Characterisation of rotavirus vaccine escape - potential for significant impact on vaccination program

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1031473

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The introduction of rotavirus vaccines have had enormous impact on improving the health of children worldwide. However, the emergence of vaccine escape strains has the potential to significantly reduce the vaccine effectiveness. This study proposes to characterise strains able to escape vaccine protection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $531,689.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

child health | diarrhoeal disease | molecular evolution | rotavirus | vaccine-preventable diseases

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