Investigation into host susceptibility and immune responses in young children with acute wheezing due to human rhinovirus group C infection

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1045760

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We recently made the surprising discovery that a new viral group, human rhinovirus group C (HRV-C), causes the majority of acute asthma in children. We also found that it causes half of the acute wheezing attacks in younger children, and is the only respiratory virus associated with allergy. So, HRV-C may be the key to the relationship between allergy and asthma. The planned project will focus on whether young children who wheeze with HRV-C have related defects in their immune system.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $682,711.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

asthma | asthma exacerbation | gene expression | immunogenetics | microarray analysis | respiratory infection | respiratory viruses | rhinovirus

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