Optimisation of Wolbachia based control strategies to reduce dengue incidence and disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1037003

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The project will build on recent advances in the use of Wolbachia infected mosquitoes to limit dengue transmission. Key outcomes will include improved understanding of Wolbachia spread after release, development of techniques for regional spread, understanding the epidemiology of dengue transmission in Vietnam and preparing a panel of new Wolbachia:A. aegypti strain combinations for evaluation for implementation programs.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Program Grants

Funding Amount: $6,073,640.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

arbovirus | dengue | medical entomology | mosquito-borne disease | vector-borne disease

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