CCS Publications for the week ending 2 December 2016

Professor David Tarlinton's research group. L-R: Michael Low,
David Tarlinton, Cathy Pitt, Simona Infantino, Nick Kokovski.
Michael and David are authors on the HIV vaccines paper.

Recent publications for Central Clinical School affiliated authors in the departments of Immunology and Pathology, Infectious Diseases and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.

Immunology and Pathology

Low MS, Tarlinton D. HIV Vaccines: One Step Closer. Trends Mol Med. 2016 Nov 23. pii: S1471-4914(16)30148-4. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2016.10.006. [Epub ahead of print]


Wilkinson-Berka JL, Deliyanti D. The potential of anti-VEGF (Vasotide) by eye drops to treat proliferative retinopathies. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Oct;4(Suppl 1):S41.

Infectious Diseases

Goff DA, Kullar R, Goldstein EJ, Gilchrist M, Nathwani D, Cheng AC, Cairns KA, Escandón-Vargas K, Villegas MV, Brink A, van den Bergh D, Mendelson M. A global call from five countries to collaborate in antibiotic stewardship: united we succeed, divided we might fail. Lancet Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 17. pii: S1473-3099(16)30386-3. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30386-3. [Epub ahead of print]

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Chow EPF, Fairley CK. Association between sexual mixing and genital warts in heterosexual men in Australia: the herd protection from the female human papillomavirus vaccination program. Sexual Health. (Letter) 2016. 13(5): 489-490  doi: 10.1071/SH16053

Chow EPF, Lee D, Tabrizi SN, Phillips S, Snow A, Cook S, Howden BP, Petalotis I, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Fairley CK. Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the pharynx and saliva: Implications for gonorrhoea transmission. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2016. 92(5): 347-349. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052399

Cornelisse VJ, Fairley CK, Roth NJ. HIV amongst men who have sex with men: A role for general practitioners. Australian Family Physician. 2016. 45(4): 182-185

Gonorrhea spike
linked with policing

Li B, Bi P, Waddell R, Chow EPF, Donovan B, McNaulty A, Fehler G, Loff B, Shahkhan H, Fairley CK. Was an epidemic of gonorrhoea amongst heterosexuals attending an Adelaide sexual health services associated with variations in sex work policing policy? Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2016. 92(5): 377-379 doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051918. See blog feature story

Ong JJ, Chen MY, Tabrizi SN, Grulich AE, Cornall A, Garland SM, Jin F, Tee BK, Eu B,  Fairley CK.  Anal HPV detection in men who have sex with men living with HIV who report no recent anal sexual behaviours: baseline analysis of the Anal Cancer Examination (ACE) study. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2016. 92(5): 368-370  doi:10.1136/sextrans-2015-052121

Rane V, Tomnay J, Fairley CK, Read T, Bradshaw C, Carter T, Chen M. Opt-Out referral of men who have sex with men newly diagnosed with HIV to partner notification officers.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2016. 43(6): 341-345. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000449

Regan DG, Wood JG, Benevent C, Ali H, Smith LW, Robertson PW, Ferson MJ, Fairley CK, Donovan B, Law MG. Estimating the critical immunity threshold for preventing hepatitis A outbreaks in men who have sex with men. Epidemiology & Infection. 2016. 144(7):1528-37 doi:10.1017/S0950268815002605