Research Interest

Several academic and private studies have been or are being undertaken at the CIC 1417:

• Research into new vaccines: Vaccine to prevent invasive enteric infection caused by Shigella in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur, Preventive HIV vaccine included in the ANRS research programs, Vaccine to prevent staphylococcal infections, Preventive influenza vaccines, Vaccine therapy in melanoma, AIDS, and lung cancer.

Optimizing the vaccination of persons with defective immune systems:

• Optimization of vaccines in subjects with altered immune response :

- HIV infected patients: Hepatitis A and B, pneumococcus, papillomavirus, yellow fever vaccination

- Patients treated with immunosuppressors: chronic inflammation disease, cancer, elderly and newborn organ transplant recipients.