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GVN Convenes First-of-its-kind Conference to Evaluate the Public Health Magnitude of Long Covid
GVN Convenes First-of-its-kind Conference to Evaluate the Public Health Magnitude of Long Covid and Define a Global Research Roadmap to Address the Crisis World Leaders in Science, Healthcare, Academia, Business and Government Discuss Issues and Ramifications of Long Covid Baltimore, MD, USA (July 22, 2022) – The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of world leading…
Read MoreSpecialized Pro-Resolving Mediators (SPMs) as Potential Covid-19 Therapeutic
April 21, 2022 Introduction Our last Perspective described how the timing of the type 1 interferon (IFN) response is a critical early point in determining whether infection with SARS-CoV2 will lead to severe disease or not. IFN activity later in infection, when disease has already developed, is apparently ineffective, and is instead detrimental. Indeed, an…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Variants and Vaccines
WELCOME TO THE COVID-19 VARIANTS AND VACCINES What We Do Action Committees Advocacy Training and Education Meetings and Events Perspectives and PositionsWho We Are GVN Academic Centers of Excellence and Affiliates GVN Corporate and Institutional Partners GVN Center and Member Spotlights GVN Robert C. Gallo Award GVN HeadquartersGet InvolvedAbout Mission Board Team News Contact VACCINES…
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WELCOME TO Ireland Center of Excellence IRELAND Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 The CoE is based in the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CRID) at University College Dublin (UCD) and is also associated with the National Virus Reference Laboratory. Research activities are focused on pathogenesis of HTLV-1…
Read MoreStrategies to Eradicate Transmission of Poliovirus and Paralytic Poliomyelitis
Strategies to Eradicate Transmission of Poliovirus and Paralytic Poliomyelitis March 23, 2022 Introduction Polio (poliomyelitis) is a highly infectious disease that mostly affects children under 5 years of age. The causative agent, poliovirus, replicates in the gut but in some cases can invade the central nervous system and cause permanent paralysis (approximately one in 200…
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ABOUT THE ZIKA TASK FORCE CHAIR: SCOTT WEAVER, MS, PHD Galveston National Laboratory University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA Zika FAQ Task Force Biographies TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) – GLOBAL VIRUS NETWORK ZIKA TASK FORCE The Zika Task Force is composed of members of any of the GVN Centers of Excellence, its affiliates and…
Read MoreIs Bradykinin Involved in Covid-19 Pathogenesis?
Is Bradykinin Involved in Covid-19 Pathogenesis? March 18, 2022 Inflammation One of the hallmarks of Covid-19 disease is inflammation, mediated in part by overproduction of inflammatory cytokines. However, the mechanisms of such inflammatory process have not been clearly understood. In the past year the potential role of bradykinin, a small peptide and a members of…
Read MoreGVN Announces Inaugural Participants of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
The three awardees will receive training and mentorship to help support and propel their rising careers in virology BALTIMORE, MD, March 8, 2022: The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition comprised of human and animal virologists from 68 Centers of Excellence and 10 Affiliates in 36 countries, today announced the three inaugural members of the GVN Postdoctoral…
Read MoreGVN Corporate and Institutional Partners
Who We Are > Organizations Corporate and Institutional Partners The business and institutional communities are integral partners in stemming the spread of viral diseases worldwide. Viral outbreaks, such as SARS-CoV-2 / COVID19, know no boundaries and spread rapidly beyond national borders. They are accompanied by uncertainty, social instability, and can cause significant losses to workforces,…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and the Gut Microbiome
February 11, 2022 Effects of Microbiomes The importance of the immunomodulatory effects of gut microbial populations has now been well recognized. In addition to their normal beneficial effects, alterations in the gut microbiota composition can lead to profound immune dysregulation and systemic inflammation. Because severe COVID-19 and long term COVID are driven by inappropriate immune…
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