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Infectious Diseases research

The Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University incorporates a large clinical service and research program.

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About our research

The Department of Infectious Diseases integrates clinical services with biomedical research and teaching. Our expertise spans from general infectious diseases to HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and tuberculosis.

Our focus

We have active research studies in:

HIV
Viral hepatitis
Infections in the immunosuppressed (malignancy, intensive care and post-splenectomy patients)
Influenza
Drug resistant organisms
Antibiotic use
Infection prevention and hospital epidemiology

Find out more about our research themes on Monash CCS.

Our partners

Monash University

Publications

Interim position statement on doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmissible infections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand - the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Me

Cornelisse, Vincent Jasper; Ong, Jason Jiat Shern; Ryder, Nathan; Ooi, Catriona; Wong, Arthur; Kenchington, Penny; Giola, Massimo; Donovan, Basil; Dean, Judith A.; Molina, Jean Michel; Medland, Nicholas

(2023), Sexual Health, 20(2), 99-104

DOI: 10.1071/SH23011

How do we enhance protective immunity to COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients?

Griffin, David William John; McMahon, James

(2023), European Respiratory Journal, 61(1), 2201723

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01723-2022

Comment on

Lam, Margaret; Holt, Kathryn Elizabeth; Wyres, Kelly Leanne

(2023), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 78(4), 1132-1134

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad028

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