Project

A sustainable vaccination strategy for cross-clade protection against H1N1 influenza viruses of swine and humans

Code
01J10217
Duration
01 October 2017 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Public health care
    • Public health sciences
    • Public health services
    • Immunology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
Keywords
influenza swine humans vaccines heterologous prime-boost broadly-neutralizing antibodies cross-protection H1N1 avian H5 antigenic drift
 
Project description

We believe that consecutive immunization with antigenically distinct influenza viruses within the same subtype, or with closely related subtypes, can induce broadly-neutralizing antibodies against the viral HA. Using this concept and the pig model of influenza, we will develop vaccination strategies that can protect swine and humans against any H1N1 virus clade, as well as potentially pandemic avian H5 viruses.