Head: Annette Mankertz
Deputy: Sabine Santibanez

Tasks

• Detection and genetic characterization of currently circulating measles and rubella viruses
• Submission of sequence data to MeaNS and RubeNS database (WHO)
• External quality assessment for European measles and rubella laboratories (serology, virus detection, genotyping, data submission)
• Development of test procedures and of SOPs, training of European colleagues
• Investigations on the efficacy of MMR vaccines (mapping of immunorelevant epitopes, analysis of vaccine failures)
• Evaluation of the population immunity against measles, mumps and rubella virus