Yada Yada: a new chimeric system to combat alphaviral disease of livestock (2025-2028)
Abstract
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne viral diseases persist globally and threaten the livestock industries of Australia and nearby neighbours. No veterinary vaccines against alphavirus pathogens such as Ross River virus and the exotic viruses of Getah and equine encephalitis viruses exist in Australia, placing our industries at risk. This proposal aims to advance a novel platform for creating vaccines and diagnostics against veterinary alphavirus pathogens by conducting pre-clinical animal studies, optimising industry-ready manufacturing and developing pen-side and high throughput diagnostic assays. This will provide new platform pipelines and blueprints to enhance sovereign capability to safeguard our livestock industries against viral disease.
