Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451188

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451188

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Encephalitis lethargica in the 1920s (and afterwards): the forgotten epidemic. An unusually aggressive encephalitis epidemic swept the globe between 1915 and 1925. Two-thirds of victims survived the initial phase, but most developed severe neurological syndromes, especially parkinsonism, which crippled them for the remainder of their lives. The cause of this catastrophe, largely forgotten despite huge costs in both human and economic terms, has never been established, and its return cannot be excluded. Medicohistorical techniques, current neurological awareness and social analysis will be employed to produce the first history of the epidemic, whereby insights into both its nature and into parkinsonism, one of the most frequent neurological disorders in our ageing population, are expected.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-07-2004

End Date: 29-07-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology | History And Philosophy Of Medicine | Neurology And Neuromuscular Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Disease distribution and transmission | Nervous system and disorders | Studies in human society |

Other Keywords

Disease distribution and transmission | History And Philosophy Of Medicine | History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | Nervous system and disorders | Neurology And Neuromuscular Diseases | Studies in human society

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