[Leish-l] RES: testing vaccinated dogs for immunopotentiation

Patrick Bastien patrick.bastien at univ-montp1.fr
Fri Oct 7 14:30:42 BRT 2011


There were several earlier reports of this vertical transmission, even
in the US: among others,
Rosypal AC, J.Parasitol. 2005, 970-972 and 113-115
Magno da Silva, Vet Parasitol 2009
Pangrazio, Vet Parasitol 2009

Best regards
P. Bastien

Professeur Patrick Bastien
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine
UMR MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - Université Montpellier 1)
Centre National de Référence des Leishmania
CHU de Montpellier
39 Avenue Charles Flahault
34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

"Chang, Kwang-Poo" <KwangPoo.Chang at rosalindfranklin.edu> a écrit :

> What Jenni said indicates that transplacental transmission of canine
> leishmaniasis has some implication in considering dog vaccination.
>
>
>
> Of further interest is the question of whether this transplacental
> transmission could also occur in other reservoir animals or even in
> human leishmaniasis ? I recall the description of such transmission in
> human cases in some very early literature, but that has been always
> considered as unlikely or extremely rare, more as a hypothesis than
> reality. This issue may have been addressed in more recent
> epidemiological studies of VL familial clustering in well-established
> endemic sites ? Congenital transmission might escape our attention,
> should the outcome be largely asymptomatic ?
>
>
>
> KP
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Jennie Blackwell [mailto:jmb37 at cam.ac.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 6:46 PM
> To: Chang, Kwang-Poo
> Cc: Petersen, Christine A [V PTH]; TECSA - Luiz Ristow; John David;
> leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br
> Subject: Re: [Leish-l] RES: testing vaccinated dogs for
> immunopotentiation
>
>
>
> I doubt it. Treatment might but if the mum was already infected and
> passed the parasite to the foetus I don't see how a vaccine would work
> to clear the parasite from the foetus!
>
>
>
> Slightly different question as to whether vaccinating mums will give
> them sufficient protection to not pass the parasite to the pup in utero
> should they get infected themselves after vaccination.
>
>
>
> Cheers all, Jennie
>
> Jenefer M. Blackwell
>
> TICHR, CCHR, UWA
>
> Phone: +61 8 94897910
>
> From my iPhone
>
>
> On 29 Sep 2011, at 00:36, "Chang, Kwang-Poo"
> <KwangPoo.Chang at rosalindfranklin.edu> wrote:
>
> 	Of interest is the question of whether vaccination would clear
> the infection of the pub, which has congenitally inherited L infantum ?
>
>
>
> 	KP
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> 	From: Petersen, Christine A [V PTH] [mailto:kalicat at iastate.edu]
>
> 	Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 11:23 AM
> 	To: Chang, Kwang-Poo; TECSA - Luiz Ristow; John David
> 	Cc: leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br; Petersen, Christine A [V PTH]
> 	Subject: RE: [Leish-l] RES: testing vaccinated dogs for
> immunopotentiation
>
>
>
> 	The reference for this article is:
> <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532741>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21532741
>
> 	As it was published in a PLoS journal its free access to all.
>
> 	Based on our studies and recent ones from Brazil, I do believe
> that to remove Leish from the canine reservoir, transmission from mom to
> pup will need to be addressed.
>
> 	Christy Petersen
>
>
>
> 	From: Chang, Kwang-Poo
> [mailto:KwangPoo.Chang at rosalindfranklin.edu]
> 	Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:20 AM
> 	To: TECSA - Luiz Ristow; John David
> 	Cc: leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br; Petersen, Christine A [V PTH]
> 	Subject: RE: [Leish-l] RES: testing vaccinated dogs for
> immunopotentiation
>
>
>
> 	Christine Petersen published an article about transplacental
> transmission of L infantum in the USA canine leishmaniasis. I just
> wonder about the implication of this finding in considering vaccination
> against the disease transmitted this way ?
