Using Metagenomics to Determine the Causative Agent(s) of Tick-Borne Disease in Australia

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1139473

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Tick-borne disease has emerged as a topical and controversial public health problem in Australia. We will employ state-of-the-art techniques in metagenomics to determine what microbial species (bacteria, viruses and eukaryotes) circulate in Australian ticks and whether these or different microbes are also present in humans diagnosed with tick-borne disease. The data generated will provide key information on whether tick-borne disease has a microbiological cause and, if so, the microbes involved.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $639,428.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Genomics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

emerging diseases | evolution | genomics | infectious agent | infectious diseases

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