Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0774082

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0774082

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The biology of arbovirus virulence and fitness in arthropod and vertebrate hosts in vivo. In Australia, Ross River virus (RRV) represents significant concern to human health. Between 1992-2005 more than 50,000 notifications of RRV infection have been reported. While not fatal, the disease is responsible for morbidity in the community/individual that can have both social and economic costs. The project has several national benefits. It will help elucidate whether there is any association between RRV strain and increased risk of RRV transmission and/or occurrence of more severe cases of human disease. It will help develop technologies that can lead towards the identification of viral markers, which could provide new avenues in the design of novel antiviral strategies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 21-09-2007

End Date: 21-09-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $315,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Microbiology | Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Disease distribution and transmission | Infectious diseases | Health related to ageing |

Other Keywords

Disease distribution and transmission | Genetic Technologies: Transformation, Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Etc. | Health related to ageing | Infectious diseases | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Virology

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