Specificity of Chlamydia pneumoniae for humans : analysis of previous cross-host transmission events and the role of tryptophan availability in host specificity

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1004666

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Chlamydia are major causes of sexually transmitted disease but they also cause respiratory disease (Chlamydia pneumoniae) which is widespread across Australia and indeed the whole world (80% of people have been infected at some time in their life). Recent results suggest that the respiratory infections in humans came from animals and in this project we aim to identify which animals might have transmitted this infection to humans and determine if there is a continuing risk. We also plan to determine what defines animal versus human infections.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $413,568.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal health | Chlamydia pneumoniae | chlamydia | host/pathogen interaction | pathogenesis | respiratory infection | zoonoses | zoonotic disease

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