• Undertakes diagnostic tests for the purpose of individual patient management, for diagnosis of infection where cross-infection or community health issues are involved, and provides infection-surveillance data of a more general nature.
• Provides reference testing for other laboratories in specialised areas of infectious diseases.

The division is a crucial component of a State and Australia-wide network of laboratories providing management surveillance and control of infectious disease. Specific areas in which it plays a prominent national or Statewide reference-testing role include:

• Salmonella and other pathogens.
• Mycobacteria including epidemiological typing.
• Legionella.
• Epidemiological typing of bacteria, for example, multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
• Hepatitis viruses (A, B, C, D).
• HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses, for example HTLV-I.
• Respiratory viruses, for example, rapid diagnostic methods, and influenza virus subtyping.

The division also pursues basic research into a number of specific infectious agents. There are significant benefits in maintaining a continuum from basic research through to clinical diagnostic activity with adjacent laboratories.

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