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One Health: Virology in action

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Image of two male and three females in blue and red scrubs standing in a laboratory, looking at the camera. Text reads: "Animal and zoonotic viral diseases, By Dr Sharon Brookes, Lead Scientist."

The coronavirus pandemic has only highlighted the importance of having scientific experts who can quickly provide advice and evidence for new strains of animal viruses that can transfer into humans and cause severe disease due to the lack of protective immunity against the pathogen. In this blog, marking World Zoonoses Day, we hear from Dr Sharon Brookes, Lead Scientist for the Animal and Zoonotic Viral Diseases Portfolio (AZVDP) as she describes the important range of work her portfolio undertakes.