Defining risk and mechanisms of permucosal transmission for acute HCV infection within high-risk populations.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/568859

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is usually transmitted by blood-to-blood contact. The risk of transmission by sexual contact has been thought to be low. However, in recent years increasing hepatitis C infection has been documented among HIV-positive gay men, with sexual contact the most most likely means of infection in the majority of cases. This grant will use established cohorts to define levels of hepatitis C risk through sexual contact among homosexual men to inform public health strategies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $395,182.00

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

acute hepatitis C | hepatitis C | men who have sex with men | molecular epidemiology | sexual transmission | sexually transmitted infections

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