Var gene diversity and naturally acquired immunity to malaria

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1005653

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

In areas where malaria is common, people develop natural immunity to the disease albeit very slowly due to the many parasite strains that circulate. The project will use protein microarrays to investigate the patterns by which antibodies are acquired to the majority of strains. This will reveal how antibodies are acquired with age and which are associated with protection against malaria symptoms. The research aims to identify biomarkers of malaria immunity and may lead to new vaccine candidates.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $410,664.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Immunology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Plasmodium falciparum | immunity | malaria | microarrays | molecular epidemiology | serology | surface proteins | vaccine candidate molecules

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