By Dr Josh Paul Hanson

Journal articles

Zsori M; Taunton C; Pritchett J; Payne D; Nona D; Lui-Gamia N; Smith S; Hanson J; Hempenstall A, 2025, 'Most Patients with Acute Rheumatic Fever in Remote Far North Queensland, Australia, Do Not Present to Healthcare Facilities with a Group A Streptococcus Infection Before Diagnosis', The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.25-0479

Baker K; Lau A; Soogrim A; Shukla T; Singh J; Torrance F; Maclean J; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Comparison of the characteristics and clinical course of patients with bacteraemia due to Burkholderia pseudomallei, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in tropical Australia', Acta Tropica, 271, pp. 107851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107851

Smith S; Reilly CW; Stewart J; Ragh T; Muller VJ; Ismail I; Hanson J, 2025, 'Thrice-weekly post-haemodialysis ceftazidime can achieve adequate pre-dialysis concentrations and clinical cure in patients with melioidosis', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, pp. dkaf383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkaf383

Nguyen ADK; Han WM; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Prognostic factors in patients hospitalised with group A Streptococcus bacteraemia in tropical Australia', Acta Tropica, 269, pp. 107746, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107746

Nyein PP; Borok M; Eriobu N; Kaplan R; Kumarasamy N; Avihingsanon A; Losso MH; Azwa I; Karyana M; Dao S; Cisse M; Villanueva JFA; Lupo S; Cardoso SW; Yunihastuti E; Subronto YW; Fitriah M; Katu S; Brown D; Papot E; Hutchinson J; Kelleher A; Hanson J; Dharan NJ; Petoumenos K; Matthews G, 2025, 'A Randomized Trial to Compare Dolutegravir Plus Boosted Darunavir Versus Recommended Standard of Care Antiretroviral Regimens in People With HIV-1, Whose First-line Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Therapy Has Failed: Final 96-week Results of the D²EFT Study', CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf346

Hanson J; Smith S, 2025, 'From soil to sepsis: melioidosis, an emerging tropical infectious disease', Medicine Today, 26, pp. 50 - 53, https://medicinetoday.com.au/mt/2025/july/feature-article/soil-sepsis-melioidosis-emerging-tropical-infectious-disease

Stratton H; Rosengren P; Kinneally T; Prideaux L; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Presentation and Clinical Course of Leptospirosis in a Referral Hospital in Far North Queensland, Tropical Australia', Pathogens, 14, pp. 643 - 643, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14070643

Gavey R; Stewart AGA; Bagshaw R; Smith S; Vincent S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Respiratory manifestations of rickettsial disease in tropical Australia; Clinical course and implications for patient management', Acta Tropica, 266, pp. 107631 - 107631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107631

Crous M; Hempenstall A; Lui-Gamia N; Taunton C; Hanson J, 2025, 'Epidemiological and Clinical Manifestations of Acute Rheumatic Fever in Far North Queensland, Australia', Pathogens, 14, pp. 442 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14050442

Nyein PP; Petoumenos K; Dharan NJ; Hanson J; Matthews GV, 2025, 'Reply to Dr Martinez: Refining Our Understanding of the Association between Integrase Inhibitor Therapy and Elevations in Blood Pressure', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 80, pp. 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae345

Korkusuz MH; Castellanos ME; Harriss LR; Hempenstall A; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'The Incidence of Scabies in Far North Queensland, Tropical Australia: Implications for Local Clinical Practice and Public Health Strategies', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10, pp. 111 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed10040111

Dadwal P; Samaraweera S; Smith J; De Silva J; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Two-Stage Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty for Melioidosis Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Case Report', Jbjs Case Connector, 15

Hanson J; Radlof S; Coffman J; Lort-Phillips K; Smith S; Hempenstall A; Preston-Thomas A, 2025, 'Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B in Far North Queensland, 2013-2023', Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2018, 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.026

Prideaux L; Sandeman M; Stratton H; Kelleher AD; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Melioidosis in people living with diabetes; clinical presentation, clinical course and implications for patient management', Acta Tropica, 263, pp. 107559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2025.107559

Price C; Smith S; Stewart J; Hanson J, 2025, 'Acute Q Fever Patients Requiring Intensive Care Unit Support in Tropical Australia, 2015–2023', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31, pp. 332 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid3102.240422

Townend R; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Microbiological and Clinical Features of Patients with Cellulitis in Tropical Australia: Disease Severity Assessment and Implications for Clinical Management', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 112, pp. 337 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0450

Nyein PP; Petoumenos K; Borok M; Eriobu N; Kumarasamy N; Avihingsanon A; Azwa I; Dao S; Cisse M; Dharan NJ; Hanson J; Matthews GV, 2025, 'Associations Between Antiretroviral Regimen and Changes in Blood Pressure: Results From the D2EFT Study', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 80, pp. 160 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae256

