A Transmission-Blocking Vaccine To Prevent Toxoplasmosis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1128911

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Toxoplasma gondii causes a globally important zoonotic disease. It is transmitted by cats, and finds its way into our food chain via infected meat and contaminated water. We have used a unique functional genomics pipeline to discover proteins crucial for reproduction of Toxoplasma in the cat. We will now test combinations of these proteins to immunise cats and prove that we can develop a vaccine that blocks transmission of this highly significant parasitic disease.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $850,225.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical Parasitology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Toxoplasma gondii | parasitic infection | toxoplasmosis | transmission | vaccine development

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