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Scientific archive


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.

Investigation into rates of acquisition and carriage of meningococci in university students

Surveillance; University of Nottingham

Forecasting meningitis epidemics in Africa

Surveillance and control; Liverpool School for Tropical Medicine.

Identification and characterisation of iron-regulated genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae by representational difference analysis of cDNA

Prevention; University of Sussex.

Characterisation of group B meningococcal proteins expressed in vivo: a proteome analysis

Prevention; University of Aberdeen.

A multi-disciplinary approach to vaccine development

Prevention; Royal Free Hospital, London.

CD40 ligation for enhancement of immune responses to capsular polysaccharides

Prevention; University of Sheffield.

The adolescent peak in meningococcal disease: an integrated social biological and psychological investigation

Surveillance and control; Institute of Child Health, London.

The cutaneous manifestations of meningococcal septicaemia: insights into the microbiology and pathogenesis of the disease

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

Improved non-culture diagnosis and case ascertainment of bacterial and viral meningitis including septicaemia

Detection; PHLS Meningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester.

The role of endotoxin blebbing in the pathogenesis of meningococcal meningitis

Treatment; Hammersmith Hospital, London.

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and 165rRNA sequencing in the detection of non-culturable etiological agents of culture-negative meningitis: a pilot study

Detection; Belfast City Hospital.

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Page last updated 01.06.07

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