Role of Placental Retroviral Protein Syncytin Carried on Exosomes in Mediating Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to Influenza

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

50% of the women who died due to swine flu were pregnant. This project will examine if factors produced by the placenta make the pregnant woman more susceptible to influenza.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2011

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $645,145.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

influenza | pregnancy complications | retrovirus