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Research archive for the scientific community

This page contains information about Meningitis Research Foundation funded projects which have completed their course. You can also read about current research projects.

Click on the title of the project to find out more.

Group B streptococcal surface proteins: role in pathogenesis and evaluation as vaccine components

Prevention; Lund University, Sweden.

Multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) of Serotype B III Streptococcus and correlation with pathogenic potential

Surveillance; Alberta Children's Hospital, Canada and University of Oxford.

Pneumococcal pathogenesis and the role of basement membrane binding proteins in the penetration of epithelial barriers

Prevention; Women and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.

Outcome of pneumococcal meningitis: a retrospective controlled cohort study with economic analysis

Treatment; St Barts and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Middlesex Hospital and Oxford University.

The dynamics of carriage of neisseria meningitidis in Northern Ghana

Surveillance and control; Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, and NHRC, Ministry of Health, Navrongo, Ghana.

Long term outcomes and predictors in cochlear implantation of children deafened by meningitis

Treatment; Nottingham Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme.

Five year follow-up of a national cohort of children who suffered from meningitis during the neonatal period

Treatment; Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, London.

Functional ability following amputation after meningococcal sepsis: pilot study

Treatment; Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London.

The Genetic basis of Meningococcal Carriage

Prevention and treatment; Imperial College Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, London.

Unencapsulated killed whole cells as an intranasal vaccine to prevent pneumococcal meningitis and invasive disease

Prevention; Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.

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Page last updated 01.06.07

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