National Institute of Virology

06/10/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/24/universal-flu-vaccine-step-closer-as-scientists-create-experimental-jabs

Annual vaccinations could be a thing of the past as scientists have successfully tested vaccines on animals infected with different strains of influenza

29/09/2015

http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_berkley_the_troubling_reason_why_vaccines_are_made_too_late_if_they_re_made_at_all

It seems like we wait for a disastrous disease outbreak before we get serious about making a vaccine for it. Seth Berkley lays out the market realities and unbalanced risks behind why we aren't making vaccines for the world's biggest diseases.

29/09/2015

http://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_1918_flu

In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of "The Coming Plague," gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever.

01/05/2013

http://www.who.int/influenza/human_animal_interface/faq_H7N9/en/ #.UYDlifkkDwU.facebook

Avian influenza A H7 viruses are a group of influenza viruses that normally circulate among birds. The avian influenza A(H7N9) virus is one subgroup among the larger group of H7 viruses. Although some H7 viruses (H7N2, H7N3 and H7N7) have occasionally been found to infect humans, no human infections...

01/05/2013

http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2013/04/29/shanghai-reports-13th-h7n9-birth-flu-death-tops-among-chinese-cities/

Shanghai on Monday reported another H7N9 bird flu death, an 89-year-old man who was admitted to a city hospital on April 12, according to the state-published Shanghai Daily newspaper. The latest fatality raises to 13 the number of H7N9-related deaths in the city, which is one of China’s most import...

20/02/2013

http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20130217/5620778172168910100.htm

17/08/2012

http://microbes-human-health.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/dengue-virus-turns-on-mosquito-genes.html

Microbes and Human Health: News about microbiology, microbes, human microbiome, human and animal pathogen bacteria, probiotics and functional foods and its relationship with human health

12/12/2011

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0027631

PLoS ONE: an inclusive, peer-reviewed, open-access resource from the PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE. Reports of well-performed scientific studies from all disciplines freely available to the whole world.

14/09/2011

Fluorescent Cats Aid Research |

10/09/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYSyuuLk5g&feature=share

"Contagion" follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community ...

18/08/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpxnJM2jSVg&feature=player_embedded #!

A credit card-sized device called the mChip can diagnose HIV and syphilis in minutes in the remotest reaches of the developing world. The device, which was s...

02/08/2011

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2305614.ece

From a humble beginning as temporary Virus Research Centre in 1953 to study only arthropod-borne viruses, the now prestigious National Institute of Virology (NIV) here is all set to operationalise its new state-of-the-art laboratory which is in compliance with the international standards.