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Dr.
Gifty Immanuel is a virologist and the Director of Center
for AIDS and Antiviral Research, a non-profit scientific Institute,
created in the late nineties to conduct research and develop
treatments for viral diseases in man. |
Special
interests include Viral Hepatitis, Human Retroviral Infections
and Viral Haemorrhagic fevers like Dengue and Kyassanur forest
disease. Dr. Immanuel is currently working on viral epidemiological
studies with immunologists, on the prevalence, occurrence,
and associated risk factors for HIV, HTLV transmission in
southern India. |
On-going
activities include evaluation of safe natural compounds that
inhibit crucial viral enzymes that are essential for viral
replication. A team of scientist are working on methods to
improvise tests used in diagnosis of various viral infections. |
Center
for AIDS and Antiviral Research Institute |
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“As
nature’s most pathogenic microbes, viruses have accounted
for significant human mortality and morbidity. We have attained
only a limited success in treating viral infections. It’s
time we do something about it” said Dr. Gifty Immanuel
in the Institute’s conference. |
Viral
infections have been constantly emerging and re-emerging on
a global scale. Research on viral diseases of medical and
public health importance could greatly contribute to the excellence
of human lives. |
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