Institute of Advanced Virology, Kerala
The Institute of Advanced Virology has been established by the Government of Kerala through Kerala Biotechnology Commission of Kerala [State Council for Science, Technology and Environment|Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment] on the wake of the 2018 [Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala].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. The institute is also affiliated to the Global Virus Network.
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