IDReC researchers awarded more than $1m in HRC funding to reduce burden of leptospirosis
A study led by IODReCs Associate Professor Jackie Benschop has
been awarded $1,199,841 from the latest Health Research Council of New Zealand
(HRC) funding round to undertake a nationwide case-control study of the disease
leptospirosis.
The three-year study will attempt to address gaps in
leptospirosis knowledge that will inform control strategies by identifying risk
factors, sources and pathways for human infection. The study will recruit
incident cases, including patients from GP practices, hospitals and recruited
through Medical Officers of Health.
Further details of the study and its
implications can be assessed at http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=82FC82A6-CC47-497B-AC4D-558475F978F1