| epidemiology and hepatitis c virus in victoria. | parenterally transmitted non-a, non-b (nanb) hepatitis virus or hepatitis c virus is a common cause of both acute and chronic hepatitis. using a recently developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay we looked at the prevalence of antibodies to hepatis c virus (anti-hcv) in a number of groups. people with haemophilia (75.6%) and intravenous drug users (61.9%) had the highest prevalence, while homosexual men attending a sauna (34.1%) and prisoners (30.8%) had a moderately high prevalence of anti-hc ... | 1990 | 2118226 |
| predicting the course of aids in australia. | there have been urgent demands for knowledge about the epidemic of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in australia. accurate predictions are important for efficient allocation and planning of limited health-care resources. ideal data for this purpose would be reliable knowledge of the past and present incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. however, since the incidence of the infection is unknown predictions can only be based on historical data of the incidence of a ... | 1990 | 2215308 |
| a profile of hiv testing in victoria to the end of 1993. victorian collaborative group on hiv and aids surveillance (vcghas). | examination of testing patterns for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in a population is important because it affects interpretation of surveillance data on new hiv diagnoses and can guide the targeting and evaluation of campaigns to encourage appropriate antibody testing. this report describes a relatively inexpensive mechanism of collecting information on who is being tested for hiv in victoria (other than at the blood bank). the annual number of hiv tests performed in victoria increased stea ... | 1996 | 8799092 |
| who works in the sex industry? a profile of female prostitutes in victoria. | a large-scale survey was conducted to obtain a comprehensive picture of the range of women involved in prostitution in victoria and to document their concerns about health in relation to sex work. there was considerable diversity in the ages, education levels, family situations and attitudes to sex work among women working mainly in the legal brothels in victoria. while their practices in client-worker interactions were low-risk for human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted dis ... | 1996 | 8908770 |
| seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 in hiv-infected and uninfected homosexual men in a primary care setting. | genital herpes is usually caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2), with infections often being unrecognised by patients and/or clinicians. hsv-2 infections may be a risk factor for the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. reliable tests for type-specific hsv antibodies are now readily available. | 2001 | 11564596 |
| structures of prevention: a safe-sex/safe-injecting audit of mount alexander shire, a methodological pilot. | this paper reports the findings of a methodological pilot project that examined the availability of safe-sex and safe-injecting products in a rural shire in central victoria. the study mapped the distribution and audited the availability of condoms, water-based lubricants, needles/syringes and needle disposal units to provide baseline data on access to and the availability of products that are directly related to the prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus, sexually transmissible infectio ... | 2000 | 11894285 |
| australia ready for human vaccine trials. | several australian companies and universities have developed hiv vaccines using an avipox, a bird pathogen, as a carrier, which have already been shown in trials to protect monkeys against hiv when exposed to the virus. the vaccines work by producing immunity for the human body's t-cells responsible for killing cells infected by hiv. the vaccines, however, offer only 80% protection to people who come into contact with hiv through drug use or sex. the vaccine developers, who will eventually co ... | 1999 | 12322127 |
| australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system. | in 2001 there were 104,187 notifications of communicable diseases in australia reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss). the number of notifications in 2001 was an increase of 16 per cent of those reported in 2000 (89,740) and the largest annual total since the nndss commenced in 1991. in 2001, nine new diseases were added to the list of diseases reported to nndss and four diseases were removed. the new diseases were cryptosporidiosis, laboratory-confirmed influen ... | 2003 | 12725505 |
| twenty-five years. | having returned to australia from the united kingdom in late 1979, it has been my privilege to witness first-hand the quite dramatic changes in sexual health medicine which have taken place during the final 25 years of my professional life. in this article i give a snapshot of my early experiences at the melbourne communicable diseases centre, highlighting some of the deficiencies that needed urgent attention. i wish i could say that this picture was an exaggeration to make the article more inte ... | 2005 | 16334713 |
| contemporary cocaine use patterns and associated harms in melbourne and sydney, australia. | the aim of this paper was to explore the nature of cocaine use and harms through a cross-sectional survey of cocaine users interviewed in the two largest australian cities of sydney (n = 88) and melbourne (n = 77) between october 2004 and january 2005. the study supported previous findings that australian cocaine users could be classified broadly into two types. the majority of cocaine users interviewed were classified as socially and economically integrated. they were young, employed, well-educ ... | 2007 | 17701517 |
| abnormal anal cytology in high-risk human papilloma virus infection in hiv-infected australians. | to assess the prevalence of abnormal anal cytology and high-risk human papilloma virus (hpv)-type infection in hiv-infected people with a cd4 cell count >300 cells/microl. | 2008 | 17881414 |
| risk behaviours and blood borne virus exposure for transient workers in rural victoria. | to investigate risk behaviours associated with the transmission of blood borne viruses (bbvs) and sexually transmitted infections (stis) among transient rural workers in victoria. | 2008 | 18471184 |
| increasing diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtypes circulating in australia. | abstract characterization of hiv subtypes can provide a more comprehensive understanding of the epidemic within a distinct region, and when combined with notification data, may also be helpful in enhancing current hiv prevention strategies. in this study, we characterized 1056 hiv-positive individuals (948 males and 108 females) living in victoria and whose infection was detected for the first time between 2005 and 2010 inclusive. hiv-1 strains were subtyped based on pol gene sequence. phyloge ... | 2011 | 22077905 |