Defence Health
Army Malaria Institute
Department of Arbovirology
Mission
To inform the ADF of threats posed by arthropod
borne viruses to personnel in Australia and while
deployed.
To support the development of vaccines and diagnostic
technologies that will reduce the threat of arthropod
borne viral diseases to the ADF.
Current Research Projects
- Dengue epidemiology in the Asia Pacific region
- Genetics and evolution of mosquito borne viruses
- Ross River virus vaccine clinical trial
- Dengue surveillance in Vietnam (collaborative project with the Vietnam Peoples Army)
Collaborators
Australia
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology
International
- Vietnam Peoples Army
- US Armed Forces Research Laboratory, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Baxter Biosciences
- World Health Organisation, WPRO, SEARO.
Publications
2011
Liu WJ, Rourke MF, Holmes EC, Aaskov, JG. Persistence of Multiple Genetic Lineages within Intra-Host Populations of Ross River Virus. J Virol, 2011; e pub ahead of print.
2010
Li DS, Liu W, Guigon A, Mostyn C, Grant R, Aaskov J. Rapid displacement of dengue virus type 1 by type 4, Pacific Region, 2007-2009. Emerg Infect Dis, 2010; 16 (1): 123-5.
2006
Reid M, Mackenzie D, Baron A, Lehmann N, Lowry K, Aaskov J, Guirakhoo F, Monath TP. Experimental infection of Culex annulirostris, Culex gelidus, and Aedes vigilax with a yellow fever/ Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine chimera (ChimeriVax-JE). Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2006. 75 (4): 659-63.
