Is Mycobacterium ulcerans a zoonotic agent spread by mosquitoes?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1049183

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Last year record numbers of a mysterious flesh-eating bacterial disease called Buruli ulcer were reported in Australia. Wild animals such as possums and rats harbour the bacteria in their guts but we don't know how the disease is transmitted to humans. In this project we will work out how the bacteria survives in the guts of animals and how people contract Buruli ulcer. With this information we can stop the spread of this debilitating disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $335,853.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Bacteriology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

bacterial infection | bacterial pathogen | bacterial pathogenesis | mycobacteria | zoonotic disease

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