Unravelling the correlates of protection against tuberculosis – Stage II (Old ID 26979)
Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Tuberculosis is a major global public health problem and continues to cause significant morbidity and mortality due to the low efficiency of the only licensed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, BCG. This project aims to unravel the immunological correlates that mediate protection against tuberculosis. Using high-dimensional immune profiling and microbiome analyses we will compare immune responses to BCG vaccination with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children in the Torres Strait.
Date
01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2022
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis;Vaccine development;Microbiome;Immunology;BCG (Mycobacteria);Infectious disease
Funding Body
Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation
Amount
50000
Project Team
Emma McBryde