Joseph Torresi

Exploring the role of a recently licensed dengue vaccine in Australian travellers

Irani Thevarajan, Joseph Torresi, Cameron Simmons

Journal article  |  2020  |  Medical Journal of Australia

HBV-related hepatocarcinogenesis: the role of signalling pathways and innovative ex vivo research models

Joseph Torresi, Manh Tran Bang, Dale Christiansen, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Renate Hilda Marianne Schwab, Elizabeth Vincan

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMC Cancer

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of liver cancer, but the mechanisms by which HBV causes liver cancer are ..

Pre-clinical evaluation of a quadrivalent HCV VLP vaccine in pigs following microneedle delivery

D Christiansen, L Earnest-Silveira, B Grubor-Bauk, DK Wijesundara, I Boo, PA Ramsland, E Vincan, HE Drummer, EJ Gowans, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

Probing and pressing surfaces of hepatitis C virus-like particles

Simon Collett, Joseph Torresi, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Dale Christiansen, Aaron Elbourne, Paul A Ramsland

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

A Hepatitis C Virus DNA Vaccine Encoding a Secreted, Oligomerized Form of Envelope Proteins Is Highly Immunogenic and Elicits Neutralizing Antibodies in Vaccinated Mice

Makutiro Ghislain Masavuli, Danushka K Wijesundara, Alexander Underwood, Dale Christiansen, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Rowena Bull, Joseph Torresi, Eric J Gowans, Branka Grubor-Bauk

Journal article  |  2019  |  Frontiers in Immunology

Cutaneous melioidosis: a review of the literature

Laura Fertitta, Gentiane Monsel, Joseph Torresi, Eric Caumes

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Dermatology

Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers and migrants: a 20-year GeoSentinel Surveillance Network analysis

Andrea K Boggild, Eric Caumes, Martin P Grobusch, Eli Schwartz, Noreen A Hynes, Michael Libman, Bradley A Connor, Sumontra Chakrabarti, Philippe Parola, Jay S Keystone, Theodore Nash, Adrienne J Showler, Mirjam Schunk, Hilmir Asgeirsson, Davidson H Hamer, Kevin C Kain, Frank von Sonnenburg, Camilla Rothe, Sabine Jordan, Christof Vinnemeier, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Typhoid vaccine responses in travellers treated with immunosuppressive therapy

Celina Jin, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

A golden age of travel: advancing the interests of older travellers

Gerard T Flaherty, Andrea Rossanese, Robert Steffen, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Immunological responses following administration of a genotype 1a/1b/2/3a quadrivalent HCV VLP vaccine

D Christiansen, L Earnest-Silveira, B Chua, P Meuleman, I Boo, B Grubor-Bauk, DC Jackson, ZY Keck, SKH Foung, HE Drummer, EJ Gowans, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Scientific Reports

Induction of Genotype Cross-Reactive, Hepatitis C Virus-Specific, Cell-Mediated Immunity in DNA-Vaccinated Mice

Danushka K Wijesundara, Jason Gummow, Yanrui Li, Wenbo Yu, Benjamin J Quah, Charani Ranasinghe, Joseph Torresi, Eric J Gowans, Branka Grubor-Bauk

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Virology

Travel and biologic therapy: travel-related infection risk, vaccine response and recommendations

Victoria Hall, Douglas Johnson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Antibody Responses to a Quadrivalent Hepatitis C Viral-Like Particle Vaccine Adjuvanted with Toll-Like Receptor 2 Agonists

Dale Christiansen, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Brendon Chua, Irene Boo, Heidi E Drummer, Branka Grubor-Bauk, Eric J Gowans, David C Jackson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2018  |  Viral Immunology

Preclinical Development and Production of Virus-Like Particles As Vaccine Candidates for Hepatitis C

Makutiro Ghislain Masavuli, Danushka K Wijesundara, Joseph Torresi, Eric J Gowans, Branka Grubor-Bauk

Journal article  |  2017  |  Frontiers in Microbiology

The Rationale for a Preventative HCV Virus-Like Particle (VLP) Vaccine

Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2017  |  Frontiers in Microbiology

Redefining priorities towards graded travel-related infectious disease research

Joseph Torresi, Robert Steffen

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Vancomycin

IC Gyssens, NE Holmes

Book Chapter  |  2017

Chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol

G MacLaren, F Shann

Book Chapter  |  2017

Lamivudine

J Audsley, M Giles, SR Lewin

Book Chapter  |  2017

Benzylpenicillin (penicillin G)

AM Geddes, IM Gould, JA Roberts, JA Trubiano, M Lindsay Grayson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Discontinued hepatitis agent: Clevudine

R Chin, J Torresi, J Mills

Book Chapter  |  2017

Artemether-lumefantrine

RJ Commons, JA Simpson, RN Price

Book Chapter  |  2017

Entecavir

AC Cheng, J Sasadeusz

Book Chapter  |  2017

Indinavir

MA Boyd, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Delavirdine

J Mills, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Kucers’ the use of antibiotics: A clinical review of antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiviral drugs, seventh edition

ML Grayson, SE Cosgrove, SM Crowe, W Hope, JS McCarthy, J Mills, JW Mouton, DL Paterson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Investigational antiviral drugs

