How genomics can be used to understand host susceptibility to enteric infection, aiding in the development of vaccines and immunotherapeutic interventions

Mottram, LyndaGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för biomedicin, avdelningen för mikrobiologi och immunologi,Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (författare)

© 2019 The Authors Thanks to the modern sequencing era, the extent to which infectious disease imposes selective pressures on the worldwide human population is being revealed. This is aiding our understanding of the underlying immunological and host mechanistic defenses against these pathogens, as well as potentially assisting in the development of vaccines and therapeutics to control them. As a consequence, the workshop “How genomics can be used to understand host susceptibility to enteric infection, aiding in the development of vaccines and immunotherapeutic interventions” at the VASE 2018 meeting, aimed to discuss how genomics and related tools could be used to assist Shigella and ETEC vaccine development. The workshop featured four short presentations which highlighted how genomic applications can be used to assist in the identification of genetic patterns related to the virulence of disease, or host genetic factors that could contribute to immunity or successful vaccine responses. Following the presentations, there was an open debate with workshop attendees to discuss the best ways to utilise such genomic studies, to improve or accelerate the process of both Shigella and ETEC vaccine development. The workshop concluded by making specific recommendations on how genomic research methods could be strengthened and harmonised within the ETEC and Shigella research communities.

Chakraborty, Subhra (författare)
Cox, Eric (författare)
Fleckenstein, J. (författare)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för biomedicin, avdelningen för mikrobiologi och immunologi (creator_code:org_t)

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