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🦟💉Combating the West Nile virus through immunology. Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social (GA 101137248). ➡️ www.lwnvivat.eu

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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Are you a mosquito magnet? It may depend on the mosquito. 📰 A new study found that Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus can prefer different people. Read further about it 👇 www.euronews.com/2026/08/10/m... #Mosquitoes #WestNileVirus
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Mosquitoes have favourites — and each species has its own
Different mosquito species prefer different people. Understanding what makes some people “mosquitoe magnets” could help scientists develop new ways to combat mosquito-borne diseases.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
☀️ This summer, #WestNileVirus has continued to spread across Europe, with cases reported in 16 countries and health authorities urging people to take precautions against mosquito bites. Read further in French👇 theconversation.com/virus-du-nil...
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Virus du Nil occidental (West Nile Virus) : le point sur ce virus en pleine expansion en France
Cette année, les infections par le West Nile Virus, ou virus du Nil occidental, ont battu des records dans notre pays. D’où vient ce virus ? Peut-il s’implanter durablement en France ? Les réponses.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‼️ West Nile virus circulation has been particularly intense in Europe over the past few months. Read further about it 👇 www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectiou... #WestNileVirus #Europe #Circulation #EmergentDisease
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
‼️ Greece has reported 75 new locally acquired West Nile virus cases in just one week, bringing the 2026 total to 232 infections and 19 deaths. Read further about it 👇 www.euronews.com/health/2026/... #WestNileVirus #Europe #Infection
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West Nile virus: 75 new cases in a week, 232 infections and 19 deaths in Greece
As of 26 August, a total of 19 deaths had been reported, all among patients aged over 65.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
‼️ West Nile virus monthly update West Nile virus activity has continued to increase across Europe during this August. As of 21 August, 99 affected areas have been identified across 12 European countries. #WestNileVirus #MonthlyUpdate #Surveillance
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Spanish region of Andalusia has reported its first death of the 2026 West Nile virus season. This, once again, highlights a disease that re-emerges every summer in parts of Spain. Read further in spanish 👇 #WestNileVirus okdiario.com/salud/que-vi...
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Qué es el virus del Nilo Occidental, cómo se transmite y cómo protegerse tras el primer fallecimiento en Andalucía
Qué es el virus del Nilo Occidental, cómo se transmite y cómo protegerse tras el primer fallecimiento en Andalucía
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IrsiCaixa @irsicaixa.es · 03/08/2026
☀ Amb la calor arriben els mosquits 🦟, que poden transmetre el Virus del Nil Occidental. 💉 Liderem el projecte @lwnvivat.bsky.social per desenvolupar una vacuna i anticossos contra aquest virus, pel qual no hi ha teràpies per a humans. ✅ Al final del vídeo et donem consells per evitar les picades!
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A new review highlights the urgent need for a human vaccine against West Nile virus as the disease continues to spread globally. Read further about it 👉 mdpi.com/2076-393X/14... #WestNileVirus #VaccineDevelopment
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
West Nile virus season has officially begun in Europe, with the first acquired human infections of 2026 reported in Italy and North Macedonia. By 24 June, three people had been diagnosed, all requiring hospital care 👉 ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectiou... #WestNileVirus #EuropeOutbreaks
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🦠 Europe is facing a growing public health challenge, with mosquito-borne diseases and other infectious threats. 🗣️ "Transmission seasons are now longer and more intense" for mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile virus and chikungunya. 👇 www.vitalsigns.news/ecdc-chief-w...
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ECDC chief warns MEPs more health threats require more resources
ECDC Director Pamela Rendi-Wagner warned MEPs that Europe faces mounting threats from mosquito-borne diseases, rising STIs and antimicrobial resistance
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For the first time Scotland has reported Usutu virus, a mosquito-borne disease originally from Africa, in blackbirds. The discovery shocked researchers because Scotland was previously considered too cold for the virus to spread. Read further 👇 www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...