J Mills, SM Crowe, M Martinello

Book Chapter  |  2017

Discontinued herpesvirus agent: Vidarabine

SM Crowe, J Mills

Book Chapter  |  2017

Darunavir

AC Cheng, R Muttucumaru, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Foscarnet

J Mills, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Rufloxacin

PGP Charles

Book Chapter  |  2017

Sparfloxacin

PGP Charles

Book Chapter  |  2017

Lomefloxacin

PGP Charles

Book Chapter  |  2017

Enoxacin

PGP Charles

Book Chapter  |  2017

Artemisinins

K Thriemer, JA Simpson, JS McCarthy, RN Price

Book Chapter  |  2017

Cycloserine and terizidone

PDR Johnson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Capreomycin

PDR Johnson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Amdoxovir

SM Crowe, J Mills

Book Chapter  |  2017

Principles of antimicrobial use

ML Grayson, SE Cosgrove, SM Crowe, JS McCarthy, W Hope, J Mills, JW Mouton, DL Paterson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Streptomycin

PDR Johnson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Ethionamide and prothionamide

PDR Johnson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Thiacetazone

PDR Johnson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Pefloxacin

PGP Charles

Book Chapter  |  2017

Maraviroc

M Roche, SR Lewin, PR Gorry

Book Chapter  |  2017

Abacavir

PU Cameron, JA Trubiano

Book Chapter  |  2017

Ticarcillin-clavulanic acid

K Buising

Book Chapter  |  2017

Apricitabine

SM Crowe, J Mills

Book Chapter  |  2017

Amantadine and rimantadine

J Mills, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Discontinued hepatitis agents: Torcitabine and valtorcitabine

J Mills, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Nelfinavir

SM Crowe, L Ostergaard, J Mills

Book Chapter  |  2017

Vaccines licensed and in clinical trials for the prevention of dengue

J Torresi, G Ebert, M Pellegrini

Journal article  |  2017  |  Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Sulfonamides

NE Holmes, M Lindsay Grayson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Tosufloxacin

PGP Charles

Book Chapter  |  2017

Linezolid

SJ Sparham, BP Howden

Book Chapter  |  2017

Pyronaridine-artesunate

H Karunajeewa

Book Chapter  |  2017

Preface

ML Grayson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Trimethoprim and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (cotrimoxazole)

JA Trubiano, M Lindsay Grayson

Book Chapter  |  2017

Halofantrine

RN Price, JA Simpson, JS McCarthy

Book Chapter  |  2017

Artesunate

RJ Commons, JA Simpson, JS McCarthy, RN Price

Book Chapter  |  2017

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine

H Karunajeewa

Book Chapter  |  2017

Ribavirin

E Woolnough, A Wade, J Sasadeusz

Book Chapter  |  2017

Zalcitabine

SM Crowe, J Mills

Book Chapter  |  2017

Zidovudine

CL Cherry, SM Crowe

Book Chapter  |  2017

Fosamprenavir

SM Crowe, C Katlama, R Murphy

Book Chapter  |  2017

Travel vaccination recommendations and endemic infection risks in solid organ transplantation recipients

Jason A Trubiano, Douglas Johnson, Asma Sohail, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Large scale production of a mammalian cell derived quadrivalent hepatitis C virus like particle vaccine

L Earnest-Silveira, D Christiansen, S Herrmann, SA Ralph, S Das, EJ Gowans, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Virological Methods

Hepatitis C-induced hepatocyte apoptosis following liver transplantation is enhanced by immunosuppressive agents

EJ Lim, R Chin, U Nachbur, J Silke, Z Jia, PW Angus, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Characterization of a hepatitis C virus-like particle vaccine produced in a human hepatocyte-derived cell line

L Earnest-Silveira, B Chua, R Chin, D Christiansen, D Johnson, S Herrmann, SA Ralph, K Vercauteren, A Mesalam, P Meuleman, S Das, I Boo, H Drummer, C-T Bock, EJ Gowans, DC Jackson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of General Virology

Immune responses against hepatitis C virus genotype 3a virus-like particles in mice: A novel VLP prime-adenovirus boost strategy

Anuj Kumar, Soma Das, Ranajoy Mullick, Priyanka Lahiri, Ranjitha Tatineni, Debashree Goswami, Prasanna Bhat, Joseph Torresi, Eric James Gowans, Anjali Anoop Karande, Saumitra Das

Journal article  |  2016  |  Vaccine

Editorial

J Torresi

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Transitions in Childhood

Untitled

Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Lot-to-lot consistency of a tetravalent dengue vaccine in healthy adults in Australia: A randomised study

Joseph Torresi, Leon G Heron, Ming Qiao, Joanne Marjason, Laurent Chambonneau, Alain Bouckenooghe, Mark Boaz, Diane van der Vliet, Derek Wallace, Yanee Hutagalung, Michael D Nissen, Peter C Richmond

Journal article  |  2015  |  Vaccine

Effect of Immunosuppressive Agents on Hepatocyte Apoptosis Post-Liver Transplantation

Eu Jin Lim, Ruth Chin, Ueli Nachbur, John Silke, Zhiyuan Jia, Peter W Angus, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

ACE2 Therapy Using Adeno-associated Viral Vector Inhibits Liver Fibrosis in Mice

Kai Y Mak, Ruth Chin, Sharon C Cunningham, Miriam R Habib, Joseph Torresi, Alexandra F Sharland, Ian E Alexander, Peter W Angus, Chandana B Herath

