Assessing acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness: integrating transmission models, genetics and cohort data to inform policy

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1128215

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Between 2009-12 a very large epidemic of whooping cough occurred in Australia. More surprisingly during the course of the epidemic the bacteria that cause whooping cough showed genetic changes that seemed to avoid protection provided by the current vaccine against whooping cough in Australia. This grant seeks to use mathematical models of whooping cough transmission to explain how this occurred and to establish whether alternative vaccination strategies might improve the control of this disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2019

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $429,597.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

epidemiology | evolution | immunity | pertussis | vaccination

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