Code
01P09913
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Molecular evolution
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Medical and health sciences
- Vaccinology
- Infectious diseases
- Virology
- Pathophysiology
Keywords
Immune response
influenza
vaccine
Project description
Influenza viruses cause flu epidemics and pandemics worldwide. The antigenic dress of flu viruses changes continuously, which necessitates yearly vaccinations. Repeated exposures to flu viruses involves that the host acquires different levels of virus immunity over time. In this project the host-virus interactions under different conditions of immune pressure will be studied.