By Dr Josh Paul Hanson

Journal articles

Dhana A; Hamada Y; Kengne AP; Kerkhoff AD; Broger T; Denkinger CM; Rangaka MX; Gupta-Wright A; Fielding K; Wood R; Huerga H; Rücker SCM; Bjerrum S; Johansen IS; Thit SS; Kyi MM; Hanson J; Barr DA; Meintjes G; Maartens G, 2022, 'Diagnostic accuracy of WHO screening criteria to guide lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan testing among HIV-positive inpatients: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', Journal of Infection, 85, pp. 40 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.010

Davies P; Smith S; Wilcox R; Stewart JD; Davis TJ; McKenna K; Hanson J, 2022, 'Examination of the independent contribution of rheumatic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure to the development and outcome of melioidosis in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, pp. e0010604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010604

Vardanega J; Smith LK; Smith S; Hanson J, 2022, 'Animal bite wounds and their management in tropical Australia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 118, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.026

Dhana A; Hamada Y; Kengne AP; Kerkhoff AD; Rangaka MX; Kredo T; Baddeley A; Miller C; Singh S; Hanifa Y; Grant AD; Fielding K; Affolabi D; Merle CS; Wachinou AP; Yoon C; Cattamanchi A; Hoffmann CJ; Martinson N; Mbu ET; Sander MS; Balcha TT; Skogmar S; Reeve BWP; Theron G; Ndlangalavu G; Modi S; Cavanaugh J; Swindells S; Chaisson RE; Ahmad Khan F; Howard AA; Wood R; Thit SS; Kyi MM; Hanson J; Drain PK; Shapiro AE; Kufa T; Churchyard G; Nguyen DT; Graviss EA; Bjerrum S; Johansen IS; Gersh JK; Horne DJ; LaCourse SM; Al-Darraji HAA; Kamarulzaman A; Kempker RR; Tukvadze N; Barr DA; Meintjes G; Maartens G, 2022, 'Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 507 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00387-X

Dhana A; Hamada Y; Kengne AP; Kerkhoff AD; Rangaka MX; Kredo T; Baddeley A; Miller C; Gupta-Wright A; Fielding K; Wood R; Huerga H; Rücker SCM; Heidebrecht C; Wilson D; Bjerrum S; Johansen IS; Thit SS; Kyi MM; Hanson J; Barr DA; Meintjes G; Maartens G, 2022, 'Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', The Lancet HIV, 9, pp. e233 - e241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00002-9

Yee J; Carson JM; Hajarizadeh B; Hanson J; O’Beirne J; Iser D; Read P; Balcomb A; Doyle JS; Davies J; Martinello M; Marks P; Dore GJ; Matthews GV; Hanson J; Marks P; Byrne M; Post J; Batey R; Smart J; Dawson O; Hill S; Douglas M; Montebello M; Collie P; Hallinan R; Snelgar G; Baker D; Galhenage S; Soo TM; Bopage R; Faros J; Cooper L; Nelson R; Shaw D; Davies J; Wilson M; Pratt W; Hinton S; Wade A; Van Gessel H; Davidson L; Dibdin M; Lucas M; Ahmad R; Smith D; Tan K; Roder C; Harney B; Holdaway S; Walsh J; Fox P; Mousavi R; Lam W; Dahal RP; Habel P; Gilliver R; Silins E; Ackerman J; Deacon R; Hall E; Everson A; Milner M; Ferguson C; Tate-Baker J; Bradshaw J; Duncan G; Baluran G; Watson B; Hey C; Hickey R; Orme C; Miczkova S, 2022, 'High Effectiveness of Broad Access Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C in an Australian Real-World Cohort: The REACH-C Study', Hepatology Communications, 6, pp. 496 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1826

Sim BZ; Conway L; Smith LK; Fairhead L; Der YS; Payne L; Binotto E; Smith S; Hanson J, 2022, 'The aetiology and clinical characteristics of cryptococcal infections in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0265739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265739

Gora H; Smith S; Wilson I; Preston-Thomas A; Ramsamy N; Hanson J, 2022, 'The epidemiology and outcomes of central nervous system infections in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia; 2000-2019', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0265410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265410

Hempenstall A; Pilot P; McDonald M; Smith S; Hanson J, 2022, 'Community antibiotic management of skin infections in the Torres Strait', Australian Journal of Primary Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY22142

Fairhead LJ; Smith S; Sim BZ; Stewart AGA; Stewart JD; Binotto E; Law M; Hanson J, 2022, 'The seasonality of infections in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia: A 21-year retrospective evaluation of the seasonal patterns of six endemic pathogens', PLOS Global Public Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000506

Smith S; Horne P; Rubenach S; Gair R; Stewart J; Fairhead L; Hanson J, 2021, 'Increased incidence of melioidosis in far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 1998-2019', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27, pp. 3119 - 3123, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.211302

