| Immunology
assessment
The
National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)
Contact:
Dr Lynn Morris & Dr Clive Gray
Tel: + 27 11 386 6000
E-mail: lynnm@nicd.ac.za; cgray@nicd.ac.za
http://www.nicd.ac.za
The clinical
immunology testing is performed at the National
Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD).
The group is central to the success of testing
HIV vaccines in South Africa, as they are able
to delineate the immune responses that occur
in response to the vaccines that are injected
into humans to ascertain whether these might
protect against natural infection.
This group is a world leader in HIV vaccine
immunology and the only laboratory outside the
US to be accredited by the HIV Vaccine Trials
Network (HVTN) of the US National Institutes
of Health. The unit is involved with assessing
antibody and cellular immune responses to the
vaccines, as well as other background immunology
knowledge that is essential for assessing vaccines.
There are two core groups at the institute
involved in vaccine work.
The Cellular
Immunology Core and the Humoral Immunity Core
View
a list of publications
and conference papers for the NICD group's HIV/AIDS
vaccine-related work.
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Partners
Making the vaccines
 The University of Cape Town (UCT)
Testing the vaccines
HIV Vaccine Research Unit, MRC, Durban
HIV Vaccine Division of the Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU)
Aurum Health
Cape Town Clinical Trials Consortium
Immunology assessment
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)
Ethical issues
HIV/AIDS Vaccine Ethics Group (HAVEG), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Community involvement
Masikhulisane SAAVI Community Involvement Group
Behavioural science
Socio-behavioural research group
Actuarial assessments
Actuarial Group
Data and bioinformatics
Data Management (MRC) |
