Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0347126
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Optimisation of cell culture and molecular typing for the characterisation of Cryptosporidium in water. Cryptosporidium is an important waterborne agent of diarrhoeal disease in people and animals. Improved methods for accurately detecting viable parasite stages recovered from water are a priority research need for the water industry. They are dependent upon improved in vitro cultivation procedures that can be combined with DNA-based assays for identifying species and strains of Cryptosporidium and closely related protozoa recovered from freshwater. This project addresses these needs in a collaborative study between scientists at Murdoch University with expertise in both in vitro cultivation and genetic characterisation of Cryptosporidium, and scientists from two of the major water utilities in Australia.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 09-2003
End Date: 12-2008
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $300,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Diagnostic Applications | Veterinary Sciences | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Parasitology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmental health | Higher education | Diagnostic methods |
