ERC Advanced Grant · 2021
Reversing vaccine hypo-responsiveness
Prevention of infectious diseases through vaccination is one of the greatest achievements of medicine, yet there is growing realisation that vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy varies greatly across populations in high- versus low/middle- income countries (LMIC) and in urban- versus rural areas within one country. For example, whereas vaccination of volunteers in Europe with attenuated malaria vaccine can result in 100% protection, the efficacy drops to only 29% when tested in Africa, where it is needed most. Other vaccines, such as rotavirus, BCG, yellow fever and Ebola show similar trends in either immunogenicity or efficacy. It is my ambition to take on the challenge of understanding the…
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