Mycobacterial Diseases
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
Gerd Pluschke
Head of Department, Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Basel, Switzerland
Prof. Gerd Pluschke is the head of Molecular Immunology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland. He also holds a profile of Professor in Infection biology and immunology. His basic research is in infection biology focusing on host–pathogen interactions, molecular epidemiology, immunology and vaccine design and research activities on Buruli ulcer in the fields of molecular epidemiology, transmission, immunology, treatment and diagnosis.
Research activities focussing on the immunology, host –pathogen interactions and molecular epidemiology of malaria, Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (‘Buruli ulcer’) and epidemic meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis