Leon Caly

Dr Leon Caly is a senior medical scientist at the Virus Identification Laboratory of the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL). He was a collaborator with the former APPRISE Centre of Research Excellence.

Dr Caly’s research focuses on:

  • using next-generation sequencing approaches to identify and classify novel pathogens in “at risk” populations
  • analysing viral disease trends retrospectively in discreet populations in Australia
  • exploring the effectiveness of current fumigation strategies with regards to viral inactivation.

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