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

Hepatitis B and pregnancy: understanding the experiences of care among pregnant women and recent mothers in metropolitan Melbourne

Ahad M, Wallace J, Xiao Y, van Gemert C, Bennett G, Darby J, Desmond P, Hall S, Holmes J, Papaluca T, Glasgow S, Thompson A, Hellard M, Doyle J, Howell J

(2022), BMC Public Health, 22(1), 817

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13112-0

Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Diagnosis of Active Syphilis Infection: Needs, Challenges and the Way Forward

Pham MD, Ong JJ, Anderson DA, Drummer HE, Stoové M

(2022), INT J ENV RES PUB HE, 19(13), 8172

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19138172

Real-world trends in incidence of bacterial sexually transmissible infections among gay and bisexual men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Australia following nationwide PrEP implementation: an analysis of sentinel surveillance data

Traeger MW, Guy R, Asselin J, Patel P, Carter A, Wright EJ, Grulich A, McManus H, Fairley CK, Chow EPF, McNulty A, Finlayson R, Bell C, Owen L, Marshall L, Russell D, O'Donnell D, Donovan B, Hellard ME, Stoové MA; Australian Collaboration for Coordinated

(2022), Lancet Infect Dis, 22(8), 1231-41

DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(22)00175-x

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