Benjamin Cowie

Missed opportunities for diagnosis of hepatitis B and C in individuals diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma

George Mnatzaganian, Jennifer H MacLachlan, Nicole Allard, Chelsea Brown, Stacey Rowe, Benjamin C Cowie

Journal article  |  2023  |  JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

BACKGROUND AND AIM: This study aimed to assess utilization of health-care services in people with decompensated cirrhosis (DC) or ..

Uptake of perinatal immunoprophylaxis for infants born to women with a record of hepatitis B in Victoria (2009-2017).

Hui Min-Anna Deng, Nicole Romero, Nicole Allard, Stacey Rowe, Nafisa Yussf, Benjamin Cowie

Journal article  |  2023  |  Vaccine

BACKGROUND: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains one of the leading causes of transmission world..

Mapping the delivery of interventions for vaccine-preventable infections in pregnancy in Victoria, Australia

Nafisa Yussf, Nicole Allard, Nicole Romero, Ann Wilson, Jack Wallace, Meg Perrier, Stacey Rowe, Rosemary Morey, Neylan Aykut, Benjamin Cowie

Journal article  |  2023  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Standard care for pregnant women includes universal screening for hepatitis B, and administration of influenza and per..

Universal testing for hepatitis B must be accompanied by better linkage with care

Lien Tran, Benjamin C Cowie

Journal article  |  2023  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Modelling jurisdictional disparities in the cascade of care for chronic hepatitis B in Australia: impact of treatment uptake on mortality.

Karen McCulloch, Nicole Romero, Nicole Allard, Jennifer H MacLachlan, Benjamin C Cowie

Journal article  |  2023  |  Aust N Z J Public Health

OBJECTIVE: Investigate the cascade of care for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and estimate impacts of increasing treatment uptake on at..

Comparative Analysis of Mammal Genomes Unveils Key Genomic Variability for Human Life Span (vol 38, pg 4948, 2021)

Jack Wallace, Jacqueline Richmond, Jessica Howell, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Jennifer Power, Carla Treloar, Peter Revill, Benjamin Cowie, Su Wang, Mark Stoove, Alisa Pedrana, Margaret Hellard

Journal article  |  2022  |  MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Associations between COVID-19 and hospitalisation with respiratory and non-respiratory conditions: a record linkage study

Stacey L Rowe, Karin Leder, Kylie Dyson, Lalitha Sundaresan, Dennis Wollersheim, Brigid Lynch, Ifrah Abdullahi, Benjamin C Cowie, Nicola Stephens, Terence M Nolan, Sheena G Sullivan, Brett Sutton, Allen C Cheng

Journal article  |  2022  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

OBJECTIVES: To assess associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection and the incidence of hospitalisation with selected respiratory and..

Exploring the Public Health and Social Implications of Future Curative Hepatitis B Interventions

Jack Wallace, Jacqueline Richmond, Jessica Howell, Behzad Hajarizadeh, Jennifer Power, Carla Treloar, Peter A Revill, Benjamin Cowie, Su Wang, Mark Stoove, Alisa Pedrana, Margaret Hellard

Journal article  |  2022  |  VIRUSES-BASEL

Hepatitis B is a significant global health issue where the 296 million people estimated to live with the infection risk liver dise..

Women with hepatitis B: how mothers with chronic hepatitis B understand and experience the prevention of mother-to-child transmission interventions in Victoria, Australia

Nafisa Yussf, Jack Wallace, Meg Perrier, Nicole Romero, Benjamin Cowie, Nicole Allard

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis B can be prevented with targeted interventions; however, MTCT continu..

Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

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Journal article  |  2022  |  Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol

BACKGROUND: Combating viral hepatitis is part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and WHO has put forth hepatitis B el..