Ashokan A; Hanson J; Aung NM; Kyi MM; Taylor SL; Choo JM; Flynn E; Mobegi F; Warner MS; Wesselingh SL; Boyd MA; Rogers GB, 2021, 'Investigating potential transmission of antimicrobial resistance in an open-plan hospital ward: a cross-sectional metagenomic study of resistome dispersion in a lower middle-income setting', Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 10, pp. 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00915-w

Nyein PP; Aung E; Aung NM; Kyi MM; Boyd M; Lin KS; Hanson J, 2021, 'The impact of gender and the social determinants of health on the clinical course of people living with HIV in Myanmar: an observational study', AIDS Research and Therapy, 18, pp. 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12981-021-00364-w

Narayanasamy S; Dat VQ; Thanh NT; Ly VT; Chan JFW; Yuen KY; Ning C; Liang H; Li L; Chowdhary A; Youngchim S; Supparatpinyo K; Aung NM; Hanson J; Andrianopoulos A; Dougherty J; Govender NP; Denning DW; Chiller T; Thwaites G; van Doorn HR; Perfect J; Le T, 2021, 'A global call for talaromycosis to be recognised as a neglected tropical disease', The Lancet Global Health, 9, pp. e1618 - e1622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00350-8

Salaveria K; Smith S; Liu YH; Bagshaw R; Ott M; Stewart A; Law M; Carter A; Hanson J; Law M, 2021, 'The Applicability of Commonly Used Severity of Illness Scores to Tropical Infections in Australia', The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 106, pp. 257 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.21-0615

Carson JM; Hajarizadeh B; Hanson J; O'Beirne J; Iser D; Read P; Balcomb A; Davies J; Doyle JS; Yee J; Martinello M; Marks P; Dore GJ; Matthews GV, 2021, 'Effectiveness of treatment for hepatitis C virus reinfection following direct acting antiviral therapy in the REACH-C cohort', International Journal of Drug Policy, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103422

Guthridge I; Smith S; Law M; Binotto E; Hansona J; Hanson J; Law M, 2021, 'Efficacy and safety of intravenous lincosamide therapy in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 65, pp. 10.1128/aac.00343 - 10.1128/aac.00321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00343-21

Smith S; Wilson I; Starck L; Binotto E; Ho J; Hanson J, 2021, 'Cerebral gnathostomiasis', Medical Journal of Australia, 215, pp. 164 - 165.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51189

Hanson J; Smith S; Stewart J; Horne P; Ramsamy N, 2021, 'Melioidosis–a disease of socioeconomic disadvantage', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, pp. e0009544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009544

Hempenstall A; Howell E; Kang K; Chau KWT; Browne A; Kris E; Wapau H; Pilot P; Smith S; Reeves B; Hanson J, 2021, 'Echocardiographic screening detects a significant burden of rheumatic heart disease in Australian torres strait islander children and missed opportunities for its prevention', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104, pp. 1211 - 1214, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0846

Mar Minn M; Aung NM; Kyaw DZ; Zaw TT; Chann PN; Khine HE; McLoughlin S; Kelleher AD; Tun NL; Oo TZC; Myint NPST; Law M; Mar Kyi M; Hanson J, 2021, 'The comparative ability of commonly used disease severity scores to predict death or a requirement for ICU care in patients hospitalised with possible sepsis in Yangon, Myanmar', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 104, pp. 543 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.047

Aung NM; Nyein PP; Kyi MM; Hanson J, 2021, 'Bacterial Coinfection in Adults With Severe Malaria.', Clin Infect Dis, 72, pp. 535 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa732

Stewart AGA; Smith S; Binotto E; Hanson J, 2021, 'Clinical Features of Rickettsial Infection in Children in Tropical Australia - A Report of 15 Cases', Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 66, pp. 655 - 660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmaa015

Owen W; Smith S; Kuruvath S; Anderson D; Hanson J, 2021, 'Melioidosis of the central nervous system; A potentially lethal impersonator', IDCases, 23, pp. e01015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01015

Stewart AGA; Smith S; Hanson J, 2021, 'Prompt defervescence after the initiation of treatment for rickettsial infections – Time to dispense with the dogma', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 102, pp. 132 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.023

Kang K; Chau KWT; Howell E; Anderson M; Smith S; Davis TJ; Starmer G; Hanson J, 2021, 'The temporospatial epidemiology of rheumatic heart disease in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia 1997–2017; impact of socioeconomic status on disease burden, severity and access to care', PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, pp. e0008990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008990

Hanson J; Nyein PP; Aung NM; Kyi MM, 2021, 'Time for pragmatic, prospective clinical trials to determine the role of empirical antibacterial therapy in critically ill adults hospitalized with malaria', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 102, pp. 28 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1472

Dermedgoglou A; Smith S; Kennedy B; Poulgrain S; Paavola M; Minto T; Luc M; Liu Y; Starmer G; Hanson J, 2021, 'The Cardiovascular Manifestations of Severe Leptospirosis in Far North Queensland', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 30, pp. S246 - S246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.337

Bagshaw RJ; Stewart AGA; Smith S; Carter AW; Hanson J, 2020, 'The characteristics and clinical course of patients with scrub typhus and queensland tick typhus infection requiring intensive care unit admission: A 23-year case series from Queensland, Tropical Australia', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103, pp. 2472 - 2477, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0780

