PERISCOPE

PERtussIS COrrelates of Protection Europe


Description

PERISCOPE aims to accelerate the development of improved vaccines against Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) and/or vaccination strategies that will be used to control B. pertussis in humans. PERISCOPE will develop novel functional antibody and cellular assays and employs cutting-edge methods to characterise innate immune responses and cell-mediated systemic and mucosal immunity.

Coordinator
Dimitri Diavatopoulos
Radboud University Medical Center
Phone: +31 24 3666 336
Programme
Horizon 2020 & sub-programmes
Duration
78 months (March 2016 - August 2022)
Project funding
€ 28,000,000.00
Project partners
21
Project website
http://periscope-project.eu