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Risk of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Relation to Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing, Repeat Testing, and Positivity: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Reekie, Joanne, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Hocking, Jane S, Kaldor, John M, Mak, Donna B, Pearson, Sallie, Preen, David, Stewart, Louise, Ward, James, Liu, Bette

“…There is uncertainty around whether the risks of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) differ following Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae…”
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Point and Interval Estimates of Partial Population Attributable Risks in Cohort Studies: Examples and Software by Spiegelman, D., Hertzmark, E., Wand, H. C.

“…The concept of the population attributable risk (PAR) percent has found widespread application in public health research. This quantity describes the…”
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Uptake of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs attending Needle and Syringe Programs in Australia, 1999-2011 by Iversen, J., Grebely, J., Topp, L., Wand, H., Dore, G., Maher, L.

“…Summary The majority of new and existing cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection occur among people who inject drugs (PWID). Despite safe and efficacious…”
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Prevalence of hepatitis C virus exposure and infection among Indigenous and tribal populations: a global systematic review and meta-analysis by Elliott, S., Flynn, E., Mathew, S., Hajarizadeh, B., Martinello, M., Wand, H., Ward, J.

“…The objective of this study was to estimate prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) exposure and infection among Indigenous and tribal populations globally…”
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Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy and Tubal Infertility Following Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infections by Reekie, Joanne, Donovan, Basil, Guy, Rebecca, Hocking, Jane S, Kaldor, John M, Mak, Donna, Preen, David, Ward, James, Liu, Bette

“…Abstract Gonorrhea and chlamydia are important causes of pelvic inflammatory disease. Chlamydia also causes long-term sequelae, but the role of gonorrhea is…”
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Short message service reminder intervention doubles sexually transmitted infection/HIV re-testing rates among men who have sex with men by Bourne, C, Knight, V, Guy, R, Wand, H, Lu, H, McNulty, A

“…To evaluate the impact of a short message service (SMS) reminder system on HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) re-testing rates among men who have sex…”
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Measuring school level attributable risk to support school-based HPV vaccination programs by Vujovich-Dunn, C, Wand, H, Brotherton, J M L, Gidding, H, Sisnowski, J, Lorch, R, Veitch, M, Sheppeard, V, Effler, P, Skinner, S R, Venn, A, Davies, C, Hocking, J, Whop, L, Leask, J, Canfell, K, Sanci, L, Smith, M, Kang, M, Temple-Smith, M, Kidd, M, Burns, S, Selvey, L, Meijer, D, Ennis, S, Thomson, C, Lane, N, Kaldor, J, Guy, R

“…In Australia in 2017, 89% of 15-year-old females and 86% of 15-year-old males had received at least one dose of the HPV vaccine. However, considerable…”
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Field Evaluation of Xpert HPV Point-of-Care Test for Detection of Human Papillomavirus Infection by Use of Self-Collected Vaginal and Clinician-Collected Cervical Specimens by Toliman, P, Badman, S G, Gabuzzi, J, Silim, S, Forereme, L, Kumbia, A, Kombuk, B, Kombati, Z, Allan, J, Munnull, G, Ryan, C, Vallely, L M, Kelly-Hanku, A, Wand, H, Mola, G D L, Guy, R, Siba, P, Kaldor, J M, Tabrizi, S N, Vallely, A J

“…The World Health Organization has recommended that testing for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) (hrHPV) infection be incorporated into cervical screening…”
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Population-level impact of beliefs and attitudes on vaccine decision-making in South Africa: results from the COVID-19 Vaccine Survey (2021/2022) by Wand, H., Vujovich-Dunn, C., Moodley, J., Reddy, T., Naidoo, S.

“…In addition to being home to more than seven million HIV-infected individuals, South Africa also has a high burden of COVID-19 and related comorbidities…”
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Spatial clustering of "measured" and "unmeasured" risk factors for HIV infections in hyper-endemic communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: results from geoadditive models by Wand, H., Ramjee, G.

