Korea VirusResearch Institute

 ○Attendees : Total of 20 people (18 from IBS KVRI, 2 from the Chungbuk National University research team)

□Content of the Discussion

 ○The correlation between the evolution of viruses and their virulence

  - Evolution of avian influenza virus and the associated expansion of mammalian infections

  - Self-assembling Gn head ferritin nanoparticle vaccine provides full protection from lethal challenge of Dabie bandavirus in aged ferret

  - HA N193D substitution in the HPAI H5N1 virus alters receptor binding affinity and enhances virulence in mammalian hosts

  - Education on precautions for experiments using insects in Biosafety Level 3 facilities

  - Differential Beta-Coronavirus infection dynamics in human bronchial epithelial organoids