Development of an antigen capture assay for melioidosis, a fatal disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei
Grant Data
Project Title
Development of an antigen capture assay for melioidosis, a fatal disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei
Principal Investigator
Dr Teng, Lee Lee
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Woo Patrick Chiu Yat
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Chan Elaine
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
29
Start Date
2019-09-01
Amount
992348
Conference Title
Development of an antigen capture assay for melioidosis, a fatal disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei
Presentation Title
Keywords
antigen, Burkholderia, capture, fatal, melioidosis, pseudomallei
Discipline
Others - Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
18170712
Grant Type
Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Funding Year
2018
Status
Completed
Objectives
To generate monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific to B. pseudomallei; and that mAb-based antigen detection assay for melioidosis will be evaluated by a collection of reference and clinical strains of B. pseudomallei and its closely related species.