Professor Elisa Nemes

SATVI

Affiliations

  1. Full Member, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine
  2. Principal Investigator, South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI),
  3. Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town.

Key Expertise

Biomarker Discovery, T-and B-cell Immunology, TB, Vaccine Development

Main Research Focus

Elisa's research interests focus on understanding immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis induced by vaccines and natural infection, to identify immune correlates of protection from infection and disease, and to design novel immunodiagnostics which can ultimately facilitate development and assessment of new vaccines.

Most Significant Paper Authored in 2024

Classification of early tuberculosis states to guide research for improved care and prevention: an international Delphi consensus exercise.

Coussens A., Zaidi S.M., Allwood B.A., Dewan P.K., Gray G., Kohli M., Kredo T., Marais B.J., Marks G., Martinez L., Ruhwald M., Scriba T.J., Seddon J.A., Tisile P., Warner D.F., Wilkinson R.J., Esmail H., Houben R.M.G.J. on behalf of the International Consensus for Early TB (ICE-TB) group (including Nemes E.).


This consensus statement provides clear references to define the TB spectrum, including asymptomatic TB.