News
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus confirmed in Switzerland
Sequencing at the IVI identified the virus as a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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In focus
The human placenta, a target of SARS-CoV-2
What happens in the human placenta after SARS-CoV-2 infection? The IVI and CHUV research teams found that SARS-CoV-2 can infect the cells of the human placenta and that the virus can proliferate and infect neighboring placental cells.
Rabies
Rabies in Switzerland: a daily battle. If a case of rabies is suspected, prompt action is vital to protect potentially exposed humans against this deadly zoonosis.
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Blog - Young researchers from the IVI
Thao Tran : "we only required the sequencing data from the virus-of-interest, and from this we could synthesise the building blocks to construct the synthetic virus using the yeast-based platform".
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