>
>
>
> 	KP
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> 	From: <mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br>
> leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br
> [mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br%5d>  On Behalf Of
> TECSA - Luiz Ristow
> 	Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:08 AM
> 	To: 'John David'
> 	Cc: <mailto:leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br> leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br
> 	Subject: [Leish-l] RES: testing vaccinated dogs for
> immunopotentiation
>
>
>
> 	Hi !
>
>
>
> 	There are these papers about
>
> 	These need a very critical reading to discuss
>
> 	This discussion with all about the matter and these papers is
> very welcome! (at least for me!)
>
> 	Regards for all
>
> 	Luiz Ristow
>
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> 	De: <mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br>
> leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br
> [mailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:leish-l-bounces at lineu.icb.usp.br%5d>  Em nome de John
> David
> 	Enviada em: segunda-feira, 26 de setembro de 2011 18:44
> 	Para: Dr GR Rajasekariah
> 	Cc: <mailto:leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br> leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br;
> Carlos Gouvea; hubert mazure; <mailto:smithyman at cellabs.com.au>
> smithyman at cellabs.com.au
> 	Assunto: Re: [Leish-l] testing vaccinated dogs for
> immunopotentiation
>
>
>
> 	I think that for any vaccine developed to protect dogs against
> VL, but which is also meant to prevent transmission of VL to humans, the
> developers should show that after the vaccinated dog has been challenged
> with Leishmania, it does not transmit Leishmania to sand flies.
>
> 	John R David, M.D.
>
> 	Richard Pearson Strong Professor Emeritus
>
> 	Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
>
> 	Harvard School of Public Health
>
> 	Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
>
> 	300 W. 23rd Street, Apt. 13K
>
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> 	Email: <mailto:jdavid at hsph.harvard.edu> jdavid at hsph.harvard.edu
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> 	On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:04 AM, Dr GR Rajasekariah wrote:
>
>
>
> 	Hello EveryOne,
> 	I am responding to the topic on European VL Dog vaccine.
> 	It is a great challenge in devising a protective vaccine
> against visceral leishmaniasis in dogs. This point equally applies the
> same challenge for human situation.
> 	Because Th-2 response is so dominant during VL infection,
> modulating Th-2 into Th-1 response is a big challenge to immunologists.
>
> 	Key points lies in the presentation of appropriate antigen in
> appropriate dose to stimulate the  Th-1 dependent protective immune
> response.
> 	I understand several vaccines are in the market and real
> efficacy of these vaccines will come out once introduced to field
> conditions.
>
> 	I just wanted to inform you that we have a suitable antibody kit
> for testing the immunopotentiation in dogs following vaccination of
> dogs.
> 	Our assay is based on the released promastigote antigens.
> 	It is a highly sensitive assay.
> 	Currently we supply reagents for  determination of total IgG
> antibodies in serum.
> 	If any particular group is interested then we are able to
> provide appropriate reagent for detection of specific IgG2 and other
> isotype specific antibody detection.
> 	Because our antibody detection ELISA is based on the
> exo-antigens such an ELISA would be of exceptional type for measuring
> antibody response in vaccinated animals.
> 	Highly suitable for diagnosing dogs responded to vaccines.
>
> 	Recently I came to know that some of  commercial kits were found
> to be not useful for detecting seroconversion in dogs vaccinated with
> FML vaccine (Leish-Immune) in Brazil.
> 	Because we use released antigens in our kit, any such problems
> will overcome if they use Canine Leish IgG CELISA (Manufacturer Cellabs
> Pty Ltd Brookvale NSW Australia email <mailto:sales at cellabs.com.au>
> sales at cellabs.com.au).
> 	If any one is interested to know more about our antibody
> detection ELISA based on exo-antigens please contact us.
>
> 	This is for your kind information.
>
> 	Dr GR Rajasekariah
> 	Sydney
> 	Australia
> 	<mailto:raj at cellabs.com.au> raj at cellabs.com.au
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> 		From: jeffrey shaw < <mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>
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> 		Subject: [Leish-l] European VL Dog Vaccine - CaniLeish?:
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> 		CaniLeish?:
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> 		  The European Commission granted a marketing
> authorisation valid throughout the European Union, for CaniLeish to
> Virbac S.A. on 14/03/2011.
