Human genetic susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1025166

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Tuberculosis (TB) infects about a third of the world population, causing significant disease in 10% of infected individuals. We propose to undertake a genome-wide study to investigate human susceptibility to this devastating disease. Identifying novel gene associations from this study may explain why some people are more vulnerable to TB. Understanding these processes may lead to more effective treatments which is essential for the long term control of disease not only in China, but worldwide

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $760,432.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

There are no SEO codes available for this funding activity

Other Keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis | epidemiology | genetic analysis | genetic association | genetic susceptibility | infectious diseases | tuberculosis

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