Vaccination against herpesvirus entry

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1060138

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Herpesviruses infect most Australians and cause recurrent ulcers, birth defects and cancer. Infection lasts lifelong, and spreads to close contacts without obvious clinical signs. Thus disease is hard to prevent. However we can learn much from related animal infections. We have shown that both mouse and human herpesviruses enter mice via cells in the nose. Thus human infections might follow the same route. We will define what body defences work here and whether vaccines can prevent infection.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $491,690.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Virology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

viral entry | viral glycoproteins | viral immunology | viral vaccines | virus eradication | virus pathogenesis

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