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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 15 November 2007, 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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