Global Virus Network (GVN) Adds Thailand’s Mahidol University as Newest Member to Combat Viral Threats

Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October 26, 2022: The Global Virus Network (GVN), representing 68 Centers of Excellence and 11 Affiliates in 39 countries comprising foremost experts in every class of virus causing disease in humans, and the Mahidol University in Thailand announced the addition of the Mahidol Virus Network as GVN’s newest Center of Excellence. “We…

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GVN Center and Member Spotlight – Rubaiyea Farrukee

Members > Spotlights > Rubaiyea Farrukee WELCOME TO THE GVN SPOTLIGHT ON: DR. RUBAIYEA FARRUKEE – March 31, 2022 Dr. Rubaiyea Farrukee Research Officer, Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Melbourne, Doherty Institute Are you currently pursuing COVID-19 related research? My research area is focused on innate immune responses to viral infections. I am…

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GVN Center and Member Spotlight – Birendra Gupta

Members > Spotlights > Birendra Gupta WELCOME TO THE GVN SPOTLIGHT ON: DR. BIRENDRA GUPTA – March 28, 2022 Dr. Birendra Gupta Research Scientist Tribhuvan University, Nepal How did you learn and become interested in the GVN? I have always had an inclination towards virology, and have been participating actively in most of the relevant symposiums,…

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GVN Center and Member Spotlight – William M. de Souza

Members > Spotlights > William M. de Souza WELCOME TO THE GVN SPOTLIGHT ON: DR. WILLIAM M. DE SOUZA – March 24, 2022 Dr. William M. de Souza University Texas Medical Branch-UTMB, Galveston National Laboratory Microbiology and Immunology How did you learn and what do you hope to gain from GVN and Fellowship Program? I learned…

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GVN Center and Member Spotlight – Adeola Fowotade

Members > Spotlights > Adeola Fowotade WELCOME TO THE GVN SPOTLIGHT ON: DR. ADEOLA FOWOTADE – FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Dr. Adeola Fowotade Senior Lecturer/Consultant Virologist Coordinator, Biorepository Clinical Virology Laboratory College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria What are you and your institution currently working on regarding COVID-19? In response to the urgent need for…

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GVN Center and Member Spotlight – Kizzmekia Corbett

Members > Spotlights > Kizzmekia Corbet WELCOME TO THE GVN SPOTLIGHT ON: DR. KIZZMEKIA CORBET – FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Assistant Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Immunology and Infectious Diseases Dr. Corbett’s research work on the mRNA 1273 vaccine Dr. Corbett’s research on coronaviruses was…

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Watch Groups

ABOUT THE GVN WATCH GROUPS Current Updates: The GVN Virus Task Force and Watch groups are one of the key activities of the GVN. We have two currently active VWGs (Emerging Pathogens and Public Health and Hygiene) and four TFGs (COVID/Sars-CoV-2, Long COVID, Dengue, Mpox). We resumed the activities of two more VWGs, on Respiratory…

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Thailand

WELCOME TO Thailand Centers of Excellence Thailand For an overview of GVN Centers of Excellence, click here. Mahidol Virus Network Center Director: Professor Prasert Auewarakul BSL-2 Laboratory at Faculty of Medical Technology BSL-3 Laboratory at Faculty of Veterinary Science Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital  Founded in 1888, the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital is the…

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Previous Publications

  Previous Publications 2023 July 2023 A common allele of HLA is associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionNature, July 19, 2023 Picolinic acid is a broad-spectrum inhibitor of enveloped virus entry that restricts SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A virus in vivoCell Reports Medicine, July 17, 2023 Swift and extensive Omicron outbreak in China after sudden exit from…

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Vaccine Overview

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