Culture-independent assessment of the microbiota underlying chronic suppurative lung disease in Indigenous children.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1034703

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD) affects 1 in 68 Indigenous children in the Northern Territory. The condition leads to loss of lung function which reduces life-expectancy. Little is known about microbial factors underlying the disease. My research uses DNA-based methods to describe lower airway microbiology of CSLD affecting Indigenous children, including investigation of bacteria, viruses and biofilm. Better understanding of the microbiology will potentially lead to development of improved treatments.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $310,071.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Aboriginal child | bacterial respiratory diseases | bronchiectasis | chronic suppurative lung disorders | microbial ecology

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