Obiettivo Excessive delays in treatment onset limit current tuberculosis (TB) control programs, presenting a major obstacle to the control of the TB epidemic. Increasing case detection, both quantitatively and temporally, is considered a priority, benefiting the patient (reduced morbidity and mortality) and the society (shortened period of infectiousness). These improvements in patient care have a common goal: to reduce transmission and eventually contain the spread of TB within the population. However, assessing reduced transmission of TB proofs to be difficult, as to date molecular tools have not been integrated in mathematical models or in field trials of public health interventions. Therefore, I aim to develop a model that incorporates bacterial genotyping to follow TB transmission within the human host population, hypothesizing that an effective Enhanced-Case-Finding (ECF) method can interrupt TB transmission. Integration of routine epidemiological and genotyping data with bioinformatics and mathematical modelling provides a novel and powerful approach to understand the key determinants of the TB epidemic, such as the Effective Reproductive Number, and predict the dynamics of TB transmission. I have the unique opportunity to position the present proposal as an added-value study that builds on 3-year Cluster Randomized Trial of ECF that I designed, which is about to be launched in The Gambia in 2012. By applying molecular genotyping methods to bacterial isolates collected from both the ECF intervention- and control arm, I will develop a method to measure and model the impact of ECF on the transmission of TB. This will be the first study of its kind in integrating molecular genotyping data in a TB transmission model as applied to a population level interventional study. The identification of significant transmission parameters will be important both for basic TB research and also for health experts that design and evaluate Public Health TB interventions in the future. Campo scientifico medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthsocial sciencessociologydemographymortalitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriologymedical and health sciencesclinical medicinepneumologytuberculosisnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model Programma(i) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Argomento(i) ERC-SG-LS7 - Applied life sciences, biotechnology and bioengineering: agricultural, animal, fishery, forestry/food sciences; biotechnology, chemical biology, genetic engineering, synthetic biology, industrial biosciences; environmental biotechnology. Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2012-StG_20111109 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Istituzione ospitante INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE Contributo UE € 1 345 787,20 Indirizzo NATIONALESTRAAT 155 2000 ANTWERPEN Belgio Mostra sulla mappa Regione Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Nadine Van Peer (Ms.) Ricercatore principale Bouke Catherine De Jong (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (2) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto INSTITUUT VOOR TROPISCHE GENEESKUNDE Belgio Contributo UE € 1 345 787,20 Indirizzo NATIONALESTRAAT 155 2000 ANTWERPEN Mostra sulla mappa Regione Vlaams Gewest Prov. Antwerpen Arr. Antwerpen Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Nadine Van Peer (Ms.) Ricercatore principale Bouke Catherine De Jong (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Regno Unito Contributo UE € 145 198,80 Indirizzo 20 Park Crescent W1B 1AL LONDON Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Contatto amministrativo Dembo Kanteh (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
