Prof Patrick Reading was featured in the Herald Sun article about the high levels of influenza activity.

Honorary Prof Patrick Reading, Dept Microbiology & Immunology, was interviewed by The Herald Sun for their article ‘Mum's warning as flu cases surge' which highlights an early aggressive start to the fu season.

Herald Sun - Mum's warning as flu cases surge

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Professor Patrick Reading is a University of Melbourne Honorary (Professorial Fellow) with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute. He is the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza (WHO CCRRI). He previously held a Senior Medical Scientist and Educator postition at the WHO CCRRI where his work as Educator focused on improving laboratory-based detection and characterisation of influenza and other respiratory viruses in the Asia Pacific region.