Hanson J; Fox M; Anderson A; Fox P; Webster K; Williams C; Nield B; Bagshaw R; Hempenstall A; Smith S; Solomon N; Boyd P, 2020, 'Chronic hepatitis B in remote, tropical Australia; successes and challenges', Plos One, 15, pp. e0238719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238719

Hanson J; Smith S; Brooks J; Groch T; Sivalingam S; Curnow V; Carter A; Hargovan S, 2020, 'The applicability of commonly used predictive scoring systems in Indigenous Australians with sepsis: An observational study', Plos One, 15, pp. e0236339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236339

Van Der Meer E; Conway L; Little M; Hanson J, 2020, 'A case of acute hypogonadism following taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) envenomation', Toxicon, 180, pp. 28 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.04.004

Smith S; Hanson J, 2020, 'Improving the mortality of severe leptospirosis', Intensive Care Medicine, 46, pp. 827 - 828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05925-7

Myint NPST; Zaw TT; Sain K; Waiyan S; Danta M; Cooper D; Aung NM; Kyi MM; Hanson J, 2020, 'Sequential Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy in Myanmar; a randomized clinical trial of efficacy and tolerability', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 35, pp. 617 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.14942

Paltridge M; Smith S; Traves A; McDermott R; Fang X; Blake C; Milligan B; D'Addona A; Hanson J, 2020, 'Rapid progress toward elimination of strongyloidiasis in North Queensland, Tropical Australia, 2000-2018', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102, pp. 339 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0490

Aung WPP; Myint NPST; Zaw TT; Cooper DA; Aung NM; Kyi MM; Lwin MM; Hanson J, 2020, 'The influence of HIV status on the burden and clinical manifestations of gastrointestinal pathogens in Yangon, Myanmar', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102, pp. 884 - 888, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0725

Smith S; Liu YH; Carter A; Kennedy BJ; Dermedgoglou A; Poulgrain SS; Paavola MP; Minto TL; Luc M; Hanson J, 2019, 'Severe leptospirosis in tropical Australia: Optimising intensive care unit management to reduce mortality', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, pp. e0007929, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PNTD.0007929

Nofz L; Koppen J; De Alwis N; Smith S; Hanson J, 2019, 'The microbiology of ear cultures in a high-burden setting in tropical Australia: Implications for clinicians', Clinical Otolaryngology, 44, pp. 1195 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/coa.13451

Stewart AGA; Smith S; Binotto E; McBride WJH; Hanson J, 2019, 'The epidemiology and clinical features of rickettsial diseases in North Queensland, Australia: Implications for patient identification and management', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, pp. e0007583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007583

Guthridge I; Smith S; Horne P; Hanson J, 2019, 'Increasing prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in remote Australian communities: implications for patients and clinicians', Pathology, 51, pp. 428 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2018.11.015

Smith S; Kennedy BJ; Dermedgoglou A; Poulgrain SS; Paavola MP; Minto TL; Luc M; Liu YH; Hanson J, 2019, 'A simple score to predict severe leptospirosis', Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, pp. e0007205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007205

Lynn KLY; Hanson J; Mon NCN; Yin KN; Nyein ML; Thant KZ; Kyi MM; Oo TZC; Aung NM, 2019, 'The clinical characteristics of patients with sepsis in a tertiary referral hospital in Yangon, Myanmar', Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 113, pp. 81 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try115

Kirby P; Smith S; Ward L; Hanson J; Currie BJ, 2019, 'Clinical utility of platelet count as a prognostic marker for melioidosis', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100, pp. 1085 - 1087, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0698

Hanson J; Smith S, 2019, 'High rates of premature and potentially preventable death among patients surviving melioidosis in Tropical Australia', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101, pp. 328 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0375

Smith S; Hanson J, 2019, 'Images in clinical tropical medicine successful treatment of localized cutaneous melioidosis with oral antibiotic therapy alone', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100, pp. 1039 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0940

Hempenstall A; Smith S; Hanson J, 2019, 'Leprosy in Far North Queensland: almost gone, but not to be forgotten', Medical Journal of Australia, 211, pp. 182 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50243

Hempenstall AJ; Smith S; Stanton D; Hanson J, 2019, 'Melioidosis in the torres Strait Islands, Australia: Exquisite interplay between pathogen, host, and environment', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100, pp. 517 - 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0806

Kang K; Hanson J; Chau K, 2019, 'The Temporospatial Epidemiology of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Far North Queensland (1997–2017)', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, pp. S357 - S357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.521

Hanson J, 2018, 'HTLV-1 is rare in Far North Queensland despite a significant burden of classically associated diseases', Pathology, 51, pp. 91 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2018.10.010

Lee A; Hanson J; Fox P; Spice G; Russell D; Boyd P, 2018, 'A decentralised, multidisciplinary model of care facilitates treatment of hepatitis C in regional Australia.', Journal of virus eradication, 4, pp. 160 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30270-3

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