott N.
  Med J Aust. 2023 Jan; 218(4):168-173
• "You have to drink with a little bit of shame": Alcohol and other drug use among young people from migrant and ethnic minority backgrounds in Melbourne, Australia.
  Douglass CH, Block K, Eghrari D, Horyniak D, Hellard ME, Lim MSC
  J Ehn Subst Abuse. 2023 Jan; Epub ahead of print
• Towards Shorter, Child-Friendly Regimens for Treatment of Tuberculosis Disease and Infection in Children.
  Yuen CM, Sekadde MP, Kaiser B, Waning B, Graham SM
  Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Jan; 42(3)::e77-e79
• Embedding telehealth for sustainable health services linking Oceania.
  Calyx C, Weerasuriya R, White SJ
  Fam Pract. 2023 Jan; Epub ahead of print
• Empfehlungen zur Hepatitis Versorgung bei Drogenkonsumierenden. (Recommendations for hepatitis care in drug users.)
  Grebely J, Robaeys G, Bruggmann P, Aghemo A, Backmund M, Bruneau J, Byrne J, Dalgard O, Feld JJ, Hellard M, Hickman M, Kautz A, Litwin A, Lloyd AR, Mauss S, Prins M, Swan T, Schaefer M, Taylor LE, Dore GJ; im Namen vom International Network on Hepatitis care in Substance Users.
  Int J Drug Policy. 2023 Jan; 111:101670
• Beyond patient delay, navigating structural health system barriers to timely care and treatment in a high burden TB setting in Papua New Guinea.
  Jops P, Cowan J, Kupul M, Trumb RN, Graham SM, Bauri M, Nindil H, Bell S, Keam T, Majumdar S, Pomat W, Marais B, Marks GB, Kaldor J, Vallely A, Kelly-Hanku A
  Glob Public Health. 2023 Jan; 18(1):2184482