Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project aims to model disease transmission dynamics by quantifying key epidemiological drivers of TB transmission in the Asia Pacific region. It will take into account geospatial characteristics of the region and population vulnerabilities to tuberculosis. These include factors that lead to reactivation of TB: smoking, diabetes, HIV, malnutrition and factors that lead to transmission; household crowding, population density and late presentation to health services. This project has potential sites of data in the region including through work with JCU researchers in collaboration with PNG IMR in sites across Papua New Guinea and in other Pacific Nations.
Date
15 Sep 2015 - 14 Sep 2017
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Mycobacterium tuberculosis;Epidemiology;mathematical modelling;Asia Pacific
Funding Body
James Cook University
Amount
25000
Project Team
N/A