Pownell C; Marsden BE; Lam W; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei: A case report and review of the literature.', Acta Tropica, 261, pp. 107492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107492

Prideaux L; Stratton H; Sandeman M; Smith S; Hanson J, 2025, 'The Association Between Statin Therapy and the Subsequent Clinical Course of Patients With Melioidosis', Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2025, pp. 8838580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/jotm/8838580

Hempenstall A; Pyke A; Taunton C; Sabatino U; Kaigey S; Pickering E; Ehlers G; Muzari MO; Davis J; Paton C; Taylor C; van den Hurk A; Hewitson G; Schlebusch S; Hanson J, 2024, 'An outbreak of dengue virus type 3 on Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Australia in 2024', Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2018, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.63

Boyle R; Withey G; Smith S; Hanson J, 2024, 'Mycotic aneurysms due to Burkholderia pseudomallei in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia: A case series and review of the literature', Acta Tropica, 260, pp. 107480 - 107480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107480

Price CF; Wood JP; Ismail I; Smith S; Hanson J, 2024, 'The Incidence, Aetiology and Clinical Course of Serious Infections Complicating Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Tropical Australia', Pathogens, 13, pp. 943 - 943, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13110943

Hempenstall A; Neville J; Taunton C; Fisher V; Connellan V; Tayley A; Keys G; Hanson J, 2024, 'Community-led diphtheria vaccination campaign to manage a diphtheria outbreak in a remote Aboriginal community', Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2018, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.49

Shukla T; Smith S; Johnstone K; Donald P; Hanson J, 2024, 'The characteristics and clinical course of patients with melioidosis and cancer', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, pp. e0012631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012631

Neldner L; Radlof S; Smith S; Littlejohn M; Hempenstall A; Hanson J, 2024, 'Age of hepatitis B e antigen loss in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous residents of tropical Australia; implications for clinical care', Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2018, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.48

Dadwal P; Bonner B; Fraser D; Loveridge J; Withey G; Puri A; Smith S; Hanson J, 2024, 'Bone and joint infections due to melioidosis; diagnostic and management strategies to optimise outcomes', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, pp. e0012317 - e0012317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012317

Han C; Karamatic R; Hanson J, 2024, 'Chronic hepatitis B care in regional Australia: implications for clinical practice and public health policy', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 1155 - 1163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16364

Campbell S; Smith S; Hanson J, 2024, 'Lincosamide monotherapy treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in tropical Australia: a case series', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 43, pp. 1247 - 1250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-024-04816-9

Baker K; Duncan T; Kung S; Smith S; Hanson J, 2024, 'Melioidosis masquerading as malignancy in tropical Australia; lessons for clinicians and implications for clinical management', Acta Tropica, 254, pp. 107209, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107209

Gora H; Hasan T; Smith S; Wilson I; Mayo M; Woerle C; Webb JR; Currie BJ; Hanson J; Meumann EM, 2024, 'Melioidosis of the Central Nervous System: Impact of the bimABm Allele on Patient Presentation and Outcome', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78, pp. 968 - 975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac111

Fox H; Hempenstall A; Pilot P; Callander E; Smith S; McDonald MI; Hanson J, 2024, 'Significant healthcare resource utilisation in the management of skin and soft tissue infections in the Torres Strait, Australia', Rural and Remote Health, 24, pp. 8572, http://dx.doi.org/10.22605/RRH8572

Campbell S; Stewart J; Quail G; Withey G; Smith S; Hanson J, 2023, 'Case Report: Leptospirosis Complicated by Persistent, Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109, pp. 1238 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0100

Prinsloo C; Smith S; Law M; Hanson J; Law M, 2023, 'The Epidemiological, Clinical, and Microbiological Features of Patients with Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteraemia—Implications for Clinical Management', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8, pp. 481 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8110481

Marquardt T; Hanson J; Preston-Thomas A; Thirlwell C; Kakkanat A; Goncalves N, 2023, 'Public health response to an outbreak of meningococcal B disease in a secondary school in Far North Queensland.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.50

Smith LK; Vardanega J; Smith S; White J; Little M; Hanson J, 2023, 'The Incidence of Infection Complicating Snakebites in Tropical Australia: Implications for Clinical Management and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis', Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5812766

Matthews RJ; Smith S; Wilson I; Tjahjono R; Young S; Hanson J, 2023, 'Case Report: Vagal Nerve Neuritis Associated with Pulmonary Melioidosis Provides Potential Insights into the Pathophysiology of Neuromelioidosis', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 108, pp. 1212 - 1214, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0694