>
> 		 This vaccine, CaniLeish?, will initially be launched in
> Portugal at the end of the first half of 2011. This will be followed
> rapidly by launches in other countries in the endemic area: Spain,
> France, Greece and Italy (not in chronological order). This roll-out
> takes account of the geographical prevalence of the disease and the time
> required to build vaccine production up to full capacity. The launch in
> Northern European countries from where there is a flow of summer
> visitors to the endemic area will be part of a second phase.
>
> 		  The basis of this vaccine are excreted proteins plus a
> saponin adjuvant purified from Quil-A. Its efficacy was determined in a
> 2 year open field trial.
>
> 		  The vaccine is given to dogs as three injections,
> three weeks apart, under the skin. The first injection can be given from
> six months of age, the second injection is given three weeks later and
> the third three weeks from the second one. Afterward a single ?booster?
> should be given every year to maintain protection.
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> 		Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:07:17 +0600
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> 		From: Moazzem Hossain < <mailto:directordcbd at gmail.com>
> directordcbd at gmail.com>
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> 		Subject: Re: [Leish-l] FW: Leishmaniasis Pathology
> Network
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> 		To: jeffrey shaw < <mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>
> jayusp at hotmail.com>, "Prof. Paul Kaye"
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> 		< <mailto:paul.kaye at york.ac.uk> paul.kaye at york.ac.uk>
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> 		Cc: "Prof. Dr. Moazzem Hossain" <
> <mailto:profdrmoazzemhossain at gmail.com> profdrmoazzemhossain at gmail.com>,
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> 		10 Aug 2011
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> 		Dear Professor Paul Kaye,
>
>
>
> 		Thank you for your email. Please find attached our
> supportive letter
>
> 		of interest for Leishmaniasis Pathology Network.
>
> 		Looking forward for your kind response.
>
>
>
> 		Best regards.
>
>
>
>
>
> 		--
>
> 		*Prof. Dr. Moazzem Hossain *
>
> 		Ex - Director Disease Control
>
> 		Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
>
> 		Government of  Bangladesh
>
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>
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>
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> 		On 8/9/11, jeffrey shaw < <mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>
> jayusp at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> 			Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:58:52 +0100
>
> 			From: <mailto:paul.kaye at york.ac.uk>
> paul.kaye at york.ac.uk
>
>
>
> 			Subject: Leishmaniasis Pathology Network
>
>
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>
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> 			   Dear all,
>
> 			   Invitation to participate in a global
> pathology
>
> 			     network for
>
> 			     research and training in leishmaniasis
> (LeishPathNet)
>
> 			   You may recall the Dormy House meeting in
> 2008
>
> 			     and some of
>
> 			     the plans we put forward?  Over
>
> 			     the past
>
> 			     couple years, I have also spoken more to a
> few of you about one
>
> 			     idea that was
>
> 			     formulated at Dormy, namely of setting up a
> digital pathology
>
> 			     network. I have
>
> 			     also had numerous discussions with the
> major equipment
>
> 			     manufacturers to see if
>
> 			     any of them would be supportive of helping
> us to develop such an
>
> 			     initiative.  There have
>
> 			     been two major
>
> 			     develoments recently.  First,
>
> 			     Carl Zeiss
>
> 			     is willing to work with us to set up an
> integrated global digital
>
> 			     pathology
>
> 			     network (providing a significant financial
> and technical
>
> 			     contribution) and
>
> 			     second, the Wellcome Trust is willing to
> review a pre-proposal to
>
> 			     fund the
>
> 			     initiative through their new Biomedical
> Resources Grant scheme
>
> 			(
> <http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/St
> rategic-awards-and-initiatives/wtdv031727.htm>
> http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Str
> ategic-awards-and-initiatives/wtdv031727.htm)
>
> 			     .
>
> 			   I have attached an outline of the project
> that
>
> 			     I had sent to
>
> 			     the Trust for their initial views, which I
> think is reasonably
>
> 			     self-explanatory.
>
> 			      They appeared very
>
> 			     enthusiastic!  The main
>
> 			     question now is whether enough of
>
> 			     you are still supportive? [ I will also be
> sending this email to
>
> 			     others, but please feel free to circulate ]
>
>
>
>
>
> 			   I think the
>
> 			       project will be
>
> 			       challenging, but success could have a
> real impact on the way we
>
> 			       conduct
>
> 			       business.  It should serve not only as a
> vehicle to enhance
>
> 			       research in
>
> 			       leishmaniasis, but the model would be
> equally applicable across
>
> 			       a broad range
>
> 			       of diseases and global challenges (with
> leishmaniasis setting
>
> 			       the pace).
>
> 			   If we wish to
>
> 			       proceed, the requirements
>
> 			       are that we submit a pre-proposal to the
> Trust by Oct 18th 2011.
>
> 			       This pre-proposal is short (4 sections of
> 350 words) and
>
> 			       requires
>
> 			       letters of support from the community.
>
> 			   If you are
>
> 			       supportive of the idea that
>
> 			       we try to take this forward (and there is
> plenty of scope for
>
> 			       later iteration
>
> 			       of the detail), I would be grateful if
> you could please provide
>
> 			       me with a
>
> 			       letter of support by September
>
> 			         12th
>
> 			         2011, indicating whether you would like
> to be a network
>
> 			       partner if the bid
>
> 			       is successful.  You could
>
> 			       also be
>
> 			       supportive but not wish to become
> directly involved at this
>
> 			       stage, and such
>
> 			       letters are equally valuable. Your letter
> might also stress the
>
> 			       added value
>
> 			       that the network could provide, its
> importance for research and
>
> 			       training and/or
>
> 			       for progressing the translational agenda.
>
> 			       It would also be an opportunity to
> indicate whether your
>
> 			       group (or
>
> 			       institute, if multiple groups) would be
> interested in bidding to
>
> 			       be one of the
>
> 			       initial ?designated laboratories?.
>
> 			   If there is
>
> 			       sufficient support to
>
> 			       proceed and if subsequently the
> pre-proposal is successful (we
>
> 			       will know on 22nd
>
> 			       Nov), then I will need a few volunteers
> to help finalise the
>
> 			       full proposal,
>
> 			       which will be due on Jan 26th 2012.
>
> 			       A funding decision will be made on May
> 26th
>
> 			       2012.
>
> 			   Best wishes
>
> 			       and of course I am happy to
>
> 			       discuss any points further (though I will
> be out of the UK from
>
> 			       Aug 10 ?Sept
>
> 			       12)
>
> 			   Paul
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 			   --
>
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> 		Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:06:47 +0600
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> 		From: Moazzem Hossain < <mailto:directordcbd at gmail.com>
> directordcbd at gmail.com>
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> 		Subject: Re: [Leish-l] FW: Leishmaniasis Pathology
> Network
>
> 		To: jeffrey shaw < <mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>
> jayusp at hotmail.com>, "Prof. Paul Kaye"
>
> 		< <mailto:paul.kaye at york.ac.uk> paul.kaye at york.ac.uk>
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> 		Cc: "Prof. Dr. Moazzem Hossain" <
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> 		10 Aug 2011
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> 		Dear Professor Paul Kaye,
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> 		Thank you for your email. Please find attached our
> supportive letter
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> 		of interest for Leishmaniasis Pathology Network.
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> 		Looking forward for your kind response.
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> 		Best regards.
