Investigation of dendritic cell activation and function in a murine model of Plasmodium and Schistosoma co-infection

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/567069

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Malaria is responsible for over 2 million deaths annually, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Importantly, around 1 billion people in malaria endemic areas are infected with parasitic worms, thus malaria and worm co-infections frequently occur. This project will investigate how malaria and worm parasites interact to influence the immune response and clinical outcomes of each other in a mouse infection model. This will provide new strategies for the design of effective treatments in co-endemic areas.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $358,938.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical chemistry (incl. diagnostics)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Th1-Th2 immune responses | animal model | dendritic cell activation and function | host-pathogen interaction | malaria-helminth co-infection

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