Supplementary information
1. Keywords used to search funding databases
2. Primary general disease categories
3. Disease categories assigned to studies
4. Phases of research
5. Funder categories
6. Clarifications
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1 – Keywords used to search funding databases
Acinetobacter
Adenovirus
AIDS
Anopheles
Anthrax
Antibiotic
Antimicrobial
Antimicrobial resistance
Ascari*
Aspergill*
Aspergillus
Aspergillosis
Bacill*
Bacillus
Bacter*
Bacteria
Bacteraemia
Bartonell*
Bartonella
Bartonellosis
BCG
Biofilm
Blastomyces
Bloodborne
Bordetella
Borrelia
Botulism
Brugia
Burkholderia
Campylobacter
Candida
Candidiasis
Chagas disease
Chlamydia
Cholera
CJD
Clostridium
Clostridium difficile
CMV
Communicable
Condylomata
Conjunctivitis
Corynebacter*
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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Cross infection
Cryptococcus
Cryptosporidium
Cytomegalovirus
Dengue
Diarrhoea
Diphtheria
Disease transmission
Disinfection
Dracunciliasis
Drug resistance
Echinococcus
Echinococcosis
Escherichia
E.coli
Ebola
EBV
Encephalitis
Entamoeba
Enterobacter
Enterovirus
Epstein-Barr
ESBL
Escherichia
Fascioliasis
Foodborne
Fungal
Fungi
Gastritis
Genito*
Giardia
Gingivitis
Gonorrhoea
Gram negative
Gram positive
Guinea worm
Haemophilus
Hand hygiene
HBV
HCV
Healthcare associated
Helicobacter
Helminths
Hepatitis
Herpes
Histoplasma
Histopolasmosis
HIV
Hospital-acquired
HPV
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Hookworm
HSV
HTLV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human papillomavirus
Hydatid
Impetigo
Infect*
Infection
Infective
Influenza
Kaposi’s sarcoma
Keratitis
Klebsiella
KSHV
Lassa
Legionella
Legionnaires
Leishman*
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Leptospira
Leptospirosis
Listeria
Lyme
Lymphatic filariasis
Malaria
Marburg
Measles
Mening*
Meningitis
Methicillin
Microb*
MMR
Molluscum contagiosum
MRSA
MSSA
Mumps
Mycobact*
Mycology
Mycoplasma
Neisseria
Nematode
Norovirus
NTD
Neglected tropical diseases
Onchocerciasis
Papilloma
Parainfluenza
PCP
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Pertussis
Plague
Plasmodium
Pneumo*
Pneumonia
Pneumococcal
Polio
Post operative
Poxvirus
Primary Care
Prison
Prion
Pseudomonas
Q Fever
Rabies
Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Rhinovirus
Ricketssia
Rotavirus
Round worm
RSV
Rubella
Salmonell*
Salmonella
Salmonellosis
Sarcoptes
SARS
Scabies
Scarlet fever
Schisto*
Schistosoma
Schistosomiasis
Sepsis
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Sexually transmitted
Shigella
Smallpox
Staph*
Staphylococcus
STD
STI
Strep*
Streptococcus
Stronguloid*
Surgical
Syphilis
Taenia
TB
Tetanus
Thrush
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Toxoplasma
Toxoplasmosis
Trachoma
Treponema
Trichuri*
Trichomonas
Tropical
Tropheryma
Trypanosoma
Trypanosomiasis
Tuberculosis
Typhoid
Ulcer
Urinary tract infection
UTI
Vaccination
Vaccine
Varicella
Vibrio
Viral
Virology
Virus
VZV
West Nile
Whooping
Whipple’s
Whipworm
Wucherichia
Yaws
Yellow Fever
Yersinia
Zoonoses
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2. Primary general disease categories
Addict
AMR
Biofilm
Cardiac
Dermatology
Diagnostics
Economics
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics
Haematology
HCAI
Hepatology
Herpes
HIV
Immunology
International
Molecular
Neurology
NTD
Nutrition
Obstetrics
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Oral
Other
Paediatrics
Primary Care
Prison
Probiotics
Renal
Respiratory
Staph
STI
Strep
Surgery
Therapeutics
UTI
Vaccine
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3. Disease categories assigned to studies
Addiction
Amoebiasis
Anthrax
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Aspergillus
Bacteriology
Behavioural / social sciences
Biofilm
Cancer (Oncology)
Candida
Cardiology
Chlamydia
Clostridium
Cytomegalovirus
Dengue
Dermatology
Diagnostics
Diphtheria
Echinococcosis
Economics
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
Gastroenterology
Geriatrics
Global health (International)
Gonorrhoea
Haematology
Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI)
Helminth
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatology
Herpes lymphotropic virus
Herpes simplex virus
Herpesviridae
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Immunology
Influenza
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Meningitis
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Molecular
Mycology
Mycoplasma
Neurology
Neglected tropical diseases (NTD)
Nutrition
Obstetrics
Onchocerciasis
Ophthalmology
Oral
Other
Paediatrics
Parasitology
Pertussis
Pneumonia
Primary Care
Prion
Prison
Probiotics
Pseudomonas
Renal
Respiratory
Respiratory Syncitial Virus (RSV)
Roseola virus
Schistosomiasis
Sexually transmitted infections (STI)
Staphylococcus
Streptococus
Surgery
Syphilis
Therapeutics
Tuberculosis
Trachoma
Trypanosomiasis
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Vaccine
Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)
Virology
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4 – Phases of research
Pre-clinical
- Includes laboratory studies, sequencing, genomics, microbial profiling, basic
science, immunology, mouse models etc
Phase I / Phase II / Phase III
- clinical trials in humans considered to be in any of phases I/II/III
Intervention/Product Development + roll out
- studies including phase IV trials and the post- clinical trial assessment of medicines
and devices in healthcare
Implementation/Operational research
- including evaluations, implementation research, surveillance research and
epidemiological studies
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5. Funder categories
BBSRC
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Charity
Department of Health
ESRC
European commission
Health authority
HPA
Industry (data removed from Lancet ID paper analyses owing to incompleteness, but
to be made available on www.researchinvestments.org )
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Irish government
Medical Research Council
Miscellaneous
National Blood Service
NHS Other
NIH
Own account / local funding
Professional body or society
Scottish government funding
UK government, non DH
Unfunded
University
Unspecified
Wales government funding
Wellcome Trust
World Health Organisation
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6. Clarifications
Primary care – this was categorised broadly according to the UK definitions, such as
this one at the Department of Health website –
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/category/policy-areas/nhs/primary-care/
Much of the research had a UK (rather than global) focus, for example the Intestinal
Infectious Disease study that assessed gastrointestinal illness within GP surgeries.
Malaria typically belongs in the crosscutting theme of haematological infections (as
well as parasitology, global health and other categories as appropriate), though there
may be exceptions such as studies explicitly investigating cerebral malaria or
hypnozoite liver stages.
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