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Pneumonia & Pandemic Preparedness

Grant number: INV-079976

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Key facts

  • Disease

    mpox, Cholera

  • Start & end year

    2024
    2026

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $474,998

  • Funder

    Gates Foundation

  • Research Location

    Congo (DRC)

  • Lead Research Institution

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease surveillance & mapping

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Children (1 year to 12 years)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

  • Mpox Research Priorities

    Epidemiological studies

  • Mpox Research Sub Priorities

    Epidemiology & transmission dynamics of mpox including sexual transmission.

Abstract

To build on the existing cholera research platform in Uvira (South Kivu) to conduct a detailed longitudinal serologic surveillance study for mpox virus to improve our understanding of mpox epidemiology, with particular focus on children.

1 Publication linked via Europe PMC

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Maternal and neonatal outcomes after infection with monkeypox virus clade I during pregnancy in DR Congo: a pooled, prospective cohort study.