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Virology Laboratory (VL)

Clinical Virology Program

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Lab Director: Kirsten St. George, MAppSc, PhD
Associate Director: Meghan Fuschino, MS
Telephone: (518) 474-4177

"We must remain devoted to the canons of science that are so much a part of the practice of medicine and the practice of the allied arts. To do otherwise would be to build public policy on quicksand."

David Axelrod, M.D.
New York State Health Commissioner 1979-1991

Science in the Pursuit of Health ©

Wadsworth Center, the most comprehensive state health laboratory in the country, is dedicated to science in the pursuit of health. It fulfills its mission of protecting and promoting the health of New Yorkers through analysis, research and education.

Research Projects

Trials and Studies

  • Influenza genome sequencing project, evolution and diversity in influenza
  • Analysis of fatal adenovirus cases
  • Change the Assays Under Development narrative as follows:

Assays Under Development

  • Molecular assays for WuKi viruses
  • Genotypic and phenotypic assays for antiviral susceptibility in influenza and herpes simplex viruses