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Experts probe ‘shock’ arrival of mosquito virus in Scotland
For now, what worries biologists most is the impact of these diseases on birds. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🤝 Across several regions, authorities are already getting ready for the possible spread of West Nile Virus as conditions become more favorable for mosquitoes. Read further (in Spanish) here 👇 diariodesevilla.es/sevilla/sevi... #WestNileVirus #ClimateChange #Summer
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Sevilla refuerza su estrategia contra el Virus del Nilo con un plan de choque ante el "riesgo alto" de circulación
El plan de actuación ha identificado varias zonas prioritarias basadas en la experiencia previa y denuncias ciudadanas
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
☀️ Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes mosquitoes. 🦟Mosquitoes can transmit infectious diseases, so protecting yourself from mosquito bites is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of infection. Here are some tips on how to do that 👇 #Mosquito #WestNileVirus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📅 Last Friday, we celebrated our Citizen Science Congress at CosmoCaixa, bringing together more than 200 secondary school students from across Catalonia to present their work on vaccination and infectious diseases. Read further about it👉 lwnvivat.eu/citizen-scie...
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IrsiCaixa @irsicaixa.es · 22/05/2026
💥 Ens reunim amb 200 estudiants al CosmoCaixa pel Congrés de Ciència Ciutadana de @lwnvivat.bsky.social! 💉 Durant mesos, han treballat la transmissió de virus i la importància de les vacunes. 🎤 Avui presenten els projectes desenvolupats a la resta d'escoles i l’equip d’IrsiCaixa.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🤔Why are animal-borne diseases increasing? The recent hantavirus outbreak has drawn comparisons to COVID-19. Scientists warn that climate change, increased international travel, and environmental disruption are making these outbreaks more frequent. 👇 en.ara.cat/society/why-...
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Why are animal-borne diseases increasing?
Climate change and international mobility favor the increase of zoonoses transmitted by rodents, mosquitoes, and ticks
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🙌 New research on predicting West Nile virus. A new research paper shows a 20 year spatiotemporal study in humans and animals in Spain. Read further about the article 👉 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #WestNileVirus #ClimateChange
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IrsiCaixa @irsicaixa.es · 20/04/2026
⬇️ Happening tomorrow! ⬇️ Great to have John Timothy Kayiwa (Uganda Virus Research Institute) sharing insights on arbovirus surveillance and diagnostics in Uganda as part of the #LWNVIVAT webinar series. 📅 April 21 🕒 4 pm CET 💻 Online 🙋🏽 Join us: forms.office.com/e/w0UkMQPvdN
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
⚠️ Tomorrow we are pleased to welcome John Timothy Kayiwa from Uganda Virus Research Institute, who will present “Experiences, Surveillance, and Diagnostics of Arboviruses in Uganda.” 📅 21st April at 16h (CET) 💻Online and free ➡️ Registration link: forms.office.com/e/w0UkMQPvdN
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meet Laetitia Pigeyre, a virologist, Manon Souchard, an immunologist, and Rachel Beaubaton, an epidemiologist, three engineers working at INSERM and the University of Montpellier. In our project, they are responsible for testing the effectiveness of vaccine formulations. #WestNileVirus #OneHealth
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Do not miss it! On the upcoming 19th of April, there will be a symposium on defining future research priorities for West Nile Virus #WNV in Europe. Further information below 👇 anrs.fr/en/all-news/...
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ESCMID 2026 - ANRS
On the occasion of ESCMID Global 2026, ANRS MIE is organising a symposium co-organised with DZIF dedicated to research on West Nile virus.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
WNV can cause serious brain infections. A new study created human cerebral organoids to better understand the disease. Researchers showed that the WNV infects neurons and astrocytes, causing cell damage. Read further about it 👉 nature.com/articles/s41... #WestNileVirus #Organoids
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📅 Last Friday, researchers from our partner @irsicaixa.es a attended "El Saló de l’Ensenyament" in Barcelona. 🧪They led an interactive workshop on how vaccines are developed. Students learned about the WNV and how our project aims to develop a vaccine against it.
