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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.

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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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