Structural and functional studies on Leptospiral antigens central to pathogenesis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/519572

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Leptospirosis, also known as Weil's disease and canefield fever, is a potentially fatal disease caused by infection with the bacteria Leptospira. Leptospira is able to infect a broad range of animals including livestock and humans. Human infection typically occurs through contact with water or vegetation that has been exposed to the urine of an infected animal. This project focuses on a key step in the bacterial infection in trying to understand how these bacteria adhere to human cells.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $287,321.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Allergy

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

X-ray crystallography | adhesion mechanisms | leptospiral infection | molecular pathogenesis | protein structure

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