Investments in respiratory infectious disease research 1997-2010: a systematic analysis of UK funding.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Respiratory infections are responsible for a large global burden of disease. We assessed the public and philanthropic investments awarded to UK institutions for respiratory infectious disease research to identify areas of underinvestment. We aimed to identify projects and categorise them by pathogen, disease and position along the research and development value chain.

Setting

The UK.

Participants

Institutions that host and carry out infectious disease research.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The total amount spent and number of studies with a focus on several different respiratory pathogens or diseases, and to correlate these against the global burden of disease; also the total amount spent and number of studies relating to the type of scienc

SUBMITTER: Head MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3975787 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature