Construction and immunogenic evaluation of Hepatitis B virus like particles expressing T and B cell epitopes of Streptococcus pneumoniae for the prevention of Hepatitis B and pneumococcal mediated otitis media in Australian Indigenous children.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1034029

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Australian Indigenous children suffer abormally high levels of middle ear infections (term otitis media). In many cases the infections become chronic and have a severe dischage. We propose to make a novel vaccine that will protect these children against a major bacterial cause of the ear infection as well as against hepatitis B virus infection as well.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $500,637.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Molecular Engineering of Nucleic Acids and Proteins

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal child | Streptococcus pneumoniae | hepatitis B virus | otitis media | vaccine development

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