Integrated vaccine and infectious disease research.

The prevention and treatment of bacterial and viral infections are the main focus of the Methusalem project VAXINFECTIO. Antibiotic resistance, anti-tumoral and antiviral cellular immune responses by dendritic cells, the evaluation of vaccination, and the socio-economic aspects of the use of vaccines and antibiotics are research topics that will be addressed. The Vaccine & Infectious Disease Instituut (VAXINFECTIO) of the Universiteit Antwerpen - consisting of the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology (LMM), the Laboratory of Experimental Hematology (LEH) and the Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination (CEV) - maintains a close collaboration with the Centre for Statistics (CenStat) of the Universiteit Hasselt.

Keywords:CELLULAR IMMUNITY, MODELLING, VACCINOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, DENDRITIC CELLS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, COST EFFECTIVENESS

Disciplines:Microbiology, Systems biology, Immunology, Laboratory medicine, Public health care, Public health sciences, Public health services