Infectious Diseases research

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

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.

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Publications

Detection and Typing of Plasmids in Acinetobacter baumannii Using rep Genes Encoding Replication Initiation Proteins

Lam, Margaret; Koong, Jonathan; Holt, Kathryn Elizabeth; Hall, Ruth M.; Hamidian, Mohammad

(2023), Microbiology Spectrum, 11(1), e0247822

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02478-22

Linc2function: A Comprehensive Pipeline and Webserver for Long Non-Coding RNA (lncRNA) Identification and Functional Predictions Using Deep Learning Approaches

Ramakrishnaiah, Yashpal; Morris, Adam; Dhaliwal, Jasbir S.; Philip, Melcy; Kuhlmann, Levin; Tyagi, Sonika

(2023), Epigenomes, 7(3), 22

DOI: 10.3390/epigenomes7030022

Antibiotic management of urinary tract infections in the post-antibiotic era

Abbott, Iain Joseph; Peel, Trisha Nicole; Cairns, Kelly; Stewardson, Andrew James

(2023), Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 29(10), 1254-1266

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.05.016

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