Code
01SC1713
Duration
01 March 2013 → 31 July 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
- Microbiology
- Systems biology
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Medical and health sciences
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Immunology
- Laboratory medicine
- Microbiology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
- Other veterinary sciences
- Other agricultural and food sciences
Keywords
postweaning diarrhea
ETEC
pig
IL-17
Project description
F4+ ETEC are an important cause of neonatal and postweaning diarrhea inpigs. This project aims to identify the cellular source ofETEc-induced IL-17 upon early infection and to elucidate the role o IL-17 secreting cel is in the induction of protective immunity to F4+ETEC in order to devolop novel strategies preventing early infection or enhacing the efficacy of ETEC-directed vaccines.