The CRCD will support research (both basic and applied) on all communicable diseases, particularly the infections that are prevalent and important in Malaysia and SE Asia. The following are examples:

 

• Tuberculosis

• Hepatitis

• Diarrhoeal diseases

• Leptospirosis and other zoonoses/veterinary infections

• Dengue, chikungunya and respiratory/enteric/arbovirus infections

• Opportunistic fungal infections

• Malaria, enteric protozoal/helminthic infections

• Infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria

 

Other research areas to be encouraged include:

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• Development of new insecticides, vaccines, chemotherapeutic agents and diagnostics

• Medicinal value of tropical plants for the treatment of infectious diseases

• Traditional and Complimentary Medicine approaches to the management of infectious diseases

• Water quality assessment for indicators of waterborne infections

• The role of the environment and non-human reservoirs on the incidence and pathogenesis of infectious diseases

• The occurrence and consequences of polyparasitism

• The role of infective agents in cancer development

• Development of comprehensive infection and drug resistance surveillance systems

• Development of effective management strategies for infectious diseases in different social contexts

• Evaluation of the impact of interventions in the prevention and control of infectious diseases

 

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