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Army Malaria Institute -
Department of Arbovirology
Mission
To support new vaccine and diagnostic research to protect Australian
Defence Force personnel against arbovirus infections. In support of this
mission the department assesses candidate vaccines in animal models as
well as supporting phase II and III clinical trials of arbovirus vaccines.
Accredited arbovirus serology is provided to support other ADF medical
units.
Department Structure
 Current
Research Projects
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Dengue DNA Chimeric vaccines in mice.
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Genetic control of the production of neutralising antibodies to dengue
virus.
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Laboratory support to Phase II clinical trials of candidate Japanese
Encephalitis vaccine ChimeriVax™-JE and the Yellow Fever vaccine
Stamaril®.
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Evaluation of Australian mosquito vectors for the transmission candidate
Japanese encephalitis vaccine - ChimeriVax™-JE.
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NATA accredited serology testing in support of ADF operations and
other ADF medical units.
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Dengue diagnosis, risk assessment and control collaboration with
Department of Military Medicine, Vietnam.
 Collaborators
Australian
1. School of Life Science, Queensland University of Technology
2. Combatant Protection and Nutrition Branch, Defence Science and Technology
Organisation
International
1. Defence Science and Technology Agency, Singapore
2. Department of Military Medicine, Vietnam
13 October, 2008
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