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Welcome to the VERG homepage! We are a group of epidemiologists and laboratory scientists working on the epidemiology and immunology of enteric viruses, with a particular interest in vaccines. The group is led by Prof Nick Grassly (Twitter handle: @VaccineEpi).

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Dr Joyce Akello

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Dr Laura Cooper

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