The Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV)[1] has been established by the Government of Kerala[2] through Kerala Biotechnology Commission (KBC) of Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) on the wake of the 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala.[3]

The institute is located in the Bio 360 Life Sciences Park at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The foundation stone of the IAV was laid on 30 May 2018 and inaugurated on 9 February 2019.[4] The institute is also affiliated to the Global Virus Network (GVN).[5]

Currently The institute comprises the following divisions:

  • Clinical Virology
  • Viral Diagnostics
  • Viral Vaccines
  • Antiviral Drug Research
  • Viral Applications
  • Viral Epidemiology, Vector Dynamics, and Public Health
  • Virus Genomics, Bioinformatics, and Statistics
  • General Virology

References

  1. ^ https://iav.kerala.gov.in/
  2. ^ "Pinarayi inaugurates first Institute of Advanced Virology". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. ^ Ghafur, Abdul; Kumar, A. S. Anoop; Devadasan, N.; Meena, Amit; Jose, U. V.; Zachariah, Arun; Mohandas, A. C.; Indu, P. S.; Michael, C. J. (2019). "Outbreak Investigation of Nipah Virus Disease in Kerala, India, 2018". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 219 (12): 1867–1878. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiy612. PMID 30364984.
  4. ^ "Pinarayi inaugurates first Institute of Advanced Virology". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Global Virus Network (GVN) Centers of Excellence Contribute Expertise to Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala, India – GVN". gvn.org. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Advanced_Virology,_Kerala
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