Development of novel reagents for the point-of-care(field) diagnosis &differentiation of the malaria parasites, Plasmodi

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/280634

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Malaria is a major global health problem. 500 million people become infected with malaria parasites every year and 2-3 million people die each year from the disease. Rapid diagnosis of the disease is needed to allow correct treatment protocols. Increasingly protein-based immunochromatographic tests are being employed for the diagnosis of malaria as they offer significant advantages over classical thick smear tests, which require trained personnel and laboratory facilities. We propose to develop a protein-based malaria diagnostic that has the ability to distinguish the two major human pathogens, P.falciparum and P. vivax.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 01-01-2005

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Development Grants

Funding Amount: $117,000.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Diagnostic Applications

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Other Keywords

Antibodies | Diagnostics | Malaria

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