Journal article  |  2015  |  Molecular Therapy

Eliminating hepatitis B by antagonizing cellular inhibitors of apoptosis

Gregor Ebert, Cody Allison, Simon Preston, James Cooney, Jesse G Toe, Michael D Stutz, Samar Ojaimi, Nikola Baschuk, Ueli Nachbur, Joseph Torresi, John Silke, C Glenn Begley, Marc Pellegrini

Journal article  |  2015  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis proteins prevent clearance of hepatitis B virus

Gregor Ebert, Simon Preston, Cody Allison, James Cooney, Jesse G Toe, Michael D Stutz, Samar Ojaimi, Hamish W Scott, Nikola Baschuk, Ueli Nachbur, Joseph Torresi, Ruth Chin, Danielle Colledge, Xin Lie, Nadia Warner, Peter Revill, Scott Bowden, John Silke, C Glenn Begley, Marc Pellegrini

Journal article  |  2015  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Red Herring in Returned Traveler: Drug Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptom (DRESS) Syndrome Mimicking Sepsis

Hui Yin Lim, Gene Khai Lin Huang, Joseph Torresi, Douglas Johnson

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Hepatitis C virus-induced hepatocyte cell death and protection by inhibition of apoptosis

Eu Jin Lim, Korri El Khobar, Ruth Chin, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Peter W Angus, C-Thomas Bock, Ueli Nachbur, John Silke, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of General Virology

Prevention of Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Liver Cancer

EJ Lim, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2014  |  Recent Results in Cancer Research

Japanese B Encephalitis: An Overview of the Disease and Use of Chimerivax-JE as a Preventative Vaccine.

Ruth Chin, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Infectious Diseases and Therapy

The Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is endemic in many countries in southern Asia and the western Pacific Rim, with new spread t..

HBV and HCV Infections in Travelers Response

Joseph Torresi, Douglas F Johnson, Karin Leder

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Dengue Fever and International Travel

Irani Ratnam, Karin Leder, Jim Black, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Preparing for Dengue Vaccine Introduction: Recommendations from the 1st Dengue v2V International Meeting

Joseph Torresi, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Harold Margolis

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Electronic Estimations of Renal Function Are Inaccurate in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients and Can Result in Significant Underdosing of Prophylactic Valganciclovir

J Trevillyan, P Angus, E Shelton, J Whitlam, F Ierino, J Pavlovic, D Gregory, K Urbancic, J Torresi, A Testro, ML Grayson

Journal article  |  2013  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Travel-associated Illness Trends and Clusters, 2000-2010

Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, John S Brownstein, Mary E Wilson, Jay S Keystone, Elizabeth Barnett, Eli Schwartz, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Francesco Castelli, Frank von Sonnenburg, David O Freedman, Allen C Cheng

Journal article  |  2013  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Seroepidemiology of dengue in travellers: A paired sera analysis

Karin Leder, Margot Mutsch, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Christine Luxemburger, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Hepatitis B and C Infection in International Travelers

Douglas F Johnson, Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Incidence and risk factors for acute respiratory illnesses and influenza virus infections in Australian travellers to Asia

Irani Ratnam, Jim Black, Karin Leder, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Ian Gordon, Elizabeth Matchett, Alex Padiglione, Ian Woolley, Theo Karapanagiotidis, Tony Gherardin, Clarisse Demont, Christine Luxemburger, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Clinical Virology

Low Risk of Japanese Encephalitis in Short-Term Australian Travelers to Asia

Irani Ratnam, Karin Leder, Jim Black, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Elizabeth Matchett, Alex Padiglione, Ian Woolley, Theo Panagiotidis, Tony Gherardin, Christine Luxemburger, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Diagnosing swine flu: the inaccuracy of case definitions during the 2009 pandemic, an attempt at refinement, and the implications for future planning

Andrew A Mahony, Allen C Cheng, Karen L Olsen, Craig A Aboltins, James FP Black, Paul DR Johnson, M Lindsay Grayson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

The Incidence of HBV and HCV Infection in Australian Travelers to Asia

Douglas F Johnson, Irani Ratnam, Elizabeth Matchett, Linda Earnest-Silveria, Dale Christiansen, Karin Leder, Michael L Grayson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

HEPATITIS C VLPS DELIVERED TO DENDRITIC CELLS BY A TLR2 TARGETING LIPOPEPTIDE RESULTS IN ENHANCED NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AND CELL-MEDIATED RESPONSES

J Torresi, R Chin, B Chua, D Johnson, L Earnest-Sliveira, W Zeng, E Gowans, TC Bock, DC Jackson

Conference Proceedings  |  2013  |  Journal of Hepatology

GeoSentinel Surveillance of Illness in Returned Travelers, 2007-2011

Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, Michael D Libman, Jakob P Cramer, Francesco Castelli, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Mary E Wilson, Jay S Keystone, Eli Schwartz, Elizabeth D Barnett, Frank von Sonnenburg, John S Brownstein, Allen C Cheng, Mark J Sotir, Douglas H Esposito, David O Freedman

Journal article  |  2013  |  Annals of Internal Medicine

Impaired dendritic cell maturation in response to pandemic H1N109 influenza virus

Ruth Chin, Linda Earnest-Silviera, Claire L Gordon, Karen Olsen, Ian Barr, Lorena E Brown, David C Jackson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Clinical Virology

Special Adult Travel Vaccines: Yellow Fever, Meningococcal, Japanese Encephalitis, TBE, Rabies, Polio, Cholera

J Torresi, H Kollaritsch

Book Chapter  |  2013

Response to letters

J Torresi, DF Johnson, K Leder

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Cirrhosis, cellulitis and cats: a 'purrfect' combination for life-threatening spontaneous bacterial peritonitis from Pasteurella multocida.

