Assessing novel coronavirus antibodies for specificity and function during clinical infection and community asymptomatic cases
Grant Data
Project Title
Assessing novel coronavirus antibodies for specificity and function during clinical infection and community asymptomatic cases
Principal Investigator
Dr Doak, Sophie Alessandra Valkenburg
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Leung Sze Man Kathy
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Wu Joseph Tsz Kei
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Peiris Joseph Sriyal Malik
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
18
Start Date
2020-05-01
Amount
1515000
Conference Title
Assessing novel coronavirus antibodies for specificity and function during clinical infection and community asymptomatic cases
Presentation Title
Keywords
community asymptomatic cases, linical infection, novel coronavirus antibodies
Discipline
Others - Medicine, Dentistry and Health
HKU Project Code
COVID190115
Grant Type
Commissioned Research on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
Funding Year
2019
Status
On-going
Objectives
To assess the antibody profile of COVID-19 clinical patients and asymptomatic cases to determine immune hierarchy of antibody responses for vaccine development and immune function.