Unravelling the correlates of protection against tuberculosis (Old ID 24781)

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation
Andreas Kupz
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 2018 - 31 Dec 2019

Project Type

GRANT

Keywords

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis;Mycobacteria);BCG (Mycobacteria);Vaccine development;Immunology;Infectious disease

Funding Body

Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation

Amount

5000

Project Team

Severine Navarro;Emma McBryde