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IrsiCaixa @irsicaixa.es · 23/03/2026
💉 Com es crea una vacuna? Són totes iguals? 🧪 Divendres vam estar al Saló de l'Ensenyament explicant el procés de creació d’una vacuna. 🦠 Ho vam fer simulant un cas real: el de la vacuna del virus del Nil Occidental, un virus emergent que investiguem dins del projecte @lwnvivat.bsky.social.
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IrsiCaixa @irsicaixa.es · 03/03/2026
🇪🇺 Meet the team behind @lwnvivat.bsky.social, an EU-funded project coordinated by #IrsiCaixa! Today, we’re introducing Júlia Albó, a predoctoral researcher at IrsiCaixa and a key member of the project, working on #WestNileVirus research. 🎥 Watch the video to learn more about her career! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Júlia Albó is a PhD student at @irsicaixa.es and part of our project. Watch the video below to learn about her research 👇 #WestNileVirus #VirusLikeParticle #EmergingDisease
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🖥️ In our recent webinar, Dr. Yannick Simonin described how his team tracks WNV and Usutu virus in southern France using a “One Health” approach that links human, animal, and environmental health. Read further👉 lwnvivat.eu/integrated-o... #WestNileVirus #UsutuVirus
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Integrated One Health Approach Tracks Arboviruses in Southern France: Insights from Yannick Simonin - LWNVIVAT
Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in our series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on flaviviruses.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🦟 West Nile Virus 2025 Update: Europe & United States What do the latest numbers show? 👇
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
⚠️ Reminder! Tomorrow we have our next webinar! 📅 February 17th ⏰ 3:00 PM (Online) 💻 Free & open to all 🔗 Last opportunity to register: forms.office.com/e/L9VEQMyxvt #WestNileVirus #Usutu #EmergingDiseases
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Join us for the next webinar in our LWNVIVAT series featuring Yannick Simonin, presenting “Integrated approach for monitoring West Nile virus and Usutu virus in Southern France.” 📅 February 17th ⏰ 3:00 PM (Online) 💻 Free & open to all 🔗 Register here: forms.office.com/e/L9VEQMyxvt
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📰 Researchers have used an ecological niche modeling approach based on WNV occurrence data and biotic and abiotic factors from European countries to predict areas that are environmentally suitable for WNV in several Atlantic archipelagos 👉 nature.com/articles/s42...
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🤝 Yesterday, we held our annual in-person meeting in Barcelona! As the project has now reached its midpoint, the meeting featured extensive and productive scientific discussions. Many thanks to all our partners! @irsicaixa.es @bsc-cns.bsky.social @crg.eu @inserm.fr @tu-braunschweig.de
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
In 2025, Europe recorded 1,112 human cases and 97 deaths from West Nile virus (WNV) across 14 countries; 47% above the 10-year average. Read further 👇 beaconbio.org/en/report/?r... #WestNileVirus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🦟 West Nile virus is an emerging health concern in Europe, especially after two large and unexpected outbreaks in southern Spain in 2020 and 2024. This study looked at nearly 200 people diagnosed with the infection in Seville 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #WestNileVirus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🦟 How has West Nile Virus impacted Europe? 🌍 Once sporadic, WNV is now established across southern, central and eastern Europe. 📈 Cases spike seasonally with warm months; 2022 & 2024 saw 1,000+ infections & dozens of deaths. Read further👇 www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/west-nile...
