This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $217,976.00 to The Henry M. Jackson Foundation For The Advancement Of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) to conduct research on enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) and its potential to cause acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a polio-like paralysis, in children.
The key objectives of this 2-year research project are to: 1) Examine the course of spinal damage longitudinally in a ferret model infected with neurotropic EV-D68 isolates, and 2) Delineate the role of spinal cord glial cells in driving spinal pathology after EV-D68 infection. This research aims to provide novel insights into the spinal damage observed during AFM following EV-D68 infection, which is a growing public health concern. The award term runs from February 1, 2025, to January 31, 2027.
Generated 3/4/25, 2:48 AM