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Project

Study of hepatitis E virus infections in cell culture and in mice with humanized liver.

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01D36914

Duration

01 October 2014 → 31 December 2018

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Philip Meuleman

Fellow

Ann-Sofie Vercouter

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology

Keywords

infections hepatitis E

Project description

In this project we want to establish a cell culture and a small annimal model for the study of the hepatitis E virus (HEV. We will investigate the interactions between the virus and the host and will evaluate novel antiviral therapies against this pathogen.

English

Dutch

English

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