Systematic investigation of conceivable mechanisms that could lead to false positive diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections in young children.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1060768

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Diagnosis of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in a young child has serious social and legal consequences, because it is usually regarded as indicative of sexual abuse. It is therefore critical to understand the probability of such a diagnosis in the absence of sexual abuse. We will investigate false positives that arise by contamination of the urogenital site by STI agents that also infect the eye, and the transfer of contaminants from fingers to diagnostic specimens.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2017

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,008,839.00

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

Aboriginal child | chlamydial diseases | diagnosis | genomics | sexually-transmitted infections (STI) | trachoma

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