Causes and consequences of acute encephalitis in children

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1054414

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This study involves a national surveillance of children hospitalised with inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) to identify new and emerging causes of acute encephalitis in children, opportunities for treatment and prevention and also to study the long term outcome of this brain damaging condition. This information will be helpful to better understand the disease and would be used to develop clinical guidelines, policy and public health interventions.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $251,695.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Infectious Diseases

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

child health | disability | infectious diseases | neurocognitive assessment | neuroimmunology | neurology | surveillance | vaccine-preventable diseases

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