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GVN: Forefront of Virology Webinar Featuring Dr. Hideki Hasegawa
WELCOME TO Dr. Hideki Hasegawa – July 28, 2023 – “Development of mucosal vaccine, impact of s-IgA on acute respiratory infections.” Hideki Hasegawa, MD, PhD Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza Director, Research Center for Influenza and Respiratory Viruses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Director, GVN Center of Excellence…
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WELCOME TO Turkey Center of Excellence Turkey For an overview of GVN Centers of Excellence, click here. Turkish Virology Consortium İzmir Tinaztepe University, Galen Research Center, Aydoğdu mahallesi, 1267/1. Sokak, No:4, 35400 Buca/İzmir Center Director: Prof. Mehmet Öztürk Management: Dr Gülhas Solmaz (Email: [email protected]) Member Researchers: Prof Hakan Abacıoğlu, Prof Neşe Atabey, Prof Fatma Sırmatel…
Read MoreResearchers Discover Bacterial Protein that Causes Genomic Instability and Contributes to Reduced Fertility, Birth Defects
Study Underscores Significant Implications for Cancer and Obstetrics Medicine, as well as Diagnostics, and Preventative Therapy A team of researchers from the University of Maryland School of Maryland’s (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology (IHV), a Center of Excellence of the Global Virus Network (GVN), published new findings that emphasize the crucial role of the urinary and genital tract…
Read MoreImproving Ventilation and Filtration for Public Health
The Global Virus Network recommends public health agencies update and standardize their guidance regarding indoor air quality so that people can more easily follow that guidance. * * * Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance regarding ventilation in buildings, calling for five air changes per hour (1). That…
Read MoreExploring the Mystery of Acute Pediatric Non-A-E Hepatitis
Recent outbreaks of non-A, -B, -C, -D, or -E hepatitis among young children have presented epidemiologists with a mystery. The hepatitis cases tended to be severe, leading in many cases to liver transplantation. But, in searching for an infectious origin, one group of researchers detected in many of these hepatitis cases a prominent cause of…
Read MoreGVN: Forefront of Virology COVID-19 Webinar Featuring Dr. Alessandro Sette
WELCOME TO Dr. Alessandro Sette – June 1, 2023 – “Adaptive T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in infection and vaccination” Dr. Alessandro Sette Professor and GVN Member La Jolla Institute for Immunology Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation University of California, School of Medicine Biosketch: Dr.…
Read MoreMpox (Monkeypox): We Must Not Let Our Guard Down
The Global Virus Network (GVN) recommends people and public health agencies continue taking precautions against the spread of Mpox, which is still spreading and evolving. * * * This month, the World Health Organization declared an end to the Mpox emergency and urged a transition to a “robust, proactive and sustainable” response to Mpox. Although…
Read MoreGVN Announces Two New Executive Appointments
Strategic Focus On Corporate Partnerships, Content Creation and Thought Leadership Baltimore, MD, USA (May 18, 2023) – The Global Virus Network (GVN) recently appointed Andrea Ridenour as Senior Vice President of Corporate Partnerships & Development and Robert Frederick as Chief Content Officer. “Two of the GVN’s most important strategic priorities are enhancing financial development by…
Read MoreGVN: Forefront of Virology COVID-19 Webinar Featuring Dr. Hervé Perron
WELCOME TO Dr. Hervé Perron – May 15, 2023 – “Post-COVID Syndrome as a Post-Viral Disease” Dr. Hervé Perron, PhD University of Lyon, France Chief Scientific Officer of GeNeuro, Switzerland Dr. Perron Personal Statement: During my PhD, I isolated and characterized a novel retroviral element from Multiple Sclerosis (initially named MSRV), itself defining a novel…
Read MoreMarburg Virus Disease: Another Filovirus Zoonosis
Recently, Marburg Virus Disease (MVD), Ebola’s equally deadly cousin, emerged in Tanzania and in at least three separate locations in Equatorial Guinea. The two countries are on opposite sides of Africa’s coast and separated by thousands of kilometers, but both are in the range of Egyptian fruit bats. The bats are the natural hosts for…
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