We attach great emphasis on the manipulation of immune responses to improve outcome of chronic viral infections and vaccine responses. We are currently conducting two vaccine studies: an immunogenicty study of Human Papilloma Virus vaccination in HIV-infected adults. Another study concerns Hepatitis B vaccination in healthy young adults. In addition, we are testing the efficacy of a Histone Deacetylase inhibitor to activate latent HIV with the aim to reduce viral burden in HAART treated patients.

Contacts:

Ole Søgaard, MD, PhD, olesoega@rm.dk

Martin Tolstrup, MSc, PhD, martol@rm.dk

Lars Ostergaard, Professor/Head, MD. Ph.d, MSc, larsoest@rm.dk

Collaborators:
Ass Professor Bjarne Møller, Dept of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital
Professor Martin Kaufmann, Berlin University
Professor Sharon Lewin, Burnet Institute, Melbourne
Professor Steven G. Deeks, UCSF