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NeuroAccess is a project supported by The Encephalitis Society and run which aims to improve the care of patients in sub-Saharan Africa through improving education in clinical neurology. Read more
An international multi-institutional team is working together to train young neurologists in Zambia Read more
Awarded in 2019, this pilot study aimed to investigate clinical and laboratory aspects of patients who developed encephalitis during a triple epidemic of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya in Brazil. Read more
Awarded in 2019, this project intends to investigate the aetiologies and pathogen-specific elements in the clinical presentation of encephalitis in HIV-negative adults from urban and rural areas in Cameroon. Read more
Awarded in 2020, this study will elucidate possible routes of CNS infection by the virus and identify brain regions and cell types most vulnerable to either direct infection or the effects of systemic cytokines. Read more
Awarded in 2021, this seed funding aim to validate a scoring tool -Paediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis Severity Score (PASS)- to document the severity of autoimmune encephalitis in children. Read more
Awarded in 2022, this project aims to improve diagnostic tests that can quickly and more accurately diagnose scrub typhus in patients with acute encephalitis syndrome. Read more
Awarded in 2020, this pilot study aims to dissect the mechanisms through which subsets of neurons, specifically dopamine neurons, are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection Read more
Awarded in 2021, this seed funding aims to to increase the knowledge of the viral aetiologies of meningoencephalitis in Senegal. Read more
Awarded in 2022, this project aims to determine the viral causes of encephalitis among individuals admitted with suspected encephalitis of unknown aetiology in Uganda. Read more