INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY

The department of Infectious diseases and Immunology deals with infectious pathogens and their role on public health. Major focuses of this department are to develop novel therapeutics and diagnostics regiments for the treatment of tropical infectious diseases like Malaria, Leishmaniasis and Dengue fever. At I3TK, scientists are involved to identify distinct metabolic pathways of pathogens for drug target. Development of small molecules inhibitors or peptide based inhibitors will be promising candidates to combat the infectious diseases. Moreover in partnership with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, special attention will be given to develop vaccines against the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).