Understanding the role of the two major bacterial pathogens in the upper and lower airways of Indigenous children with chronic lung disease

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1100310

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Lung infections are a major disease burden worldwide. Indigenous Australians are affected more; adults with severe lung disease can die in their 30s and 40s. These diseases start early, yet no in-depth studies of bacteria causing lung infections in children have been done. Our expert team proposes to use existing lung fluids from nearly 500 children with chronic lung disease (58% Indigenous), and state-of-the-art laboratory methods, to inform the design of vaccines to prevent lung disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $743,282.00

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

antibiotic resistance | bacterial respiratory diseases | child health | indigenous Australians | pneumococcal vaccination

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