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Quantifying the relationship between within-host dynamics and transmission for viral diseases of livestock

Understanding the population dynamics of an infectious disease requires linking within-host dynamics and between-host transmission in a quantitative manner, but this is seldom done in practice. Here a simple phenomenological model for viral dynamics within a host is linked…

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Study examines ‘virus and host’ factors in African swine fever

Researchers from The Pirbright Institute are joining UCL experts in a study to understand how African swine fever virus (ASFV) enters and replicates in pig cells. Scientists at UCL’s Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, led by Professor Finn Werner and funded by…

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Pirbright joins European African Swine Fever Project

The Pirbright Institute has joined a European Union-funded project which will study next-generation vaccines against African swine fever (ASF). Backed by support from Horizon Europe and led by the biotechnological pharmaceutical company, HIPRA, the four-year VAX4ASF project…

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Scientists identify T-cells involved in anti-viral immunity and disease during bluetongue virus infection in sheep

A unique study has highlighted an important role for ‘helper’ T-cells in enabling sheep to mount a timely protective immune response to bluetongue virus (BTV) infection. Transmitted by Culicoides biting midges, bluetongue virus has recently been detected in over 80 sheep and…

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Pirbright strengthens animal disease partnership with India

The Pirbright Institute has co-signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India’s National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) to create an animal disease and zoonosis laboratory partnership with the UK. Pirbright director, Professor Bryan Charleston, joined…

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Pirbright animal specialist joins LASA Council

A member of the animal services team at The Pirbright Institute has been elected to the council of the UK’s leading expert body on the care of animals used in experimental studies. Lauren Cresser, Home Office Liaison Contact and Named Information Officer at The Pirbright…

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