Abstract:

For immunising infections, serological data is a valuable source of information about individual and population histories of infection. In more recent times, serological data is a marker for both natural infection and immunisation with  many assays providing no means of differentiating the two. I will briefly  describe some recent work that takes advantage of the fact that some immunisations (such as Measles-Mumps-Rubella) are shared events, with sera providing extra information that helps to distinguish between immunisation and exposure.

Speaker

Dr. James Wood

Research Area

Biological Symposium

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, UNSW

Date

Fri, 08/06/2012 - 1:00pm

Venue

RC-4082