The host response to highly pathogenic influenza virus

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1037883

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Highly pathogenic influenza infections are a global health concern and cause global panic. There is no effective therapy available; for example and the death rate for H5N1 infection is ~60%. Here we propose to further understand host lung response to highly pathogenic influenza with a view to develop new therapies for this urgent issue.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $237,981.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Innate Immunity

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) | host response | infectious diseases | influenza virus | innate immunity | lung injury | regulatory T cells

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