Projects

Vaccination

Accelerating CBPP research towards a better vaccine through application of synthetic biology

Providing proof of concept for the development of an inactivated vaccine for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP)

Molecular epidemiology network for promotion and support of delivery of live vaccines against Theileria parva and Theileria annulata infection in Eastern and Northern Africa

Enhanced control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in sub Saharan Africa through development of better diagnostics and vaccines

Understanding the basis of strain restricted immunity to Theileria parva

Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries (QWeCI)

Quantifying weather and climate impacts on health in developing countries (QWeCI)

Applied genomics of tick vectors in relation to development of anti-tick vaccines and building research capacity in the eastern and central Africa

A genomics approach to understanding the immunopathology of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP): Improvement of current live vaccines and development of next generation vaccines

ACTIVE

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR): developing a pan African strategy for disease control

Development of new diagnostic assays and epidemiological surveillance of viral pathogens of livestock in Africa

Protein identification of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp mycoides SC antigenic spectrum

Exploration of the effects of anti-tick vaccines on transmission of Theileria parva, the causative agent of East Coast Fever