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Our research focuses on viruses that are potentially devastating for the economy, food security and the wellbeing of animals and humans.

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30 May 2025

Tools to assess the performance of FMD vaccines – driving improvements in quality

Despite widespread use of inactivated vaccines to control foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), there is no systematic approach to demonstrate the regional relevance of products against the specific serotypes and strains that circulate in endemic countries in Africa and Asia. A failure to adopt independent…

A Chef and a person stood on grass together looking at the camera. Behind them on the left is a green cylinder with metal legs. White words on the green composter read "ridan food waste composter. keeping the world turning."

21 May 2025

Mulch ado about food waste

A new composter is helping The Pirbright Institute recycle its food waste, fertilise allotments and reduce its carbon footprint. The hot aerobic composter uses no power and blends wood pellets with canteen waste to produce up to 6.5 tonnes of mulch a year on site. For every 5 kg of combined food and…

Small herd of white cattle in South Africa on dried grass. The image has a sunset haze to it.

21 May 2025

Pirbright expertise informs economic analysis for foot-and-mouth disease control

How much should policymakers invest in controlling animal diseases that spread across national borders, who should pay, and will intervention really work? A researcher at The Pirbright Institute is one of a team of seven authors who have drafted a new handbook for the Food and Agriculture…

Small young yellow chick on sawdust. Both legs have little loose yellow rings

14 May 2025

Field study reveals the best way of sampling for foot-and-mouth disease in endemic settings

Scientists from The Pirbright Institute have led a longitudinal study of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in collaboration with the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) in Northern Nigeria. The project investigated the role that small ruminants and contaminated environments have on the…

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Multi-omics analysis reveals key immunogenic signatures induced by oncolytic Zika virus infection of paediatric brain tumour cells

Sherwood M, Mitsugi TG, Kaid C, Coke B, Zatz M, Maringer K, Okamoto OK, Ewing RM.

Direct amplification and sequencing of enterovirus genomes from clinical and wastewater samples reveals uncommon virus types in Cameroon

Modiyinji AF, Joffret ML, Sadeuh-Mba SA, Ait Ahmed M, Knowles NJ, Njouom R, Endegue-Zanga MC, Bessaud M.

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccines by Design; Production of Capsid-Modified Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses with Improved Cell Culture Growth

Berryman S, Feenstra F, Asfor A, Coco-Martin J, Jackson T, Tuthill TJ.

Porcine respiratory coronavirus as a model for acute respiratory disease: mechanisms of different infection outcomes

Sedaghat-Rostami E, Carr BV, Yang L, Keep S, Lean FZX, Atkinson I, Fones A, Paudyal B, Kirk J, Vatzia E, Gubbins S, Bickerton E, Briggs E, Núñez A, McNee A, Moffat K, Freimanis G, Rollier C, Muir A, Richard AC, Angelopoulos N, Gerner W, Tchilian E.

SARS-CoV-2 variants retain high airborne transmissibility by different strategies

Zhou J, Sukhova K, Frise R, Baillon L, Brown JC, Peacock TP, Furnon W, Cowton VM, Patel AH, Palmarini M, Barclay WS.

Distribution of aminopeptidase N coronavirus receptors in the respiratory and digestive tracts of domestic and wild artiodactyls and carnivores

Lean FZX, Gallo G, Newman J, Ackroyd S, Spiro S, Cox R, Nymo IH, Bröjer C, Neimanis A, Suárez-Bonnet A, Priestnall SL, Everest H, Keep S, Bailey D, Delahay RJ, Seekings AH, McElhinney LM, Brookes SM, Núñez A.

Longitudinal study of foot-and-mouth disease virus in Northern Nigeria: implications for the roles of small ruminants and environmental contamination in endemic settings

Gubbins S, Brown E, Wungak Y, Oyekan O, Adedeji AJ, Ijoma SI, Atai RB, Oguche MO, Samson M, Dogonyaro BB, Rosso F, Hicks H, Wood BA, Wadsworth J, Knowles N, King DP, Ludi AB, Colenutt C, Shaw AE, Limon G, Ehizibolo DO.

Data note on the Avian Contact Study: a questionnaire resource for avian influenza public health planning

Thomas AC, Gokool S, Clapp G, Whitlow H, McGrath C, Moore P, Helwegen M, Logunleko M, Bueno I, Bailey M, Masterton S, Taylor-Egbeyemi J, Brown I, Puleston R, Pae R, Smith LE, Lambton S, Brooks-Pollock E.