by Annie De Groot | Jan 22, 2014 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
When you pull your chair up to bacon and grits in the morning, you are probably not thinking about the pork farmer, standing knee deep in piglets, on her farm. But you should. Because her heart is breaking right now. Her piglets are dying from a new viral disease,...
by Annie De Groot | Oct 24, 2013 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
EpiVax has produced 4 new Vaccine related posters for the upcoming ISV Conference and ICoVax Pre-Conference in Sitges Spain. Explore the links below for a PDF version of each poster. More EpiVax posters are available for viewing and download HERE. FastVax: Making...
by Annie De Groot | May 11, 2013 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
Low immunogenicity predicted for emerging avian-origin H7N9: Implication for influenza vaccine design Volume 9, Issue 5 May 2013 Keywords: Emerging Infectious Diseases, H7N9, Immunoinformatics, Influenza, T Cell Epitope, Vaccine, Vaccine Design Authors: Anne S. De...
by Annie De Groot | May 11, 2013 | Events
EpiVax will be at the 11th Annual EID and Biodefense Meeting, June 17-19, 2013 at the Almas Temple Club, Washington, DC. Dr. Annie De Groot will be joining a panel of vaccine and influenza experts to discuss pandemic universal influenza vaccines. See EID and...
by Annie De Groot | Apr 19, 2013 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
H7N9 is not pandemic yet, but there is ‘heightened’ concern Numerous reports are describing the heightened concern of a potential pandemic situation occurring in China. Total number of verified cases up to 91, with the death toll still at 17, there were 87...
by Annie De Groot | Apr 16, 2013 | News, Thinking Out Loud -Blog
An Update on EpiVax’ H7N9 “FastVax” Progress EpiVax scientists are currently in discussions with groups in China, Canada and the US about producing a vaccine. Here we highlight a few key points about the current progress of EpiVax’ FastVax...
![Who would want “vaccines on demand”? Ask the mother of a child in Cambodia.]()
by Annie De Groot | Aug 9, 2012 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
What goes around comes around, they say. So when a mystery disease strikes Cambodia, infectious disease geeks (and mothers) like me go on high alert. Is it coming our way? What is the new disease? If it’s in Cambodia, could it be H5N1? Is it the new SARS? Here at...
by Annie De Groot | Jun 5, 2010 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
Most people think that vaccines provide them with an impenetrable shield against bacterial and viral infections. It’s probably time to rethink that paradigm, shifting the focus from “prophylactic” vaccines that produce antibody to protect against infection – to...
by Annie De Groot | Feb 10, 2010 | Thinking Out Loud -Blog
F is for Flu (and other pandemic and bioterror preparedness) 14 months have passed since the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD commission) predicted that a terrorist event involving a biologic weapon would...