Penelope Hey, Paul Gow, Joseph Torresi, Adam Testro

Journal article  |  2012  |  Case Reports

Pasteurella multocida is a Gram-negative coccobacillus that colonises the upper airways of many animals, in particular, dogs and c..

Hepatitis C VLPs Delivered to Dendritic Cells by a TLR2 Targeting Lipopeptide Results in Enhanced Antibody and Cell-Mediated Responses

Brendon Y Chua, Douglas Johnson, Amabel Tan, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Toshiki Sekiya, Ruth Chin, Joseph Torresi, David C Jackson

Journal article  |  2012  |  PLoS One

Travel-Associated Illness in Older Adults (> 60 y) (vol 19, pg 169, 2012)

Philippe Gautret, Jean Gaudart, Karin Leder, Eli Schwartz, Francesco Castelli, Poh Lian Lim, Holly Murphy, Jay Keystone, Jakob Cramer, Marc Shaw, Jacques Boddaert, Frank von Sonnenburg, Philippe Parola

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Incidence and seroprevalence of dengue virus infections in Australian travellers to Asia

I Ratnam, J Black, K Leder, B-A Biggs, E Matchett, A Padiglione, I Woolley, T Panagiotidis, T Gherardin, L Pollissard, C Demont, C Luxemburger, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2012  |  European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Enhanced apoptosis in post-liver transplant hepatitis C: Effects of virus and immunosuppressants

Eu Jin Lim, Ruth Chin, Peter W Angus, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2012  |  World Journal of Gastroenterology

Impact of swine influenza and quarantine measures on patients and households during the H1N1/09 pandemic

Benjamin Teh, Karen Olsen, Jim Black, Allen C Cheng, Craig Aboltins, Kirstin Bull, Paul DR Johnson, M Lindsay Grayson, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2012  |  Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Comparison of Immunoglobulin G Subclass Concentrations in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Severe Pandemic 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection

Claire L Gordon, Natasha E Holmes, M Lindsay Grayson, Joseph Torresi, Paul DR Johnson, Allen C Cheng, Patrick GP Charles

Journal article  |  2012  |  Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Latitudinal Patterns of Travel Among Returned Travelers With Influenza: Results From the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, 1997-2007

Andrea K Boggild, Francesco Castelli, Philippe Gautret, Joseph Torresi, Frank von Sonnenburg, Elizabeth D Barnett, Christina A Greenaway, Poh-Lian Lim, Eli Schwartz, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Mary E Wilson

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Preparing for introduction of a dengue vaccine: Recommendations from the 1st Dengue v2V Asia-Pacific Meeting

Sai Kit Lam, Donald Burke, Maria Rosario Capeding, Chee Keong Chong, Laurent Coudeville, Jeremy Farrar, Duane Gubler, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, Jeffrey Hanna, Jean Lang, Han Lim Lee, Yee Sin Leo, Chan Quang Luong, Richard Mahoney, John Mcbride, Jorge Mendez-Galvan, Lee Ching Ng, Suchitra Nimmannitya, Eng Eong Ooi, Donald Shepard, et al.

Journal article  |  2011  |  Vaccine

Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess the Risk of Developing Viral Infections in Australian Travelers During International Travel

Irani Ratnam, Joseph Torresi, Elizabeth Matchett, Laurence Pollissard, Christine Luxemburg, Chris Numa Lemoh, James Francis Patrick Black

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Progress in the development of preventive and therapeutic vaccines for hepatitis C virus

Joseph Torresi, Doug Johnson, Heiner Wedemeyer

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Hepatology

Hepatitis a and e infection in international travellers.

Joseph Torresi, Douglas Johnson

Journal article  |  2011  |  Current Infectious Disease Reports

Hepatitis A is the most common vaccine-preventable infection in travellers. The incidence of hepatitis A for travellers ranges fro..

Oceania

K Leder, J Torresi, M Shaw

Book Chapter  |  2011

Australia and New Zealand

K Leder, J Torresi, M Shaw

Book Chapter  |  2011

Crohn's Disease or Tuberculosis?

Kiley WJ Loh, Raouf Bassily, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Pooled Human Immunoglobulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients With Pandemic 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pneumonitis and Immunoglobulin G2 Subclass (IgG2) Deficiency

Claire L Gordon, Kath Langan, Patrick GP Charles, Rinaldo Bellomo, Graeme K Hart, Joseph Torresi, Paul DR Johnson, M Lindsay Grayson

Journal article  |  2011  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Antigen-Driven Patterns of TCR Bias Are Shared across Diverse Outcomes of Human Hepatitis C Virus Infection

John J Miles, Duangtawan Thammanichanond, Sarah Moneer, Usha K Nivarthi, Lars Kjer-Nielsen, Samantha L Tracy, Campbell K Aitken, Rebekah M Brennan, Weiguang Zeng, Louise Marquart, David Jackson, Scott R Burrows, David S Bowden, Joseph Torresi, Margaret Hellard, Jamie Rossjohn, James McCluskey, Mandvi Bharadwaj

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Immunology

Manual of Travel Medicine

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Book  |  2011

Immunogenicity, safety and tolerability in adults of a new single-dose, live-attenuated vaccine against Japanese encephalitis: Randomised controlled phase 3 trials

Joseph Torresi, Karen McCarthy, Emmanuel Feroldi, Claude Meric

Journal article  |  2010  |  Vaccine

Vaccine preventable diseases in returned international travelers Results from the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

Andrea K Boggild, Francesco Castelli, Philippe Gautret, Joseph Torresi, Frank von Sonnenburg, Elizabeth D Barnett, Christina A Greenaway, Poh-Lian Lim, Eli Schwartz, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Mary E Wilson

Journal article  |  2010  |  Vaccine

Two Cases of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Australian Travelers Visiting Morocco

Andrew J Stewardson, Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, Douglas F Johnson

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Hepatitis B virus overexpresses suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3) thereby contributing to severity of inflammation in the liver

Bernd Koeberlein, Axel Zur Hausen, Nuran Bektas, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Ruth Chin, Nguyen Linh Toan, Reinhard Kandolf, Joseph Torresi, C-Thomas Bock

Journal article  |  2010  |  Virus Research

Long-Term Follow-Up of Schistosomiasis Serology Post-Treatment in Australian Travelers and Immigrants

Michelle K Yong, Carolyn L Beckett, Karin Leder, Beverley A Biggs, Joseph Torresi, Daniel P O'Brien

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Association between Severe Pandemic 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Immunoglobulin G(2) Subclass Deficiency

CL Gordon, PDR Johnson, M Permezel, NE Holmes, G Gutteridge, CF McDonald, DP Eisen, AJ Stewardson, J Edington, PGP Charles, N Crinis, MJ Black, J Torresi, ML Grayson

Journal article  |  2010  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Ross River Virus

J Torresi

Book Chapter  |  2010

Global control of hepatitis B virus: does treatment-induced antigenic change affect immunization?

C John Clements, Ben Coghlan, Mick Creati, Stephen Locarnini, Richard S Tedder, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2010  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Dysregulation of hepatocyte cell cycle and cell viability by hepatitis B virus

Ruth Chin, Ulrich Nachbur, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Aleksandra Bankovacki, Bernd Koeberlein, Hanswalter Zentgraf, C-Thomas Bock, John Silke, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2010  |  Virus Research

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Defining infections in international travellers through the GeoSentinel surveillance network

Joseph Torresi, Karin Leder

Journal article  |  2009  |  Nature Reviews Microbiology

Illness in Long-Term Travelers Visiting GeoSentinel Clinics

Lin H Chen, Mary E Wilson, Xiaohong Davis, Louis Loutan, Eli Schwartz, Jay Keystone, Devon Hale, Poh Lian Lim, Anne McCarthy, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Patricia Schlagenhauf

Journal article  |  2009  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Multicenter EuroTravNet/GeoSentinel Study of Travel-related Infectious Diseases in Europe

Philippe Gautret, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Jean Gaudart, Francesco Castelli, Philippe Brouqui, Frank von Sonnenburg, Louis Loutan, Philippe Parola

Journal article  |  2009  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Multicenter GeoSentinel Analysis of Rickettsial Diseases in International Travelers, 1996-2008

Mogens Jensenius, Xiaohong Davis, Frank von Sonnenburg, Eli Schwartz, Jay S Keystone, Karin Leder, Rogelio Lopez-Velez, Eric Caurnes, Jakob P Cramer, Lin Chen, Philippe Parola

Journal article  |  2009  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Increasing rates and clinical consequences of nalidixic acid-resistant isolates causing enteric fever in returned travellers: an 18-year experience

S Hume, T Schulz, P Vinton, T Korman, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2009  |  European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

T(CD8) response in diverse outcomes of recurrent exposure to hepatitis C virus

Mandvi Bharadwaj, Duangtawan Thammanichanond, Campbell Kynoch Aiten, Sarah Moneer, Heidi E Drummer, Samantha Tracy, Rhonda Holdsworth, Scott Bowden, David Jackson, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Torresi, James McCluskey

Journal article  |  2009  |  Immunology and Cell Biology

A global study of pathogens and host risk factors associated with infectious gastrointestinal disease in returned international travellers

Ashwin Swaminathan, Joseph Torresi, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Karin Thursky, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Bradley A Connor, Eli Schwartz, Frank vonSonnenberg, Jay Keystone, Daniel P O'Brien

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Infection

The Profile of Health Problems in African Immigrants Attending an Infectious Disease Unit in Melbourne, Australia

Katherine B Gibney, Seema Mihrshahi, Joseph Torresi, Caroline Marshall, Karin Leder, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2009  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

A self-adjuvanting lipopeptide-based vaccine candidate for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection

Brendon Y Chua, Emily M Eriksson, Lorena E Brown, Weiguang Zeng, Eric J Gowans, Joseph Torresi, David C Jackson

