Unit | Clinical Immunology

Our group focuses on systems-immunology-based approaches within the framework of Phase I to III clinical trials. We aim to identify surrogates of protection as well as host factors elicited by subunit and whole parasite vaccines against tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. Clinical trials are performed with our partners of the Ifakara Health Institute in Bagamoyo. Further, the unit develops novel diagnostic tools for paediatric clinical TB in high endemic countries.

Co-Morbidity

Co-morbidity studies analyse the impact of non-communicable diseases on immune responses against infectious diseases, particularly TB. Unit researchers also work to understand the consequences of helminth co-infections on malaria, TB and HIV pathogenesis and immunity.

Latest Publications

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Billingsley P.F et al. A paradigm for Africa-centric vaccine development in Equatorial Guinea. Trends Parasitol. 2024;40(5):362-366. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.03.005

Daubenberger C.A, Silva J.C. First-generation malaria vaccine successfully implemented in three African countries. Lancet. 2024;403(10437):1607-1609. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02892-1

Day C.J et al. The essential malaria protein PfCyRPA targets glycans to invade erythrocytes. Cell Rep. 2024;43(4):114012. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114012

Foglierini M et al. RAIN: machine learning-based identification for HIV-1 bNAbs. Nat Commun. 2024;15:5339. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49676-1

Hosch S et al. PHARE: a bioinformatics pipeline for compositional profiling of multiclonal Plasmodium falciparum infections from long-read Nanopore sequencing data. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024;79(5):987-996. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkae060