Understanding influenza-specific T cell immunity in the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1055323

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hospitalisation and mortality rates from influenza are high in the Indigenous population. There is an urgent need for one-shot universal vaccine that protects against seasonal and pandemic strains. To identify potential vaccine targets we firstly have to determine which viral proteins will induce a large protective immune response. These responses vary between ethnicities thus comparisons will be drawn between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to determine multiple vaccine candidates that will be protective across ethnicities.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $49,202.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Immunology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

CD8 T cells | immunology | indigenous health | influenza virus | vaccine design | vaccine efficacy

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