Journal article  |  2008  |  Vaccine

Fiber-modified recombinant adenoviral constructs encoding hepatitis C virus proteins induce potent HCV-specific T cell response

Duangtawan Thammanichanond, Sarah Moneer, Patricia Yotnda, Campbell Aitken, Linda Earnest-Silveira, David Jackson, Margaret Hellard, James McCluskey, Joseph Torresi, Mandvi Bharadwaj

Journal article  |  2008  |  Clinical Immunology

Isolated core antibody hepatitis B in sub-Saharan African immigrants

KB Gibney, J Torresi, C Lemoh, BA Biggs

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Medical Virology

Human parvovirus B19NS1 protein modulates inflammatory signaling by activation of STAT3/PIAS3 in human endothelial cells

Anja Duechting, Carsten Tschoepe, Heike Kaiser, Tobias Lamkemeyer, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Susanne Aberle, Florian Lang, Joseph Torresi, Reinhard Kandolf, C-Thomas Bock

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Virology

A comparative analysis of methodological approaches used for estimating risk in travel medicine

Karin Leder, Mary E Wilson, David O Freedman, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Seasonality, annual trends, and characteristics of dengue among ill returned travelers, 1997-2006

Eli Schwartz, Leisa H Weld, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Frank von Sonnenburg, Jay S Keystone, Kevin C Kain, Joseph Torresi, David O Freedman

Journal article  |  2008  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Closing the door on hepatitis B.

C-Thomas Bock, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Hepatology

Short report: Health risks in travelers to China: The GeoSentinel experience and implications for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Xiaohong M Davis, Susan MacDonald, Sarah Borwein, David O Freedman, Phyllis E Kozarsky, Frank Von Sonnenburg, Jay S Keystone, Poh Lian Lim, Nina Marano

Journal article  |  2008  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Gastrointestinal infection among international travelers globally

Zoe Greenwood, James Black, Leisa Weld, Daniel O'Brien, Dip Anat, Karin Leder, Frank Von Sonnenburg, Prativa Pandey, Eli Schwartz, Bradley A Connor, Graham Brown, David O Freedman, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa

Katherine B Gibney, Lachlan MacGregor, Karin Leder, Joseph Torresi, Caroline Marshall, Peter R Ebeling, Beverley-Ann Biggs

Journal article  |  2008  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Rabies postexposure prophylaxis in returned injured travelers from France, Australia, and New Zealand: A retrospective study

Philippe Gautret, Marc Shaw, Pierre Gazin, Georges Soula, Jean Delmont, Philippe Parola, Marie Jose Soavi, Philippe Brouqui, D Elizabeth Matchett, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Failure of lamivudine to reverse hepatitis B virus-associated changes in ERK, Akt and cell cycle regulatory proteins

Ruth Chin, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Bernd Koeberlein, Susanne Franz, Hanswalter Zentgrof, Scott Bowden, C-Thomgs Bock, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Antiviral Therapy

Subcellular Mislocalization of Mutant Hepatitis B X Proteins Contributes to Modulation of STAT/SOCS Signaling in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

C Thomas Bock, Nguyen L Toan, Bernd Koeberlein, Le H Song, Ruth Chin, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Reinhard Kandolf, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Intervirology

Hepatitis B antiviral resistance and vaccine escape: two sides of the same coin

Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2008  |  Antiviral Therapy

Filariasis in travelers presenting to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.

Ettie M Lipner, Melissa A Law, Elizabeth Barnett, Jay S Keystone, Frank von Sonnenburg, Louis Loutan, D Rebecca Prevots, Amy D Klion, Thomas B Nutman, undefined GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

Journal article  |  2007  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

BACKGROUND: As international travel increases, there is rising exposure to many pathogens not traditionally encountered in the res..

Modulation of MAPK pathways and cell cycle by replicating hepatitis B virus: Factors contributing to hepatocarcinogenesis

Ruth Chin, Linda Earnest-Silveira, Bernd Koeberlein, Susanne Franz, Hanswalter Zentgraf, Xuebin Dong, Eric Gowans, C-Thomas Bock, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2007  |  Hepatology

Neutralizing antibodies in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection treated with (Peg)-interferon/ribavirin

Irene Boo, Alexandra E Fischer, Doug Johnson, Ruth Chin, Maxine Giourouki, Mandvi Bharadwaj, Scott Bowden, Joseph Torresi, Heidi Drummer

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Clinical Virology

A self-adjuvanting multiepitope immunogen that induces a broadly cross-reactive antibody to hepatitis C virus

Joseph Torresi, Owen M Stock, Alexandra E Fischer, Lara Grollo, Heidi Drummer, Irene Boo, Weiguang Zeng, Linda Earnest-Silveira, David C Jackson

Journal article  |  2007  |  Hepatology

Animal-associated injuries and related diseases among returned travellers: A review of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network

Philippe Gautret, Eli Schwartz, Marc Shaw, Georges Soula, Pierre Gazin, Jean Delmont, Philippe Parola, Marie Jose Soavi, Elizabeth Matchett, Graham Brown, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2007  |  Vaccine

Rabies preexposure vaccination in travelers

Philippe Gautret, Philippe Parola, Marc Shaw, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Illness in travelers visiting friends and relatives: What can be concluded? Reply to Behrens et al.

