PREPARE-TID
Pipeline for Rapid Diagnostics of
Emergency Transboundary Infectious Diseases
PREPARE-TID will target infectious agents of three types: an ongoing neglected epidemic, an ongoing emerging epidemic, and an ongoing elimination drive.
About us
It has become apparent that the ease of travelling, global warming, and changes in the environment accelerate the spread of infectious diseases of zoonotic origin. International collaboration is essential to impact on the control of disease epidemics, and as the COVID pandemic has shown rapid diagnostics are one of the main pillars. PREPARE-TID will target infectious agents of three types: an ongoing neglected epidemic, an ongoing emerging epidemic, and an ongoing elimination drive. The aim is to develop the necessary in vitro diagnostic tools for preparedness needed in case of the emergence of infectious agent X. PREPARE-TID is a multidisciplinary research consortium drawn from 16 European and 4 international research organisations and SMEs.
The goal of this PREPARE-TID project is to establish a pipeline for the rapid detection and identification of new transboundary infection diseases based on:
- Rapid identification of infectious agents causing an outbreak by means of an innovative next generation sequencing mobile platform that can be easily deployed at Point-of-Need settings.
- Subsequent rapid adaptation and deployment of point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests, by means of a smartphone-based tool and a rapid multiplex platform.
- Deployment of advanced surveillance programmes based on a comprehensive digital “One Health” platform.
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Contact Info
Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health
University of Leipzig
An den Tierkliniken 43
D-04103 Leipzig
Germany