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Vidhi Ketan Dholakia

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vidhi.dholakia@epfl.ch

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I work on assessing the stability of human respiratory viruses once they are airborne. Trained as an experimental virologist, I have worked on molecular and evolutionary virology in the past, focusing mostly on influenza A viruses. Currently, I am working with other respiratory viruses, such as human coronaviruses and rhinoviruses along with influenzaviruses. 

Selected publications

Polymerase mutations underlie early adaptation of H5N1 influenza virus to dairy cattle and other mammals

Vidhi Dholakia, Jessica L. Quantrill, Samuel A. S. Richardson, Nunticha Pankaew, Maryn D. Brown, Jiayun Yang, Fernando Capelastegui, Tereza Masonou, Katie-Marie Case, Jila Ajeian, Maximillian N. J. Woodall, Callum Magill, Graham Freimanis, Amy McCarron, Ecco Staller, Carol M. Sheppard, Ian H. Brown, Pablo R. Murcia, Claire M. Smith, Munir Iqbal, Paul Digard, Wendy S. Barclay, Rute M. Pinto, Thomas P. Peacock & Daniel H. Goldhill
Published in Nature Communications in 2026

Research

Current Research Fields

Environmental virology