Karin Leder, Leisa Weld, David O Freedman, Jim Black, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2007  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Reply to Behrens et al

K Leder, L Weld, DO Freedman, J Black, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2007  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

A chimeric GB virus B encoding the hepatitis C virus hypervariable region 1 is infectious in vivo

G Haqshenas, X Dong, H Netter, J Torresi, EJ Gowans

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of General Virology

Induction of neutralizing antibody responses to hepatitis C virus with synthetic peptide constructs incorporating both antibody and T-helper epitopes

Joseph Torresi, Alex Fischer, Lara Grollo, Weiguang Zeng, Heidi Drummer, David C Jackson

Journal article  |  2007  |  Immunology and Cell Biology

Illness in travelers visiting friends and relatives: A review of the GeoSentinel surveillance network

Karin Leder, Steven Tong, Leisa Weld, Kevin C Kain, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Frank Von Sonnenburg, Jim Black, Graham V Brown, Joseph Torresi

Journal article  |  2006  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Phylogenetic analysis of human parvovirus B19, indicating two subgroups of genotype 1 in Vietnamese patients

Nguyen L Toan, Anja Duechting, Peter G Kremsner, Le H Song, Martin Ebinger, Susanne Aberle, Vu Q Binh, Dinh Ng Duy, Joseph Torresi, Reinhard Kandolf, C-Thomas Bock

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of General Virology

Co-infection of human parvovirus B19 in Vietnamese patients with hepatitis B virus infection

Nguyen L Toan, Le H Song, Peter G Kremsner, Dinh N Duy, Vu Q Binh, Anja Duechting, Heike Kaiser, Joseph Torresi, Reinhard Kandolf, C-Thomas Bock

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Hepatology

Impact of the hepatitis B virus genotype and genotype mixtures on the course of liver disease in Vietnam

Nguyen L Toan, Le H Song, Peter G Kremsner, Dinh N Duy, Vu Q Binh, Bernd Koeberlein, Stefan Kaiser, Reinhard Kandolf, Joseph Torresi, C-Thomas Bock

Journal article  |  2006  |  Hepatology

Illness in returned travelers and immigrants/refugees: The 6-year experience of two Australian infectious diseases

DP O'Brien, K Leder, E Matchett, GV Brown, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Exploiting information inherent in binding sites of virus-specific antibodies: design of an HCV vaccine candidate cross-reactive with multiple genotypes

Lara Grollo, Joseph Torresi, Heidi Drummer, Weiquang Zeng, Nicholas Williamson, David C Jackson

Journal article  |  2006  |  Antiviral Therapy

Adequate primaquine for vivax malaria

S Kitchener, P Nasveld, S Bennett, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Malaria in travelers: A review of the GeoSentinel surveillance network

K Leder, J Black, D O'Brien, Z Greenwood, KC Kain, E Schwartz, G Brown, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2004  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Highly reproducible transient transfections for the study of hepatitis B virus replication based on an internal GFP reporter system

T Gouskos, F Wightman, SR Lewin, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2004  |  Journal of Virological Methods

Severe hepatitis and prolonged hepatitis B virus-specific CD8 T-cell response after selection of hepatitis B virus YMDD variant in an HIV/hepatitis B virus-co-infected patient

T Gouskos, F Wightman, J Chang, L Earnest-Silveira, J Sasadeusz, SR Lewis, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2004  |  AIDS

Imported Plasmodium vivax malaria: Demographic and clinical features in nonimmune travelers

JH Elliott, D O'Brien, K Leder, S Kitchener, E Schwartz, L Weld, G Brown, KC Kain, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2004  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Delayed onset of malaria - Implications for chemoprophylaxis

G Brown, J Torresi, S Flint

Journal article  |  2004  |  New England Journal of Medicine

Neutralising antibody, CTL and dendritic cell responses to hepatitis C virus: A preventative vaccine strategy

J Torresi, M Bharadwaj, DC Jackson, EJ Gowan

Journal article  |  2004  |  Current Drug Targets

Imported Plasmodium vivax Malaria: Demographic and Clinical features in Nonimmune travelers.

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Journal article  |  2004  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Travel health knowledge, attitudes and practices among Australasian travelers

A Wilder-Smith, NS Khairullah, JH Song, CY Chen, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2004  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Dengue fever in travelers returning from Southeast Asia

V Sung, DP O'Brien, E Matchett, GV Brown, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2003  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Respiratory tract infections in travelers: A review of the GeoSentinel surveillance network

K Leder, V Sundararajan, L Weld, P Pandey, G Brown, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2003  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Immune responses in hepatitis C virus infection: The role of dendritic cells

NL Fowler, J Torresi, DC Jackson, LE Brown, EJ Gowans

Journal article  |  2003  |  Immunology and Cell Biology

Maturation of dendritic cells with lipopeptides that represent vaccine candidates for hepatitis C virus

BY Chua, A Healy, PU Cameron, O Stock, M Rizkalla, WG Zeng, J Torresi, LE Brown, NL Fowler, EJ Gowans, DC Jackson

Journal article  |  2003  |  Immunology and Cell Biology

The virological and clinical significance of mutations in the overlapping envelope and polymerase genes of hepatitis B virus

