Egle Butkeviciute

Egle Butkeviciute

PhD Student 

LSHTM, UK

Email: egle.butkeviciute@bioch.ox.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Affiliate

 

Research Keywords: 

TB, BCG vaccine, trained innate immunity, humoral responses to mycobacteria, infant immunity, vaccines

 

Biography:

I am interested in mycobacterial (M. tuberculosis, BCG) and host interactions and I am currently working on a project investigating the role of vaccination-inducible innate and humoral mechanisms in BCG-vaccinated infant protection from severe forms of tuberculosis.
 
 

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Key Publications:

Butkeviciute E, Jones C E & Smith S G. Heterologous effects of infant BCG vaccination: potential mechanisms of immunity. Future Microbiology, 2018. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2018-0026