Project

Helicobacter suis infections in pigs: an emerging zoonosis

Code
01W00310
Duration
11 October 2010 → 10 October 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Public health care
    • Public health sciences
    • Public health services
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
    • Other veterinary sciences
    • Other agricultural and food sciences
Keywords
helicobacter pig zoonosis H. suis
 
Project description

The general aim of this doctoral research project is to obtain better insights inthe zoonotic significance of H. suis and in the possible role pigs and pork meat play in the transmission of this micro-organism to humans.