Disease burden, risk factors and treatment of knowlesi malaria

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1074795

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Plasmodium knowlesi is a form of monkey malaria recently found to also cause increasing numbers of natural infections in humans in South-East Asia. This research will describe the burden of P. knowlesi malaria in an area of Malaysian Borneo. The risk factors for acquiring P. knowlesi malaria will be assessed. Finally the optimal treatment for non-severe cases of P. knowlesi and P. vivax malaria will also be evaluated by comparing the 2 currently recommended anti-malarial medications in Malaysia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $95,564.00

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

malaria | malaria control | malaria drug resistance | malaria therapy | malaria transmission

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