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Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections associated with climate change and major weather events: enhancing surveillance and mitigation strategies |
| Principal Investigator / Affiliation | Rachel Thomson (Professor/Lead, Mycobacterial Diseases & Bronchiectasis Research Unit/Head, Greenslopes Clinical Unit) / The University of Queensland  Australia |
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D Rebecca Prevots (Chief of Epidemiology Unit) / National Institutes of Health  USA |
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Kozo Morimoto (Principal Research Scientist) / Research Institute of Tuberculosis /Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (RIT/JATA)  Japan |
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Surakameth Mahasirimongkol (Director of Department of Medical Sciences) / Ministry of Public Health  Thailand |
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Sokleaph Cheng (Deputy head of Medical Biology Laboratory and Head of Laboratory of Mycobacteriology) / Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC)  Cambodia |
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| Year Adopted | 2023 |
| Research Period | 3 years |
| General Description of the Research Project | This project will assess and predict the impacts of major weather events and climate changes on NTM incidence and geospatial distribution in Australia, US, Japan, Thailand, and Cambodia. Major weather events cause aerosol dissemination of NTM from the environment, resulting in acute increases in human exposure, and further increases in disease occur because of the impacts on drinking water distribution systems (DWDS). Novel therapies will be evaluated to control NTM growth in the biofilm of DWDS to reduce transmission. |
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| Principal Investigator / Country of Research Team | 
Rachel Thomson Australia
D Rebecca Prevots the United States
Kozo Morimoto Japan
Surakameth Mahasirimongkol Thailand
Sokleaph Cheng Cambodia |
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