1. Giffard, P.M., Andersson P., Wilson J., Buckley C., Lilliebridge R, Harris, T.M., Kleinecke M., O’Grady K.F., Huston W.M., Lambert S.B., Whiley D.M. and Holt D.C. (2018) CtGEM typing: Discrimination of Chlamydia trachomatis ocular and urogenital strains and major evolutionary lineages by high resolution melting analysis of two amplified DNA fragments. PLoS One 13: e0195454.
  2. Giffard, P.M., Su, J-Y., Andersson, P., & Holt, D.C. (2017) Primary health clinic bathroom/toilet surface swab sampling can indicate community profile of sexually transmitted infections. PeerJ e3487.
  3. Giffard, P.M., Lilliebridge, R.A., Wilson, J., Murray, G., Phillips, S., Tabrizi, S., Garland, S.M., Martin, L., Singh, G., Tong, S.Y.C., Holt, D.C., & Andersson, P. (2017) Contaminated fingers: a potential cause of Chlamydia trachomatis positive urine specimens. Sex. Transm. Infect. Epub ahead of print.      
  4. Hadfield, J., Harris, S,R., Seth-Smith, H.M.B., Parma, S., Andersson, P, Giffard, P.M., Schachter, J., Moncada, J., Ellison, L., Vaulet, M.L.G., Fermepin, M.R., Radebe, F., Mendoza, S., Ouburg, S., Morré, S.A., Sachse, K., Puolakkainen, M., Korhonene, S.J., Sonnex, C., Wiggins, R., Jalal, H., Brunelli, T., Casprini, P., Pitt, R., Ison, C., Savicheva, A., Shipitsyana, E., Hada, R., Kari, L., Burton, M.J., Mabey, D., Solomon, A.W., Lewis, D., Marsh, P., Unemo, M., Clarke, I.N., Parkhill, J., & Thomson, N.R. (2017) Comprehensive global genome dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis show ancient diversification followed by contemporary mixing and recent lineage expansion. Genome Res. 27(7):1220-1229.
  5. Giffard, P. M., Singh, G. and Garland, S. M. (2017) What does Chlamydia trachomatis detection in a urogenital specimen from a young child mean? Sex Transm Infect. 93:236-237.
  6. Andersson, P., Harris, S.R., Seth Smith, H.M.B., Hadfield, J.,  O’Neill , C., Cutcliffe , L.T.,  Douglas, F.P., Asche , L.V., Mathews, J.D., Hutton , S.I., Sarovich, D.S., Tong , S.Y.C., Clarke,  I.N., Thomson, N.R. andGiffard, P.M. (2016) Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages. Nature Communications, 7:10688. 
  7. Giffard P.M., Brenner N.C., Tabrizi S.N., Garland S.M., Holt D.C., Andersson P., Lilliebridge R.A., Tong S.Y.C., Karimi M., Boylan P., Ryder N., Johns T., and Singh G. (2016) Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in a cross-sectional study of urogenital samples from remote Northern and Central Australia. BMJ Open. 6(1):e009624. 
  8. Tong S.Y., Schaumburg F., Ellington M.J., Corander J., Pichon B., Leendertz F., Bentley S.D., Parkhill J., Holt D.C., Peters G., Giffard P.M. (2015) Novel staphylococcal species that form part of a Staphylococcus aureus related complex: the non-pigmented S. argenteus and the non-human primate associated S. schweitzeri sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 65:15-22.
  9. Andersson, P, Tong, S.Y.C, Lilliebridge, R.A., Brenner, N., Martin, L.M., Spencer, E.,  Delima J., Singh G., McCann, F, Hudson, C., Johns, T., Giffard, P.M. (2014) Multi-site direct determination of the potential for environmental contamination of urine samples used for diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections. J. Ped. Infect. Dis. Soc. 3: 189-196.
  10. Towers,  R.J., Carapetis J,R., Currie B.J,, Davies M.R., Walker M.J., Dougan G., Giffard P.M. (2013) Extensive transmission rather than localised diversification. PLoS One. 16;8(9):e73851. 
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