Organization:Institute of Advanced Virology, Kerala
The Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV), has been established by the Government of Kerala [1] though Kerala Biotechnology Commission (KBC) of Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) on the wake of the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala.[2] The institute is located in the Bio 360 Life Sciences Park at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India . The foundation stone of the IAV was laid on May 30, 2018 and inaugurated on February 09, 2019.[3] The institute is also affiliated to the global virus network (GVN).[4] The institute will be hosting following divisions; Clinical virology, Viral diagnostics, Viral vaccines, Antiviral drug research, Viral applications, Viral epidemiology, Vector dynamics and public health, Virus genomics, Bioinformatics & statistics, and General virology.
References
- ↑ "Pinarayi inaugurates first Institute of Advanced Virology" (in en). https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/pinarayi-inaugurates-first-institute-of-advanced-virology--1.3557924.
- ↑ Ghafur, Abdul; Kumar, A. S. Anoop; Devadasan, N.; Meena, Amit; Jose, U. V.; Zachariah, Arun; Mohandas, A. C.; Indu, P. S. et al. (2019). "Outbreak Investigation of Nipah Virus Disease in Kerala, India, 2018" (in en). The Journal of Infectious Diseases 219 (12): 1867–1878. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy612. PMID 30364984.
- ↑ "Pinarayi inaugurates first Institute of Advanced Virology" (in en). https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/pinarayi-inaugurates-first-institute-of-advanced-virology--1.3557924.
- ↑ "Global Virus Network (GVN) Centers of Excellence Contribute Expertise to Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala, India – GVN". https://gvn.org/gvn-centers-contribute-expertise-to-nipah-virus-outbreak-in-kerala-india/.