DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY AND SEROLOGY / MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Arbovirus research.

Smith DW, Shellam G, Lindsay M, Broom A
A variety of studies are underway in collaboration with the Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Group of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Western Australia . These include Flavivirus and Alphavirus epidemiology, mosquito ecology, pathogenesis of Flavivirus infections and improved diagnostic methods.

Harnett GB, Smith DW, Fegredo D
Improved methods for influenza detection and typing, and detection of parainfluenza viruses are being evaluated across the 1998 winter, including conventional cultures, rapid tests and nucleic acid amplification.

Harnett GB, Smith, DW, Riley TV, Lehmann D
Study on the role of respiratory viruses in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic otitis media.

Harnett GB, Fegredo D, Smith DW
The detection and epidemiology of metapneumoviruses in WA.

Sexually transmitted diseases.
Brestovac B, Harnett GB, Smith DW, Frost FA

Detection and typing of human papilloma viruses and their relationship to cervical carcinoma.

Meningococcal infection.
Speers D, Harnett GB

Use of sequencing for typing of meningococci.