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A bivalent vaccine to reduce the risk of Nipah virus outbreaks

Developing a single-dose, stable, bivalent vaccine to tackle prevent Nipah virus outbreaks in pigs.

Pink pigs snuffling on mud at dusk

African swine fever control tools

Enhancing UK resilience to African swine fever.

A cell infected by African swine fever virus

African swine fever virus interactome (ASFVint)

Understanding the breadth, depth and impact of African swine fever virus' interactions with its host.

Three sheep in a field

Application of molecular and immunological diagnostics to the prevention and control of bluetongue virus and related orbiviruses

Developing advanced diagnostics to combat major orbivirus threats.

Flu graphic - inside the virus

Development of a broadly protective influenza vaccine with transmission blocking efficacy

Developing a universal influenza vaccine.

Emerging porcine influenza and coronaviruses

Unveiling pandemic threats and zoonotic potential of swine respiratory viruses

Evaluation of transmission blockers in the pig influenza challenge model

Novel strategies to prevent respiratory transmission of influenza.

A digitally colorized transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image of Zika virus. Virus particles are coloured red, the rest of the cell image is purple.

How does Musashi 1 enhance Zika virus replication?

Determining role of RNA binding protein Musashi-1 in enhancing Zika virus replication.

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (pink) cultured in the lab.

ISIDORe: Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research

Increasing European and global capacity to prevent and respond to infectious threats.

Pig head tongue pirbright

Next-generation vaccines and diagnostics to prevent livestock reproductive diseases of worldwide impact (REPRODIVAC)

Developing innovative vaccines and diagnostics for endemic and zoonotic reproductive pathogens of livestock.

Four piglets in a row on grass

Novel strategies to enhance vaccine immunity in neonatal livestock (NEOVACC)

Evaluating novel vaccine strategies designed to enhance immune responses in neonatal animals with maternally-derived antibodies.

Pink pig

Pathogenesis, immunity, and control of coronaviruses in a large natural host animal, the pig

Understanding porcine coronaviruses to safeguard human and livestock health.

Blue coronavirus particles

Probing the molecular basis of translation replication switching in pathogenic RNA viruses

Understanding +ssRNA virus genome regulation for improved outbreak control.

Seven sheep in a large green field

Understanding environmental and airborne transmission to improve control and surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

Enhancing FMD outbreak control through improved biosecurity and surveillance.