CAREPNEUMO - "Combating antibiotics resistant pneumococci by novel strategies based on in vivo and in vitro host-pathogen interactions" 

This EU-funded project is based on a collaborative network focussed on the investigation of pneumococcus-host interactions for developing novel combat strategies. The main objective is to provide detailed insight into pneumococcal pathomechanisms and to understand the host response to infection with the aim to develop novel prevention, diagnostic and treatment tools against pneumococcal infections.

Coordinator: Prof. G.S. Chhatwal

ASSIST - Comprehensive approach to understand streptococcal diseases and their sequelae to develop innovative strategies for diagnosis, therapy, prevention and control

The primary objective of this proposal s to apply a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the spectrum of treptococcal diseases in India. A novel iagnostic test for rheumatogenic treptococci will be designed and candidates for development of region-specific roup A streptococcal vaccines prototypes will be identified. A diagnostic test for heumatogenic streptococci and development of an efficacious vaccine in India has ever been attempted so far and is, therefore, a novel feature of this proposal.

Coordinator: Prof. G.S. Chhatwal