Code
01C01220
Duration
15 April 2020 → 14 January 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Virology
- Infectious diseases
- Virology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary microbiology
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2
reverse zoonosis
zoonosis
humans and animals
third generation sequencing
nasal mucosa explants
Project description
SARS-CoV-2 is causing a pandemic in humans. Transmission towards animals is experimentally demonstrated but in the field animal infections are rare. With the proposed project, assays will be developed to diagnose Covid-19 in humans/animals and to assess their immune status. In addition, reverse zoonotic and zoonotic aspects will be examined in vitro.