J Torresi

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Clinical Virology

Restoration of replication phenotype of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus mutants by compensatory changes in the "fingers" subdomain of the viral polymerase selected as a consequence of mutations in the overlapping S gene

J Torresi, L Earnest-Silveira, G Civitico, TE Walters, SR Lewin, J Fyfe, SA Locarnini, M Manns, C Trautwein, TC Bock

Journal article  |  2002  |  Virology

Hepatitis A vaccine failure

JH Elliott, M Kunze, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2002  |  The Lancet

Reduced antigenicity of the hepatitis B virus HBsAg protein arising as a consequence of sequence changes in the overlapping polymerase gene that are selected by lamivudine therapy

J Torresi, L Earnest-Silveira, G Deliyannis, K Edgtton, H Zhuang, SA Locarnini, J Fyfe, T Sozzi, DC Jackson

Journal article  |  2002  |  Virology

Selection of hepatitis B virus polymerase mutants with enhanced replication by lamivudine treatment after liver transplantation

CT Bock, HL Tillmann, J Torresi, J Klempnauer, S Locarnini, MP Manns, C Trautwein

Journal article  |  2002  |  Gastroenterology

In vitro susceptibilities of wild-type or drug-resistant hepatitis B virus to (-)-beta-D-2,6-diaminopurine dioxolane and 2 '-fluoro-5-methyl-beta-L-arabinofuranosyluracil

R Chin, T Shaw, J Torresi, V Sozzi, C Trautwein, T Bock, M Manns, H Isom, P Furman, S Locarnini

Journal article  |  2001  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Hepatosplenic schistosomiasis presenting as granulomatous hepatitis in an immigrant from the Philippines with pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous lymphadenitis, and a history of alcohol abuse

J Torresi, W Sievert

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Cross-resistance testing of antihepadnaviral compounds using novel recombinant baculoviruses which encode drug-resistant strains of hepatitis B virus

WE Delaney, R Edwards, D Colledge, T Shaw, J Torresi, TG Miller, HC Isom, CT Bock, MP Manns, C Trautwein, S Locarnini

Journal article  |  2001  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Primary muscle hydatidosis of the thigh: Management of a complicated case with combination adjunctive albendazole and praziquantel chemotherapy

K Thursky, J Torresi

Journal article  |  2001  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Antiviral chemotherapy for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infections

J Torresi, S Locarnini

Journal article  |  2000  |  Gastroenterology

ELISA for IgG-class antibody to hepatitis E virus based on a highly conserved, conformational epitope expressed in Eschericia coli

DA Anderson, F Li, M Riddell, T Howard, HF Seow, J Torresi, G Perry, D Sumarsidi, SM Shrestha, IL Shrestha

Journal article  |  1999  |  Journal of Virological Methods

Only the non-glycosylated fraction of hepatitis E virus capsid (open reading frame 2) protein is stable in mammalian cells

J Torresi, F Li, SA Locarnini, DA Anderson

Journal article  |  1999  |  Journal of General Virology

First reported case of endometrial carcinoma in association with HIV infection

GB Gard, OM McNally, NJ Mulvany, DML Bernshaw, K Narayan, J Torresi, JM Stewart, MA Quinn

Journal article  |  1999  |  International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

New therapeutic strategies in the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection.

J Torresi, SA Locarnini

Journal article  |  1999  |  Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Principally, because of the association of the chronic carrier state with the development of cirrhotic liver disease and hepatocel..

High level expression of the capsid protein of hepatitis E virus in diverse eukaryotic cells using the Semliki Forest virus replicon

J Torresi, J Meanger, P Lambert, F Li, SA Locarnini, DA Anderson

Journal article  |  1997  |  Journal of Virological Methods

Amino-terminal epitopes are exposed when full-length open reading frame 2 of hepatitis E virus is expressed in Escherichia coli, but carboxy-terminal epitopes are masked

F Li, J Torresi, SA Locarnini, H Zhuang, WF Zhu, XX Guo, DA Anderson

Journal article  |  1997  |  Journal of Medical Virology

Usefulness of Semen Microscopy in the Diagnosis of a Difficult Case of Schistosoma haematobium Infection in a Returned Traveler.

J Torresi, H Sheori, N Ryan, A Yung

Journal article  |  1997  |  Journal of Travel Medicine

Schistosoma haematobium is endemic in many countries of Southeast Asia, eastern and western Africa, and South America. It affects ..

Fasciola hepatica liver infection in a Victorian dairy farmer

J Torresi, MJ Richards, GJ Taggart, RA Smallwood

Journal article  |  1996  |  Medical Journal of Australia

PRESSOR SENSITIVITY TO ANGIOTENSIN-I AND ANGIOTENSIN-II DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL RENAL-HYPERTENSION IN THE RAT

AE DOYLE, SB HARRAP, J TORRESI

Journal article  |  1986  |  Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

PREVENTION AND REVERSAL OF TOLERANCE TO NITROGLYCERINE WITH N-ACETYLCYSTEINE

J TORRESI, JD HOROWITZ, GJ DUSTING

Journal article  |  1985  |  Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Endothelium-derived relaxing factors released by arachidonic acid but not by thromboxane A2.

GJ Dusting, J Torresi, MI McBurine

Journal article  |  1985  |  Advances in prostaglandin, thromboxane, and leukotriene research