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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.

Phase variable virulence factors in Neisseria meningitidis

Treatment; University of Queenslands, Australia.

A collection of DNA of patients with meningococcal disease, and study of the influence of cytokine gene polymorphisms

Prevention and treatment; University of Sheffield and Meningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester.

GBS disease in the UK and Republic of Ireland: a surveillance and case-control study

Prevention; St George's Hospital Medical School, London.

The Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF), High Mobility Group 1 (HMG-1) and Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokines in the Pathophysiology of Meningococcal Disease in Children

Treatment; Alderhey Children's Hospital, Liverpool.

Social, psychological and functional outcomes after meningococcal disease in adolescents: a longitudinal case-control study

Treatment; University College, London.

Detection of meningococcal serogroups A, Y, W135 and pneumococcal bacteria by ultrasound latex agglutination; Comparison with PCR

Treatment; University of Wales Cardiff and College of Medicine.

Vaccine potential and functional attributes of TspA, a potent CD4+ T-cell and B-cell stimulating neisserial protein

Prevention; Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.

Therapeutic and epidemiological significance of decreased susceptibility to penicillin in Neisseria meningitidis

Surveillance; PHLS Meningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester.

Long term after effects of meningococcal meningitis in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana

Treatment; Swiss Tropical Institute and Ministry of Health, Ghana.

Psychological outcome of children admitted to hospital with meningococcal disease

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

Population study of Neisseria lactamica in infants and small children

Prevention; Wellcome Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

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Page last updated 01.06.07

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