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Diversity and virulence determinants among 1000 clinical and environmental isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei [ 2010 - 2012 ]

Also known as: What makes melioidosis such a potentially nasty disease?

Funded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Managed by Menzies School of Health Research
Provided by   National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Grant

[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/605820]

Researchers: Prof Bart Currie (Principal investigator) ,  A/Pr Philip Giffard ,  Mr Mark Mayo ,  Prof Allen Cheng ,  Prof Brian Spratt
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Brief description Melioidosis is an important infection in tropical northern Australia. It is a common cause of fatal pneumonia and blood infection in the region. Melioidosis results from infection with a soil bacterium. This project builds on the existing melioidosis collaboration between researchers in northern Australia and overseas to determine how the melioidosis bacterium can be so virulent and whether only a subset of the melioidosis bacteria found in the environment are capable of infecting humans.

Funding Amount $AUD 517,639.91

Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants

Notes Standard Project Grant

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Bacterial genetics | Burkholderia | Clinical Sciences | Infectious Diseases | Infectious diseases | Medical and Health Sciences | Melioidosis | Melioidosis is an emerging disease in non-tropical Australia | Melioidosis outbreak | Molecular epidemiology | PGP2 - PGP8 | Tropical disease | Water-borne diseases |
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