Ben Howden

Development of Phylodynamic Methods for Bacterial Pathogens

Danielle J Ingle, Benjamin P Howden, Sebastian Duchene

Journal article  |  2021  |  TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Phylodynamic methods have been essential to understand the interplay between the evolution and epidemiology of infectious diseases..

Genomics-informed responses in the elimination of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: an observational, genomic epidemiological study

Courtney R Lane, Norelle L Sherry, Ashleigh F Porter, Sebastian Duchene, Kristy Horan, Patiyan Andersson, Mathilda Wilmot, Annabelle Turner, Sally Dougall, Sandra A Johnson, Michelle Sait, Anders Gonsalves da Silva, Susan A Ballard, Tuyet Hoang, Timothy P Stinear, Leon Caly, Vitali Sintchenko, Rikki Graham, Jamie McMahon, David Smith, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: A cornerstone of Australia's ability to control COVID-19 has been effective border control with an extensive supervise..

An implementation science approach to evaluating pathogen whole genome sequencing in public health

Angeline S Ferdinand, Margaret Kelaher, Courtney R Lane, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Norelle L Sherry, Susan A Ballard, Patiyan Andersson, Tuyet Hoang, Justin T Denholm, Marion Easton, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  GENOME MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Pathogen whole genome sequencing (WGS) is being incorporated into public health surveillance and disease control syste..

Longitudinal evaluation of laboratory-based serological assays for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection.

KA Bond, E Williams, S Nicholson, S Lim, D Johnson, B Cox, M Putland, E Gardiner, E Tippett, M Graham, F Mordant, M Catton, SR Lewin, K Subbarao, BP Howden, DA Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Pathology

Serological assays for SARS-CoV-2 infection are now widely available for use in diagnostic laboratories. Limited data are availabl..

Longitudinal evaluation of laboratory-based serological assays for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection.

KA Bond, E Williams, S Nicholson, S Lim, D Johnson, B Cox, M Putland, E Gardiner, E Tippett, M Graham, F Mordant, M Catton, SR Lewin, K Subbarao, BP Howden, DA Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Pathology

Serological assays for SARS-CoV-2 infection are now widely available for use in diagnostic laboratories. Limited data are availabl..

O14.4 Enteric and sexually acquired pathogens in men who have sex with men with clinical proctitis

E Chow, D Lee, S Bond, C Fairley, K Maddaford, R Wigan, G Fehler, S Lange, V De Petra, M Bissessor, C Bradshaw, B Howden, J Hocking, D Williamson, M Chen

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  LGBTQ populations – MSM

Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the Australian context

Patiyan Andersson, Norelle L Sherry, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2021  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Population genomics provides insights into the evolution and adaptation to humans of the waterborne pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii

Tao Luo, Peng Xu, Yangyi Zhang, Jessica L Porter, Marwan Ghanem, Qingyun Liu, Yuan Jiang, Jing Li, Qing Miao, Bijie Hu, Benjamin P Howden, Janet AM Fyfe, Maria Globan, Wencong He, Ping He, Yiting Wang, Houming Liu, Howard E Takiff, Yanlin Zhao, Xinchun Chen, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Mycobacterium kansasii can cause serious pulmonary disease. It belongs to a group of closely-related species of non-tuberculous my..

Analysis of Hepatitis B Virus Haplotype Diversity Detects Striking Sequence Conservation Across Genotypes and Chronic Disease Phase

Josef Wagner, Lilly Yuen, Margaret Littlejohn, Vitina Sozzi, Kathy Jackson, Vithika Suri, Susanna Tan, Becket Feierbach, Anuj Gaggar, Patrick Marcellin, Maria Buti Ferret, Harry LA Janssen, Ed Gane, Henry LY Chan, Danni Colledge, Gillian Rosenberg, Julianne Bayliss, Benjamin P Howden, Stephen A Locarnini, Darren Wong, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  HEPATOLOGY

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: We conducted haplotype analysis of complete hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomes following deep sequencing from 36..

Pilot study of a combined genomic and epidemiologic surveillance program for hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant pathogens across multiple hospital networks in Australia

Norelle L Sherry, Robyn S Lee, Claire L Gorrie, Jason C Kwong, Rhonda L Stuart, Tony M Korman, Caroline Marshall, Charlie Higgs, Hiu Tat Chan, Maryza Graham, Paul DR Johnson, Marcel J Leroi, Caroline Reed, Michael J Richards, Monica A Slavin, Leon J Worth, Benjamin P Howden, M Lindsay Grayson

Journal article  |  2021  |  INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

OBJECTIVES: To conduct a pilot study implementing combined genomic and epidemiologic surveillance for hospital-acquired multidrug-..