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Published: 17 March 2023

NIID has confirmed that the following four articles have been published in the foreign journal “Virology: Current Research,” in which a member of NIID was described as an author without permission.

• ‘A Tentative Investigation of the GXA's Clinical Presentation was Conducted in During Flu Season’ (https://www.hilarispublisher.com/open-access/a-tentative-investigation-of-the-gxas-clinical-presentation-was-conducted-in-during-flu-season.pdf)
• ‘Brilliant Medical Care Support Administration for Checking and Controlling a Plague of Swine Flu Infection’ (https://www.hilarispublisher.com/open-access/brilliant-medical-care-support-administration-for-checking-and-controlling-a-plague-of-swine-flu-infection.pdf)
• ‘HIV-1 Extensively Killing Antibodies and Counter Acting Agent Delicate Infections’ (https://www.hilarispublisher.com/open-access/hiv1-extensively-killing-antibodies-and-counter-acting-agent-delicate-infections.pdf)
• ‘Prevention of HPV Infection and Immunization about Young Adults’ (https://www.hilarispublisher.com/open-access/prevention-of-hpv-infection-and-immunization-about-young-adults.pdf)

None of these articles, however, were written nor submitted by the member of NIID. In addition,  any member at NIID does not use the email address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mentioned in those articles. “Department of Clinical Virology, Influenza Virus Research Center” does not even exist in NIID.

Under the circumstances, NIID has duly requested Hilaris SRL, an entity operating the journal “Virology: Current Research,” to immediately remove those articles from their website and any related medium.

NIID highlights that neither NIID nor any member of NIID has any involvement with the articles listed above in “Virology: Current Research.” When researching or using an article with the names of NIID or NIID’s members, please thoroughly check whether or not such an article is duly written or published by a member of NIID.