Helen Crooke

Dr
Helen
Crooke

Head of Swine Fever and Pestivirus Research
Animal and Plant Health agency
Biography

Head of Swine Fever and Pestivirus Research  Animal & Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, Surrey, UK.

OIE Expert for Classical Swine Fever

I  lead a group providing research based evidence to assist decision making in the prevention and control of disease caused by classical (CSFV) and African swine fever viruses (ASFV) and the ruminant pestiviruses (BVDV, BDV and other pestiviruses).

Research interests

Classical and African swine fevers. Mechanism of host response to existing effective vaccines. Adjuvants and immune enhancers

Discipline
Challenge study design Formulation technology Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology Protein biology Virology
Host species
Cattle Pigs Small ruminants
Pathogen
Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Bovine viral diarrhoea Viruses›Classical swine fever virus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring