Immunity and Emerging Diseases - IMED
Projects
7 Projects

LAGMED - Improvement of preventive actions to emerging LAGoviruses in the MEDiterranean basin: development and optimisation of methodologies for pathogen detection and control
PI: Joana Abrantes

The European rabbit IgA's as a model for therapeutic antibodies development: a genomic and functional approach.
PI: Ana Pinheiro

Evaluation of the virulence of RHDV (Rabbit Hemorragic Disease Virus) and mechanisms of host resistance
PI: Pedro José Esteves

How does the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) immune system recognise the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) from its non-pathogenic form RCV-A1?
PI: Joana Abrantes

Host-pathogen interaction: the Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) and the European Brown Hare Syndrome (EBHS)
PI: Pedro José Esteves

Why the Myxoma virus infection is highly lethal for the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), while in other leporids it is benign?
PI: Pedro José Esteves

Deciphering the mechanisms of rabbit genetic resistance to myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic viral disease
PI: Pedro José Esteves