VIDRL
VIDRL is a leading Australian public health laboratory located within the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Victoria. It provides diagnostic testing, public health reference services, surveillance, outbreak investigations, reference testing, and research in infectious diseases, including virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and mycobacteria. VIDRL holds multiple WHO designations and collaborates internationally to improve health through excellence in diagnostics and research, focusing on emerging pathogens, technologies, and global health.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
medium (51-250)
Services
Routine diagnostic testing for infectious diseases
Laboratory diagnostic services across virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology and mycobacteria for hospitals, clinics and referral laboratories.
Public health reference and surveillance support
Reference testing, outbreak investigation support, surveillance data generation and reporting to public health authorities.
High-containment diagnostic services (PC4)
Containment-level laboratory testing and handling for high-consequence viral pathogens requiring maximum containment.
Electron microscopy diagnostic service
Morphological virus identification using electron microscopy combined with molecular confirmation methods for enteric virus investigations.
Hepatitis serology and virus characterisation
Comprehensive serological testing and sequence-based characterisation for hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, including viral load assays and resistance/genotype analysis.
HIV diagnostic and characterisation services
Diagnostic HIV testing including quantitative RNA, qualitative DNA detection, sequencing for drug resistance and subtype assignment, and research assays for HIV-2.
Routine diagnostic testing for infectious diseases
Laboratory diagnostic services across virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology and mycobacteria for hospitals, clinics and referral laboratories.
Public health reference and surveillance support
Reference testing, outbreak investigation support, surveillance data generation and reporting to public health authorities.
High-containment diagnostic services (PC4)
Containment-level laboratory testing and handling for high-consequence viral pathogens requiring maximum containment.
Electron microscopy diagnostic service
Morphological virus identification using electron microscopy combined with molecular confirmation methods for enteric virus investigations.
Hepatitis serology and virus characterisation
Comprehensive serological testing and sequence-based characterisation for hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, including viral load assays and resistance/genotype analysis.
HIV diagnostic and characterisation services
Diagnostic HIV testing including quantitative RNA, qualitative DNA detection, sequencing for drug resistance and subtype assignment, and research assays for HIV-2.
Expertise Areas
- Public health reference laboratory services
- Infectious disease diagnostics
- Molecular diagnostics and sequencing
- High-containment laboratory operations
Key Technologies
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), including multiplex PCR
- Quantitative viral load assays
- Amplicon/population-based sequencing for genotyping and resistance
- Electron microscopy (negative staining)