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> 		--
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> 		*Prof. Dr. Moazzem Hossain *
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> 		Ex - Director Disease Control
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> 		Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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> 		Founder Chairman and Project Director
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> 		On 8/9/11, jeffrey shaw < <mailto:jayusp at hotmail.com>
> jayusp at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 			Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 11:58:52 +0100
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> 			From: <mailto:paul.kaye at york.ac.uk>
> paul.kaye at york.ac.uk
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>
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> 			Subject: Leishmaniasis Pathology Network
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> 			   Dear all,
>
> 			   Invitation to participate in a global
> pathology
>
> 			     network for
>
> 			     research and training in leishmaniasis
> (LeishPathNet)
>
> 			   You may recall the Dormy House meeting in
> 2008
>
> 			     and some of
>
> 			     the plans we put forward?  Over
>
> 			     the past
>
> 			     couple years, I have also spoken more to a
> few of you about one
>
> 			     idea that was
>
> 			     formulated at Dormy, namely of setting up a
> digital pathology
>
> 			     network. I have
>
> 			     also had numerous discussions with the
> major equipment
>
> 			     manufacturers to see if
>
> 			     any of them would be supportive of helping
> us to develop such an
>
> 			     initiative.  There have
>
> 			     been two major
>
> 			     develoments recently.  First,
>
> 			     Carl Zeiss
>
> 			     is willing to work with us to set up an
> integrated global digital
>
> 			     pathology
>
> 			     network (providing a significant financial
> and technical
>
> 			     contribution) and
>
> 			     second, the Wellcome Trust is willing to
> review a pre-proposal to
>
> 			     fund the
>
> 			     initiative through their new Biomedical
> Resources Grant scheme
>
> 			(
> <http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/St
> rategic-awards-and-initiatives/wtdv031727.htm>
> http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Str
> ategic-awards-and-initiatives/wtdv031727.htm)
>
> 			     .
>
> 			   I have attached an outline of the project
> that
>
> 			     I had sent to
>
> 			     the Trust for their initial views, which I
> think is reasonably
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> 			     self-explanatory.
>
> 			      They appeared very
>
> 			     enthusiastic!  The main
>
> 			     question now is whether enough of
>
> 			     you are still supportive? [ I will also be
> sending this email to
>
> 			     others, but please feel free to circulate ]
>
>
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>
> 			   I think the
>
> 			       project will be
>
> 			       challenging, but success could have a
> real impact on the way we
>
> 			       conduct
>
> 			       business.  It should serve not only as a
> vehicle to enhance
>
> 			       research in
>
> 			       leishmaniasis, but the model would be
> equally applicable across
>
> 			       a broad range
>
> 			       of diseases and global challenges (with
> leishmaniasis setting
>
> 			       the pace).
>
> 			   If we wish to
>
> 			       proceed, the requirements
>
> 			       are that we submit a pre-proposal to the
> Trust by Oct 18th 2011.
>
> 			       This pre-proposal is short (4 sections of
> 350 words) and
>
> 			       requires
>
> 			       letters of support from the community.
>
> 			   If you are
>
> 			       supportive of the idea that
>
> 			       we try to take this forward (and there is
> plenty of scope for
>
> 			       later iteration
>
> 			       of the detail), I would be grateful if
> you could please provide
>
> 			       me with a
>
> 			       letter of support by September
>
> 			         12th
>
> 			         2011, indicating whether you would like
> to be a network
>
> 			       partner if the bid
>
> 			       is successful.  You could
>
> 			       also be
>
> 			       supportive but not wish to become
> directly involved at this
>
> 			       stage, and such
>
> 			       letters are equally valuable. Your letter
> might also stress the
>
> 			       added value
>
> 			       that the network could provide, its
> importance for research and
>
> 			       training and/or
>
> 			       for progressing the translational agenda.
>
> 			       It would also be an opportunity to
> indicate whether your
>
> 			       group (or
>
> 			       institute, if multiple groups) would be
> interested in bidding to
>
> 			       be one of the
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> 			       initial ?designated laboratories?.
>
> 			   If there is
>
> 			       sufficient support to
>
> 			       proceed and if subsequently the
> pre-proposal is successful (we
>
> 			       will know on 22nd
>
> 			       Nov), then I will need a few volunteers
> to help finalise the
>
> 			       full proposal,
>
> 			       which will be due on Jan 26th 2012.
>
> 			       A funding decision will be made on May
> 26th
>
> 			       2012.
>
> 			   Best wishes
>
> 			       and of course I am happy to
>
> 			       discuss any points further (though I will
> be out of the UK from
>
> 			       Aug 10 ?Sept
>
> 			       12)
>
> 			   Paul
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>
>
> 			   --
>
> 			Professor Paul Kaye, Ph.D., FRCPath.
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> 			Deputy Dean (Research), Hull York Medical
> School, and
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> 			Director, Centre for Immunology and Infection
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