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[Contagious Conversations] Approaching HIV elimination
Over three decades, HIV infection has gone from fatal diagnosis, to being manageable with lifelong anti-retroviral therapy. Access to prophylactic treatment has also made a huge impact on rates of transmission although barriers still remain to equitable access.
[Contagious Conversations] Responding to vaccine hesitancy
Contagious Conversations is a new series brought to you by the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases. In this debut episode we hear about declining rates of participation in Australia’s National Immunisation Program and how health professionals can reinspire confidence in vaccines among parents of young children.
[IMJ On-Air] A tiger in the mallee: Victoria’s JEV cluster
In early 2022 Victorian physicians saw a cluster of patients presenting with fevers, confusion and Parkinsonian symptoms. These would be identified as the first cases of Japanese encephalitis virus acquired on Australia’s mainland in 24 years.
Ep93: The rise and fall of mpox
In 2022 a sexually transmitted form of mpox virus made its way around the developed world but it had long been endemic in African countries. In this podcast we talk about the conditions that allowed new strains to evolve and the rapid community health response that reigned the global outbreak in.
[IMJ On-Air] Hyperglycaemia and COVID-19
In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, international studies showed that pre-existing diabetes conferred a significant mortality risk. Researchers have retrospectively examined electronic medical records in two Melbourne health services to find no such association.
[Guest Lecture] What we know about long COVID
ADAPT is a prospective cohort study that has been following up COVID-19 patients on various different outcome measures. This has allowed researchers to identify potential physiological and immunological signals that distinguish people who experience long COVID.