Julian Druce

Analytical sensitivity of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests: A case for a robust reference standard.

Casey J Toft, Rebecca A Bourquin, Alanna E Sorenson, Paul F Horwood, Julian D Druce, Patrick M Schaeffer

Journal article  |  2023  |  Talanta Open

Aggressive diagnostic testing remains an indispensable strategy for health and aged care facilities to prevent the transmission of..

Analytical Sensitivity of Lateral Flow Devices against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariants BA.4, BA.5, and BA.2.75

Charlene Mackenzie, Mitchell Batty, Georgina Papadakis, Laura Stevens, Yano Yoga, George Taiaroa, Helen Stefanatos, Ivana Savic, Thomas Tran, Joshua Deerain, Jacqueline Prestedge, Julian Druce, Leon Caly, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Surveillance testing using salivary RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 in managed quarantine facilities in Australia: A laboratory validation and implementation study

Adam Jenney, Doris Chibo, Mitch Batty, Julian Druce, Robert Melvin, Andrew Stewardson, Amanda Dennison, Sally Symes, Paul Kinsella, Thomas Tran, Charlene Mackenzie, Douglas Johnson, Irani Thevarajan, Christian McGrath, Amelia Matlock, Jacqueline Prestedge, Megan Gooey, Janine Roney, Joanne Bobbitt, Sarah Yallop, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

BACKGROUND: Regular repeat surveillance testing is a strategy to identify asymptomatic individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infections in h..

Factors associated with weak positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis by reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)

Priyank Rawat, Jennifer M Zerbato, Ajantha Rhodes, Chris Chiu, Thomas Tran, Thomas A Rasmussen, Julian Druce, Sharon R Lewin, Michael Roche

Journal article  |  2022  |  PATHOLOGY

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) assay has been the primar..

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection, Australia

Leon Caly, Ashleigh F Porter, Joanna Chua, James P Collet, Julian D Druce, Michael G Catton, Sebastian Duchene

Journal article  |  2022  |  EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

During a mouse plague in early 2021, a farmer from New South Wales, Australia, sought treatment for aseptic meningitis and was sub..

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Samples from Patients with COVID-19 Illustrates Population Variation and Diverse Phenotypes, Placing the Growth Properties of Variants of Concern in Context with Other Lineages.

Tessa Prince, Xiaofeng Dong, Rebekah Penrice-Randal, Nadine Randle, Catherine Hartley, Hannah Goldswain, Benjamin Jones, Malcolm G Semple, J Kenneth Baillie, Peter JM Openshaw, Lance Turtle, Grant L Hughes, Enyia R Anderson, Edward I Patterson, Julian Druce, Gavin Screaton, Miles W Carroll, James P Stewart, Julian A Hiscox

Journal article  |  2022  |  mSphere

New variants of SARS-CoV-2 are continuing to emerge and dominate the global sequence landscapes. Several variants have been labele..

Clinical illness with viable severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus presenting 72 days after infection in an immunocompromised patient.

Carly M Hughes, Gareth P Gregory, Anna B Pierce, Julian D Druce, Mike Catton, Brian Chong, Norelle L Sherry, Maryza Graham, Melissa Chen, Ross Salvaris, Nicole Eise, Jean YH Lee, Zoe McQuilten, Simon Crouch, Clare Looker, Tony M Korman, Rhonda L Stuart

Journal article  |  2022  |  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

We present a case of late symptom onset of COVID-19 infection 72 days after initial diagnosis in an immunocompromised 53-year-old ..

Monkeypox infection presenting as genital rash, Australia, May 2022

Yael Hammerschlag, Gina MacLeod, Georgina Papadakis, Asiel Adan Sanchez, Julian Druce, George Taiaroa, Ivana Savic, Jamie Mumford, Jason Roberts, Leon Caly, Deborah Friedman, Deborah A Williamson, Allen C Cheng, James H McMahon

Journal article  |  2022  |  EUROSURVEILLANCE

Rapid diagnosis and whole genome sequencing confirmed a case of monkeypox in an HIV-positive individual receiving antiretroviral t..

Highly Thermotolerant SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Elicits Neutralising Antibodies against Delta and Omicron in Mice.

Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Alexander J McAuley, Michael J Kuiper, Nagendrakumar Balasubramanian Singanallur, Matthew P Bruce, Shane Riddell, Sarah Goldie, Shruthi Mangalaganesh, Simran Chahal, Trevor W Drew, Kim R Blasdell, Mary Tachedjian, Leon Caly, Julian D Druce, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammad Suhail Khan, Sameer Kumar Malladi, Randhir Singh, Suman Pandey, Raghavan Varadarajan, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  Viruses

As existing vaccines fail to completely prevent COVID-19 infections or community transmission, there is an unmet need for vaccines..

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in western New South Wales.

Rhiannon L Holdsworth, Elizabeth Downie, Matthew J Georgiades, Ross Bradbury, Julian Druce, James Collett

Journal article  |  2022  |  Med J Aust