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Historical data on local transmission in Europe for West Nile virus
Historical data for the West Nile fever surveillance is available by year, since 2011.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🦟 What do you know about West Nile Virus? In this short video, our team shares key facts about the disease and highlights the goals of LWNVIVAT👇 #WestNileVirus #Vaccines #Virus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🦠 Meet Eudald Vehí Piqué, a PhD student at IrsiCaixa . As part of his PhD, he is developing tonsil organoids created from human cells to test different vaccines, including those currently under development for the West Nile virus. Learn more a👇 #Vaccines #WestNileVirus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🦟 What are the latest updates on #WNV in Europe? Over 1,000 locally acquired human cases of WNV have been reported. This is higher than the average of the past decade for this season but still below the levels seen during major outbreak years. 👇 wnv-monthly.ecdc.europa.eu
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
🙌 This past Tuesday, we hosted another webinar in our ongoing series featuring Prof. César Muñoz-Fontela from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine and consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO). #Ebola #ZoonoticDisease #EmergingDisease #Virus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🙌 Join us for the next session in our webinar series 📅 11 October at 3 PM (CET) 🎤 Speaker: César Muñoz-Fontela from Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine 🦟 Topic: Epidemiology of Ebola virus disease 💻 Register here 👉 forms.office.com/e/b9aYHF3Z84 #Ebola #Virus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Our project LWNVIVAT brings together many PhD students and early-career researchers. Meet Marina Matilla, a PhD student at @irsicaixa.es who is working on developing proteins found in the envelope of the West Nile virus. 👇 #WestNileVirus #Proteins #PhD #DoctoralStudent
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🦟 “West Nile virus is here to stay, but its impact on humans depends on how well we manage mosquitoes" highlighted Dr. Jordi Figuerola in our latest LWNVIVAT webinar. Read full article about the webinar here 👇 lwnvivat.eu/tracking-wes... #WestNileVirus #Endemic #Viruses
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Tracking West Nile Virus: Insights from Dr. Jordi Figuerola - LWNVIVAT
Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in our series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on flaviviruses.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🌿 A few days ago, some of our project team members attended the Immunotherapy for Infectious Diseases Conference at the IRB | Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Bellinzona. 📸 Check out a few photos from the conference below 👇 #Immunotherapy #InfectiousDiseases
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🙌 We have a new webinar next week on our series! 💻 These seminars online seminars are free of charge and you can register using the following link 👉 lnkd.in/dhXaHGYW #WestNileVirus #Survelliance #Mosquito
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
📅 On September 9, we held our first review with the EU Commission. The project was rated satisfactory, having met all objectives so far. 🙌This positive feedback strengthens our commitment to developing a recombinant vaccine and therapeutic antibodies against #WNV #HorizonEurope
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🧪Last week, we hosted a webinar, featuring Dr. Miguel A. Martín-Acebes, Senior Scientist at @csic.es He shared some of his latest research on how West Nile Virus hijacks the body’s lipid and glucose metabolism to replicate and spread. Read further👇 lwnvivat.eu/how-west-nil...
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How West Nile Virus Hijacks Our Metabolism: Insights from Dr. Miguel A. Martín-Acebes - LWNVIVAT
Last Wednesday 19th of March LWNVIVAT project held the first seminar in our series on emergent pathogens, with a special focus on flaviviruses.
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Data of West Nile virus in Europe (as of 5 Aug): 202 human cases in 6 countries, and 10 deaths. Read further👉 www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/infectiou... #WNV #EmergingDiseases #WestNileVirus #Mosquito
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
☀️ Summer break is over, and our webinar series is back. Our next session will be on 16th September at 3 PM with Miguel A. Martin-Acebes from @csic.es He will talk about "Metabolic reprogramming during West Nile virus infection" 👉Free registration forms.office.com/e/3RKQSD6qDC
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Our project is not only working on developing a vaccine against the West Nile virus, but we are also working to boost vaccine literacy, raise social awareness and promote policy innovation to ensure that vaccine reach the society👇 #RRI #Impact #WestNileVirus
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LWNVIVAT @lwnvivat.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Meet Mustafa Ghanizada, a PhD student at University of Copenhagen —one of our research partners—who is using human immune organoids to test West Nile virus vaccines. Read further in our latest interview👇 lwnvivat.eu/interview-wi... #VaccineResearch #Organoids #WestNileVirus
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Interview with Mustafa Ghanizada: Human Immune Organoids as a Platform for West Nile Vaccine Selection - LWNVIVAT
Mustafa Ghanizada is a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen. He is working on the LWNVIVAT project under the supervision of Associate Professor Henrik Kløverpris.
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