Age-and species-related regulation of host inflammatory responses in falciparum and vivax malaria

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1021121

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Malaria kills 1 million people every year, mostly children. The cause of death from malaria differs between children and adults, yet the reason for these differences is unknown. We have shown that in adults regulatory immune cells contribute to malaria disease complications. We want to test if these cells also worsen malaria disease in children. Understanding age-related differences in immune cell regulation will help to improve malaria treatment and aid development of effective malaria vaccines for adults and children.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $323,640.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Infectious Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Plasmodium falciparum | age-related | disease pathogenesis | host response | infectious diseases | malaria | parasite | severe

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