Influenza

The Influenza Resource Centre (IRC) plays a key role in the global standardisation and testing of influenza vaccines. We play a central role in the selection of WHO recommended viruses for vaccine use, development of candidate influenza vaccine viruses suitable for vaccine manufacture and in the development of reagents for influenza vaccine standardisation.

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Polio

Our enterovirus section hosts the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Poliomyelitis. Work at the NIBSC supports the end game for polio and the post-eradication era including a programme of work on novel poliovirus vaccines, and sensitive molecular and virological testing for virus surveillance. We also produce standards and investigate novel vaccine approaches for non-polio enteroviruses that are a common source of infection and can cause serious illness, particularly in children.   

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