Progress and history of the 10th Federation of African Immunological Societies Congress

Journal of Leukocyte Biology: An Official Publication of the Reticuloendothelial Society

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Elopy Sibanda¹  Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche⁴ 

[1] Allergy and Immunology Clinic;Department of Pathology, NUST Medical School;Division of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna;Department of Immunology, Institut Pasteur de Tunis and University Tunis El Manar

关键词: africa;    immunology;    research;   

DOI  :  10.1002/JLB.5MR1218-493

学科分类：生理学

来源: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

【 摘 要 】

Abstract The 10th Federation of African Immunological Societies (FAIS) Congress, held in Tunisia in November 2017, marked a significant scientific milestone. It enabled scientists from across the continent to promote immunology research and to showcase major achievements made by immunologists throughout Africa. This issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) features manuscripts from the FAIS Congress. As noted in these papers, research in infectious diseases remains the focus of the African immunology community; however, increasingly noncommunicable diseases—such as autoimmunity, allergy, primary immunodeficiency, cancer and transplantation immunology—are also an emerging priority. This overview gives a brief history of the FAIS meeting, which also commemorated the 25th anniversary of the FAIS. It describes the current activities of the organization, as well as its history and the future opportunities for this Federation.

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