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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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Infectious Diseases clinical trials HIV research General infectious diseases Clinical microbiology Infections in the immunosuppressed host Viral hepatitis study VAX-PLORE study

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

Successful treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a patient with advanced HIV

Ashok A, Hoy J, Spelman D, McMahon J, Pai Mangalore R

(2021), AIDS, 35(1), 157-8

DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002702

Patient-reported outcomes of the Treatment and Prevention Study: A real-world community-based trial of direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C among people who inject drugs.

Goutzamanis S, Spelman T, Harney B, Dietze P, Stoové M, Higgs P, Thompson A, Doyle JS, Hellard M; Treatment, Prevention Study group.

(2021), J VIRAL HEPATITIS, 28(7), 1068--77

DOI: 10.1111/jvh.13516

Implications of HIV self-testing for other sexually transmissible infection testing and broader sexual health needs: a mixed methods study of gay and bisexual men in Australia.

Leitinger D, Ryan K, Wilkinson AL, Pedrana A, Hellard M, Stoové M

(2021), Sex Transm Dis, 48(6), 417-23

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000001324

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