HEPATITIS A AND E VIRUSES

• Molecular and antigenic characterisation for vaccine development
• Virus evolution
• Virus-host interaction studies
• Molecular epidemiology

GASTROENTERITIS VIRUSES

ASTROVIRUS

• Classic and novel human astroviruses
• Virus-host interaction studies
• Molecular epidemiology

NOROVIRUSES

• Molecular epidemiology
• Development of methods to detect infectivity

ENVIROMENTAL VIROLOGY

• Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for SARS-CoV-2, other respiratory viruses, enteroviruses…
• Method optimization for virus concentration and detection
• Virus survival in the environment
• Virus disinfection
• NGS studies

FOOD VIROLOGY

• Development of standardised quantitative methods for the detection of viruses in food samples, in particular molluscan shellfish
• Development of molecular methods to estimate infectious titers for unculturable viruses
• Virus inactivation and disinfection in food matrices

VIROLOGICAL SAFETY OF DRUGS PURIFIED FROM HUMAN OR ANIMAL SOURCES

• Virological determinations in viral safety validation studies
• Studies on the efficacy of antiviral agents. All procedures are performed in compliance with GLP standards.

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