Why do some people get ill with a viral infection when others don't?
Key people and organisations involved (Imperial College):
- Professor Peter Openshaw
- Professor Chris Chiu
- Professor Cecilia Johansson
- Dr Ryan Thwaites
- Dr Maximillian Habibi
- National Heart and Lung Institute
- Department of Infectious Disease
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Publications:
Habibi et al; Neutrophilic inflammation in the respiratory mucosa predisposes to RSV infection. Science, 2020; 370(6513): eaba9301
Funding:
- Wellcome Trust (087805/Z/08/Z, 102126/B/13/Z, and 109058/Z/15/Z)
- The Medical Research Council HIC-Vac network (MR/R005982/1)
- RSV Consortium in Europe (RESCEU) Horizon 2020 Framework Grant 116019
- UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Comprehensive Local Research Networks (CLRNs)
- European Respiratory Society and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax joint long-term Research Fellowship 2019 (LTRF 201901-00546)
- NIHR Senior Investigator award
- Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR Imperial BRC)
- Health Protection Research Unit in Respiratory Infections at Imperial College London (NIHR HPRU RI)