Virology: Veterinary virology deals with diagnosing, preventing, and treating viral infectious diseases in animals. Veterinary virology is an extensive field that deals with the study of major viral diseases in pets and domestic animals and emerging infectious diseases originating from wild animals. About 75% of newly emerging infectious diseases are zoonosis, and many of the zoonosis have been related to viruses. To prevent viral diseases such as influenza and COVID-19 that cause tremendous socioeconomic losses, the role of veterinary medicine will become more important in the future, and cooperation with specialized fields such as medicine, pharmacy, biology, and engineering is essential as a One Health approach.
Our research is focused on (1) the interspecies transmission of the virus, (2) the development of the preclinical in vitro/in vivo models (cells, organoids), and (3) the development of novel vaccines, antiviral therapies, and diagnostic tools using preclinical models.