Sexually Transmitted and Opportunistic Pathogens
Laboratory Details
The Sexually Transmitted and Opportunistic Pathogens (STOP) Section provides laboratory leadership in the detection, characterisation, prevention and control of Human Papillomavirus (HPV), herpesviruses (CMV, HSV, VZV), polyomaviruses (JC and emerging polyomaviruses), Treponema pallidum (syphilis),and chlamydia/ lymphogranuloma venereum through reference and diagnostic services. The STOP Section engages in both national and international surveillance and research aimed at monitoring disease incidence and distribution, detecting and characterizing drug-resistant variants, assessing shifts in molecular epidemiology, and advancing the development of novel screening and diagnostic methods.
Proficiency Panels
Proficiency Panel Reports
Requisition Form
Syphilis Reference Testing
24-Requisition-form-Syphilis-ENG.pdf
Requisition for Sexually Transmitted and Opportunistic Infections
32-Requisition-form-STOP.pdf