Modelling the evolution of Hepatitis C virus by integrating large sequence- and immunological-databases.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/510428

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Two hundred million people are infected with the Hepatitis C virus. There is no vaccine and the rate at which new strains of the virus arise enable it to evade the human immune system. This study aims to decipher how new viral strains are generated and transmitted, thereby enabling the development of new vaccines.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $289,980.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

hepatitis C virus | immune response | population genetics and evolution | proteasomes | statistics

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