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Archives
You may wish to note
that grant applications addressing the following research priorities are
preferred. Applications falling outside these priorities will still be
considered although they will have a lower funding preference.
For the Application
Round closed on 1 March 2006, emerging infectious diseases remain the
primary focus of the RFCID. The thematic priorities of this open call
are as follows (in order of importance):
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Influenza
All aspects
relating to the potential threat from avian influenza, in particular
treatment, prevention and vaccine development; also:
- Epidemiology
(incl. use of mathematical modelling/geographic information systems)
of human influenza/avian influenza
- Diagnosis:
Rapid diagnostic tests
- Novel control
approaches
- Economic
burden of disease
- Role of Chinese
medicine in the management of influenza and influenza-like illnesses
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Tuberculosis
(TB)
- Epidemiology
and control: genetic predisposition, molecular epidemiology, use
of mathematical modelling/ geographic information systems, TB
in health care settings
- Diagnosis:
Diagnostic tests for latent TB infection/disease, rapid molecular
tests for drug susceptibility
- Treatment:
New drugs/new regimens, therapeutic drug monitoring
- Vaccine:
More effective vaccines developed by molecular methods
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Vector-borne
diseases
The focus is
on vector-borne diseases of current local concern, e.g. Dengue Fever
and Japanese Encephalitis.
- Epidemiology
and pathogenesis
- Morbidity,
mortality, and economic burden
- Relationship
between environmental conditions and vector-borne diseases
- Vector behaviour
and mathematical models of transmission dynamics for forecasting
epidemics
- Novel control
approaches including applications of functional genomics and bio-informatics
- Vaccines,
medicines, chemoprophylaxis, insect repellents, pesticides and
rodenticides
- Impact of
prevention and control measures
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