David Price

An experimental design tool to optimize inference precision in data-driven mathematical models of bacterial infections in vivo

Myrto Vlazaki, David J Price, Olivier Restif

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of The Royal Society Interface

The management of bacterial diseases calls for a detailed knowledge about the dynamic changes in host-bacteria interactions. Biolo..

Estimation of the force of infection and infectious period of skin sores in remote Australian communities using interval-censored data

Michael J Lydeamore, Patricia T Campbell, David J Price, Yue Wu, Adrian J Marcato, Will Cuningham, Jonathan R Carapetis, Ross M Andrews, Malcolm McDonald, Jodie McVernon, Steven YC Tong, James M McCaw

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Computational Biology

Prevalence of impetigo (skin sores) remains high in remote Australian Aboriginal communities, Fiji, and other areas of socio-econo..

Early analysis of the Australian COVID-19 epidemic

David J Price, Freya M Shearer, Michael T Meehan, Emma McBryde, Robert Moss, Nick Golding, Eamon J Conway, Peter Dawson, Deborah Cromer, James Wood, Sam Abbott, Jodie McVernon, James M McCaw

Journal article  |  2020  |  eLife

As of 1 May 2020, there had been 6808 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. Of these, 98 had died from the disease. The epidem..

A data-based mathematical modelling study to quantify the effects of ciprofloxacin and ampicillin on the within-host dynamics of Salmonella enterica during treatment and relapse

Myrto Vlazaki, Omar Rossi, David J Price, Callum McLean, Andrew J Grant, Pietro Mastroeni, Olivier Restif

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Antibiotic therapy has drastically reduced the mortality and sequelae of bacterial infections. From naturally occurring to chemica..

The Australasian COVID-19 Trial (ASCOT) to assess clinical outcomes in hospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) treated with lopinavir/ritonavir and/or hydroxychloroquine compared to standard of care: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Justin T Denholm, Joshua Davis, David Paterson, Jason Roberts, Susan Morpeth, Thomas Snelling, Dominica Zentner, Megan Rees, Matthew O'Sullivan, David Price, Asha Bowen, Steven YC Tong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Trials

OBJECTIVES: To determine if lopinavir/ritonavir +/- hydroxychloroquine will reduce the proportion of participants who survive with..

Influenza With and Without Fever: Clinical Predictors and Impact on Outcomes in Patients Requiring Hospitalization

Benjamin J Smith, David J Price, Douglas Johnson, Bruce Garbutt, Michelle Thompson, Louis B Irving, Mark Putland, Steven YC Tong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract Background The Infectious Diseases Society of America influenza guide..

Correction: Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Daniel A Pfeffer, Benedikt Ley, Rosalind E Howes, Patrick Adu, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Pooja Bansil, Yap Boum, Marcelo Brito, Pimlak Charoenkwan, Archie Clements, Liwang Cui, Zeshuai Deng, Ochaka Julie Egesie, Fe Esperanza Espino, Michael E von Fricken, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Yongshu He, Gisela Henriques, Wasif Ali Khan, Nimol Khim, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Medicine

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003084.].

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Sex-Stratified Plasmodium vivax Treatment Strategies Using Available G6PD Diagnostics to Accelerate Access to Radical Cure

Angela Devine, Rosalind E Howes, David J Price, Kerryn A Moore, Benedikt Ley, Julie A Simpson, Sabine Dittrich, Ric N Price

Journal article  |  2020  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Tafenoquine has been licensed for the single-dose radical cure of Plasmodium vivax in adults; however, it is only recommended in p..

Quantification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity by spectrophotometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Daniel A Pfeffer, Benedikt Ley, Rosalind E Howes, Patrick Adu, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Pooja Bansil, Yap Boum, Marcelo Brito, Pimlak Charoenkwan, Archie Clements, Liwang Cui, Zeshuai Deng, Ochaka Julie Egesie, Fe Esperanza Espino, Michael E von Fricken, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Yongshu He, Gisela Henriques, Wasif Ali Khan, Nimol Khim, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS Medicine

BACKGROUND: The radical cure of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale requires treatment with primaquine or tafenoquine to clear dormant l..

Vaccine-Specific Immune Responses against Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in a Low-Dose Murine Challenge Model

Kirstie M Mangas, Andrew H Buultjens, Jessica L Porter, Sarah L Baines, Estelle Marion, Laurent Marsollier, Nicholas J Tobias, Sacha J Pidot, Kylie M Quinn, David J Price, Katherine Kedzierska, Weiguang Zeng, David C Jackson, Brendon Y Chua, Timothy P Stineara

Journal article  |  2020  |  Infection and Immunity

The neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is an infection of subcutaneous tissue with Mycobacterium ulcerans There is no ef..