Broger T; Koeppel L; Huerga H; Miller P; Gupta-Wright A; Blanc FX; Esmail A; Reeve BWP; Floridia M; Kerkhoff AD; Ciccacci F; Kasaro MP; Thit SS; Bastard M; Ferlazzo G; Yoon C; Van Hoving DJ; Sossen B; García JI; Cummings MJ; Wake RM; Hanson J; Cattamanchi A; Meintjes G; Maartens G; Wood R; Theron G; Dheda K; Olaru ID; Denkinger CM; Oelofse S; Laureillard D; Andreotti M; Chilyabanyama ON; Welu B; Molfino L; Mathabire Rücker SC; Szumilin E; Cossa L; Meléndez J; Mbuthini L; O'Donnell M; Jarvis JN; Ndlangalavu G; Fielding K, 2023, 'Diagnostic yield of urine lipoarabinomannan and sputum tuberculosis tests in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data', Lancet Global Health, 11, pp. e903 - e916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00135-3

Doran J; Canty D; Dempsey K; Cass A; Kangaharan N; Remenyi B; Brunsdon G; McDonald M; Heal C; Wang Z; Royse C; Royse A; Mein J; Gray N; Bennetts J; Baker RA; Stewart M; Sutcliffe S; Reeves B; Doran U; Rankine P; Fejo R; Heenan E; Jalota R; Ilton M; Roberts-Thomson R; King J; Wyber R; Doran J; Webster A; Hanson J, 2023, 'Surgery for rheumatic heart disease in the Northern Territory, Australia, 1997-2016: what have we gained?', BMJ Global Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011763

Sim BZ; Aaron L; Coulter C; Parkes-Smith J; Badrick T; May K; Armstrong M; Hendry S; Sundac L; Dang L; Ho J; Hanson J; Smith S; Choong K; Henderson AH; Bursle E, 2023, 'A multi-centre retrospective study of Nocardia speciation and antimicrobial susceptibility in Queensland, Australia', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42, pp. 339 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-022-04542-0

Nguyen ADK; Smith S; Davis TJ; Yarwood T; Hanson J, 2023, 'The efficacy and safety of a shortened duration of antimicrobial therapy for group A Streptococcus bacteremia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 128, pp. 11 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.015

Guthridge I; Campbell S; Smith S; Hanson J, 2023, 'The utility of empirical mupirocin for eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in Far North Queensland, Australia', Communicable diseases intelligence (CDI), 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.9

Nyein PP; Tillakeratne S; Phyu S; Yee MM; Lwin MM; Htike KL; Aung MT; Grebely J; Applegate T; Hanson J; Matthews G; Lin KS, 2023, 'Evaluation of Simplified HCV Diagnostics in HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patients in Myanmar', Viruses, 15, pp. 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15020521

, 2023, 'A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland, Australia', Population Medicine, 5, pp. 150 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/popmed/163950

Jessica HB; Carson J; Scott M; Patricia C; Nelson R; Helen VG; Phillip R; Hanson J; Robert M; Matthews G; Dore GJ; Martinello M; Read P, 2023, 'Effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral therapy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with HCV infection in Australia: A national real-world cohort (REACH-C)', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 30, pp. 386 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13803

Hanson J; Radlof S; Littlejohn M; Hempenstall A; Edwards R; Nakata Y; Gregson S; Hayes R; Smith S; McKinnon M; Binks P; Tong SYC; Davies J; Davis JS, 2023, 'Hepatitis B genotypes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: correlation with clinical course and implications for management', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16181

Baker K; Smith S; Stewart J; Withey G; Bain M; Pridgeon S; Hanson J, 2023, 'Melioidosis of the Female Genitourinary Tract', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109, pp. 1233 - 1237, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0350

Basaglia A; Kang K; Wilcox R; Lau A; McKenna K; Smith S; Chau KWT; Hanson J, 2023, 'The aetiology and incidence of infective endocarditis in people living with rheumatic heart disease in tropical Australia', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42, pp. 1115 - 1123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04641-6

Riddell J; Hempenstall A; Nakata Y; Gregson S; Hayes R; Smith S; Coates M; Charlie L; Perrett C; Newie V; Newie T; Radlof S; Hanson J, 2023, 'The high burden of comorbidities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with chronic hepatitis B in Far North Queensland, Australia, and the implications for patient management', PloS one, 18, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284151

Taunton C; Hawthorn L; Matysek R; Coates M; Pickering E; Neville J; Hanson J; Smith S; Hempenstall A, 2023, 'A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.41

Smith S; Marquardt T; Jennison AV; D’Addona A; Stewart J; Yarwood T; Ho J; Binotto E; Harris J; Fahmy M; Esmonde J; Richardson M; Graham RMA; Gair R; Ariotti L; Preston-Thomas A; Rubenach S; O’Sullivan S; Allen D; Ragh T; Grayson S; Manoy S; Warner JM; Meumann EM; Robson JM; Hanson J, 2023, 'Early Release - Clinical Manifestations and Genomic Evaluation of Melioidosis Outbreak among Children after Sporting Event, Australia - Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29, pp. 2218 - 2228, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.230951

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