Ben Howden

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

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

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-..

Cell Membrane Adaptations Mediate beta-Lactam-Induced Resensitization of Daptomycin-Resistant (DAP-R) Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro

Nagendra N Mishra, Arnold S Bayer, Sarah L Baines, Ashleigh S Hayes, Benjamin P Howden, Christian K Lapitan, Cassandra Lew, Warren E Rose

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROORGANISMS

The reversal of daptomycin resistance in MRSA to a daptomycin-susceptible phenotype following prolonged passage in selected β-lact..

Multi-site assessment of rapid, point-of-care antigen testing for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a low-prevalence setting: A validation and implementation study

Stephen Muhi, Nick Tayler, Tuyet Hoang, Susan A Ballard, Maryza Graham, Amanda Rojek, Jason C Kwong, Jason A Trubiano, Olivia Smibert, George Drewett, Fiona James, Emma Gardiner, Socheata Chea, Nicole Isles, Michelle Sait, Shivani Pasricha, George Taiaroa, Julie McAuley, Eloise Williams, Katherine B Gibney, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

Background: In Australia, COVID-19 diagnosis relies on RT-PCR testing which is relatively costly and time-consuming. To date, few ..

Development of Phylodynamic Methods for Bacterial Pathogens.

Danielle J Ingle, Benjamin P Howden, Sebastian Duchene

Journal article  |  2021  |  Trends Microbiol

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

Clinical manifestations of invasive meningococcal disease in Victoria with the emergence of serogroup W and serogroup Y Neisseria meningitidis

Michael T Birrell, Janet Strachan, Natasha E Holmes, Kerrie Stevens, Benjamin P Howden, Lucinda J Franklin, Mihaela Ivan, Jason C Kwong

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Historically, Australian cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) have been most frequently caused by Neisseria m..