Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Head of Discipline
Professor W Britton
Location
Level 6, Blackburn Building D06
Facilities
The Discipline has appropriate facilities for the study of infectious agents including containment areas for handling pathogens and performance of molecular analyses, cell culture laboratories, PCR, PAGE, LEGS, ELISA, FPLC systems.
Areas of Research
Blood borne viruses
- Evolution of hepatitis B
- Transmission of hepatitis B and C from mother to infant
- Infection in endoscopy
- Biofilms on medical implants and devices
- Immune therapy for hepadnavirus infection
- Viral safety of pharmaceuticals
Papilloma viruses
- Cancer of the cervix
- Cell biology of HPV carcinogenesis
- HPV and skin cancer
Microbial molecular epidemiology and antibiotic resistance
- Epidemiology of multiply resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis
- Novel antibiotic screening tests for multiresistant organisms
- Molecular epidemiology and evolution of methicillin resistant
- Staphylococcus aureus in Central Sydney
Inflammatory Cytokines
- Treatments to inhibit endotoxaemia
- Anti-tumour effects of melatonin
- Novel anti-tumour actives derived from parasitic fungi
Contact details
Professor W Britton
Head of Discipline
Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Level 6, Blackburn Building, D06
University of Sydney
NSW 2006, AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 2 9515 7098
Fax: 61 2 9351 3968
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