“…Sub-Saharan Africa contains more than 60% of all HIV infections worldwide. HIV prevalence was currently estimated to be at least 15% in KwaZulu-Natal and the…”
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Differences in school factors associated with adolescent HPV vaccination initiation and completion coverage in three Australian states by Sisnowski, J., Vujovich-Dunn, C., Gidding, H., Brotherton, J., Wand, H., Lorch, R., Veitch, M., Sheppeard, V., Effler, P., Skinner, S.R, Venn, A., Davies, C., Hocking, J., Whop, L., Leask, J., Canfell, K., Sanci, L., Smith, M., Kang, M., Temple-Smith, M., Kidd, M., Burns, S., Selvey, L., Meijer, D., Ennis, S., Thomson, C., Lane, N., Kaldor, J., Guy, R.

“…Schools are the primary setting for the delivery of adolescent HPV vaccination in Australia. Although this strategy has achieved generally high vaccination…”
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Periodontal Disease and Biomarkers Related to Cardiovascular Disease by Joshipura, K.J., Wand, H.C., Merchant, A.T., Rimm, E.B.

“…Periodontal disease is a chronic infection of the gums characterized by a loss of attachment between the tooth and bone, and by bone loss. We evaluated…”
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Removal of bacteria by filtration in planted and non-planted sand columns by Wand, H., Vacca, G., Kuschk, P., Krüger, M., Kästner, M.

“…In order to diminish hygienic hazards from pathogens, the elimination of pathogenic bacteria in a pre-treatment step is important for the use of domestic…”
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The development of an HIV-specific complexity rating scale by Bulsara, S M, Begley, K, Smith, D E, Chan, D J, Furner, V, Coote, K V, Hennessy, R M, Alperstein, D M, Price, A, Smith, M, Wyson, A, Wand, H

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Compliance with the current 12-month deferral for male-to-male sex in Australia by Seed, C. R., Lucky, T. T., Waller, D., Wand, H., Lee, J. F., Wroth, S., McDonald, A., Pink, J., Wilson, D. P., Keller, A. J.

“…Background and Objectives In Australia since 2000, donors are deferred for 12 months since last male‐to‐male sexual contact. There is no estimate of the…”
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Is azithromycin adequate treatment for asymptomatic rectal chlamydia? by Drummond, F, Ryder, N, Wand, H, Guy, R, Read, P, McNulty, A M, Wray, L, Donovan, B

“…Rectal chlamydia is a common sexually transmissible infection (STI) in men who have sex with men (MSM) that is predominantly asymptomatic. The recommended…”
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A reliable and easy to transport quality control method for chlamydia and gonorrhoea molecular point of care testing by Badman, S.G., Causer, L.M., Guy, R., Wand, H., Donovan, B., Tabrizi, S.N., Speers, D., Shephard, M.D., Vallely, A., Whiley, D., Kaldor, John, Wilson, David, Regan, David, Ward, James, Fairley, Christopher K., Hengel, Belinda, Tangey, Annie, Anderson, David, Natoli, Lisa, Atkinson, David

“…Quality control (QC) is an essential component of point-of-care testing programs. In the context of a randomised-controlled trial (TTANGO) using GeneXpert…”
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The behaviour and sexual health of young international travellers (backpackers) in Australia by McNulty, A M, Egan, C, Wand, H, Donovan, B

“…To study the demographics, risk behaviours and morbidity of young long-term international travellers (backpackers) attending a sexual health service in Sydney,…”
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Gender differences in hepatitis C antibody prevalence and risk behaviours amongst people who inject drugs in Australia 1998–2008 by Iversen, Jenny, Wand, Handan, Gonnermann, Andrea, Maher, Lisa

“…Abstract Background Global prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is estimated to be around 3% with approximately 170 million people affected. In Australia, and…”
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Increasing HIV transmission through male homosexual and heterosexual contact in Australia: results from an extended back‐projection approach by Wand, H, Yan, P, Wilson, D, McDonald, A, Middleton, M, Kaldor, J, Law, M

“…Objectives The aim of the study was to reconstruct the HIV epidemic in Australia for selected populations categorized by exposure route; namely, transmission…”
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