• Team leader: Arlind Mara (USA)

• Objectives
  1. Establish, communicate, and facilitate the utilization of standardized and best practice methodologies for the assessment of host immune responses to Mycoplasma infection or vaccination regardless of the host species or Mycoplasma pathogen being studied.
  2. Facilitate the development of novel immunological methods and technologies to assess host response to Mycoplasma infection.
  3. Organize workshops and seminars to disseminate research findings and promote dialogue among researchers, clinicians and stakeholders.
  4. Establish a platform for sharing of research data, protocols and resources relating to the assessment of host immune responses to Mycoplasma infection.
  5. Foster collaborative comparative studies on mycoplasma-host interactions across di􏰀erent host species.
  6. Advocate and collaborate with governmental and industry organizations to translate research findings into

policies, practices, and products.