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About Uganda Virus Research Institute

The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), located in Entebbe, Uganda, was established in 1936 as the Yellow Fever Research Institute by the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1950, after gaining regional recognition it was renamed the East African Virus Research institute (EAVRI). After the collapse of the East African Community in 1977, it became a Uganda Government public health research institution and was renamed the Uganda Virus Research Institute....Read more

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The Experimental Research for Infectious Diseases conducts applied research into viral infectious diseases as a basis of clinical application and basic biomedical studies using genetically modified animals...Read more

Rapid Response
UVRI infrastructure for rapid response and handling emerging infections such as avian influenza, Ebola and Marburg is commended in cubbing such infections before they become epidemics ...
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