Pathology Laboratory Surveillance in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for a Cohort Study

Caroline van Gemert   ^{1, 2, 3} , MAppEpid, MPH, PhD ;   Rebecca Guy   ⁴ , PhD ;   Mark Stoove   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Wayne Dimech   ⁵ , FRCPA ;   Carol El-Hayek   ¹ , MSc ;   Jason Asselin   ¹ , BSc, Grad Dip ;   Clarissa Moreira   ¹ , MSc ;   Long Nguyen   ¹ , BCom, GradCertSc ;   Denton Callander   ⁴ , PhD ;   Douglas Boyle   ⁶ , PhD ;   Basil Donovan   ⁴ , MD ;   Margaret Hellard   ^{1, 2, 3, 7, 8} , MD, PhD

¹ Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

² Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

³ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

⁴ The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

⁵ NRL, Melbourne, Australia

⁶ Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

⁷ Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia

⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia