Short history of Wuhan Institute of Virology

The Wuhan Institute of Virology, is a research institute on virology, that is administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which reports to the State Council of the People's Republic of China. The institute is one of nine independent organisations in the Wuhan Branch of the CAS. It is located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei. The institute has collaborated with the Galveston National Laboratory in the United States, the Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie in France, and the National Microbiology Laboratory in Canada. The institute has been an active research center for the study of coronaviruses.

History of Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The Wuhan Institute of Virology(WIV), was founded in 1956, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In 1961, it became the South China Institute of Microbiology, and in 1962, was renamed Wuhan Microbiology Institute. In 1970, it became the Microbiology Institute of Hubei Province, when the Hubei Commission of Science and Technology, took over the administration. In June 1978, it was returned to the CAS, and renamed Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Research on SARS-related coronaviruses in Wuhan Institute of Virology

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