Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0879293

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0879293

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Transcriptional control of antigenic variation in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria is a major health concern for the Australian Defence Personnel recently deployed in East Timor, Afghanistan and the Solomon Islands and is endemic in our immediate neighbours Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Australia is susceptible to malaria and climate change could extend the mosquitos range to large population centres of Northern Australia causing malaria in Australia. This study would clarify how malaria parasites evade the host's immune response and help to protect Australia by providing drug targets for the control of this invasive disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 30-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $294,606.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology | Gene Expression | Microbiology | Infectious Agents

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Army | Infectious diseases | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics) |

Other Keywords

Army | Gene Expression | Infectious Agents | Infectious diseases | Medical Parasitology | Microbiology | Treatments (e.g. chemicals, antibiotics)

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