Turning Discoveries into Treatments: Immunology in Africa.

Osier FHA., Mwandumba HC., Gray CM.

An exemplar outcome of an immunology-based intervention is vaccine development; the current COVID-19 pandemic is a case in point. Can we build an immunology research ecosystem in Africa that nurtures discovery and enables translation? We see African immunologists as key agents of change and discuss obstacles and opportunities.

DOI

10.1016/j.it.2020.10.007

Type

Journal

Trends in immunology

Publication Date

12/2020

Volume

41

Pages

1051 - 1053

Addresses

Centre of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya. Electronic address: FOsier@kemri-wellcome.org.

Keywords

Humans, Allergy and Immunology, Developing Countries, Africa, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Vaccines

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