Daten zum Projekt
Initiative: | Wissen für morgen – Kooperative Forschungsvorhaben im subsaharischen Afrika (beendet) |
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Ausschreibung: | Tropical Medicine 2004 |
Bewilligung: | 15.12.2006 |
Laufzeit: | 3 Jahre |
Projektinformationen
Lassa virus and other viruses causing hemorrhagic fever (VHF) are prevalent in West Africa and led to outbreaks with considerable morbidity and mortality in the past. However, up-to-date information on prevalence and geographic distribution of these viruses is largely lacking. Molecular tools to diagnose Lassa fever and other VHF are not established in Nigeria and Ghana, and national research programmes aiming at identifying and characterising VHF agents, as well as estimating their public health relevance do not exist. Therefore, through the project state-of-the-art technologies for virus detections will be transferred from the German partner institution to their African counterparts. Also, the respective molecular tools will be used to detect and identify Lassa and VHF in Nigeria and Ghana. The information gained through the project will be made available to local and regional public health authorities and the World Health Organisation.
Projektbeteiligte
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Prof. Dr. Stephan Günther
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut
für Tropenmedizin (BNITM)
Abteilung Virologie
Hamburg
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Prof. Dr. Sunday Aremu Omilabu
University of Lagos
College of Medicine
Department of Medical Microbiology
and Parasitology
Virology Research Unit
Idi-Araba, Lagos
Nigeria
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Dr. Mubarak Osei-Kwasi
University of Ghana
College of Medical Sciences
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Legon
Ghana
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Dr. Christian Drosten
Bernhard-Nocht-Institut
für Tropenmedizin (BNITM)
Sektion Medizinische Mikrobiologie
Arbeitsgruppe für Klinische Virologie
Hamburg