Search | The Pirbright Institute

Filters

default publication image

Transmission of Schmallenberg virus in a housed dairy herd in the UK

default publication image

Transmission pathways of foot-and-mouth disease virus in the United Kingdom in 2007

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus causes an acute vesicular disease of domesticated and wild ruminants and pigs. Identifying sources of FMD outbreaks is often confounded by incomplete epidemiological evidence and the numerous routes by which virus can spread (movements of…

default publication image

Bird-biting mosquitoes on farms in southern England

default publication image

Characterisation of the myeloid cell populations' resident in the porcine palatine tonsil

The palatine tonsil is the portal of entry for food and air and is continuously subjected to environmental challenges, including pathogens, which use the tonsil and pharynx as a primary site of replication. In pigs, this includes the viruses causing porcine respiratory and…

Scanning electron micrograph of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. Credit: NIAID - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne illness with high human mortality, affecting both animals and people.

Scanning electron micrograph of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. Credit: NIAID - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne illness with high human mortality, affecting both animals and people.

Scanning electron micrograph of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. Credit: NIAID - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne illness with high human mortality, affecting both animals and people.

Scanning electron micrograph of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. Credit: NIAID - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne illness with high human mortality, affecting both animals and people.

pig lying in hay pirbright

Pirbright scientists help combat African swine fever - a disease with no vaccine

African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread throughout eastern and central Europe, and China has now recorded its first outbreak. China is home to over half the world’s pig population (around 500 million pigs) so any potential spread throughout China and neighbouring…

pig lying in hay pirbright

Pirbright scientists help combat African swine fever - a disease with no vaccine

African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread throughout eastern and central Europe, and China has now recorded its first outbreak. China is home to over half the world’s pig population (around 500 million pigs) so any potential spread throughout China and neighbouring…