Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
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The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is a Canadian research institute at the University of Saskatchewan specializing in the development of vaccines and solutions to combat infectious diseases in humans and animals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization canonical | 1 |
| Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1186428 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization Context triple: [University of Saskatchewan, hasFacility, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization]
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A.
Center for Veterinary Medicine
The Center for Veterinary Medicine is a branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration responsible for regulating animal drugs, animal food, and related veterinary products to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
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B.
institute of virology
The Institute of Virology is an academic research and teaching center focused on the study of viruses, viral diseases, and related diagnostics and therapies within the veterinary sciences.
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C.
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology
The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology is a major Canadian research center focused on the study of viruses, viral diseases, and the development of antiviral therapies and vaccines.
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D.
World Organisation for Animal Health
The World Organisation for Animal Health is an intergovernmental body that sets international standards for animal health and welfare, veterinary public health, and zoonotic disease control to support global health and trade.
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E.
institute of animal pathology
The Institute of Animal Pathology is a specialized research and teaching center focused on the diseases, pathology, and health of animals within the veterinary sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization Target entity description: The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is a Canadian research institute at the University of Saskatchewan specializing in the development of vaccines and solutions to combat infectious diseases in humans and animals.
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A.
Center for Veterinary Medicine
The Center for Veterinary Medicine is a branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration responsible for regulating animal drugs, animal food, and related veterinary products to ensure their safety and effectiveness.
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B.
institute of virology
The Institute of Virology is an academic research and teaching center focused on the study of viruses, viral diseases, and related diagnostics and therapies within the veterinary sciences.
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C.
Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology
The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology is a major Canadian research center focused on the study of viruses, viral diseases, and the development of antiviral therapies and vaccines.
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D.
World Organisation for Animal Health
The World Organisation for Animal Health is an intergovernmental body that sets international standards for animal health and welfare, veterinary public health, and zoonotic disease control to support global health and trade.
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E.
institute of animal pathology
The Institute of Animal Pathology is a specialized research and teaching center focused on the diseases, pathology, and health of animals within the veterinary sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
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research institute ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VIDO ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| approach | One Health ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
Canadian federal government agencies
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international research institutions ⓘ provincial government agencies in Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| employerOf |
scientists
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technicians ⓘ veterinarians ⓘ |
| field |
immunology
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infectious disease research ⓘ vaccine research ⓘ veterinary medicine ⓘ |
| focus |
development of vaccines
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infectious diseases in animals ⓘ infectious diseases in humans ⓘ zoonotic diseases ⓘ |
| formerName |
Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization
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linked to:
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
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| hasFacility | level 3 biocontainment facility ⓘ |
| hasLaboratoryType | biosafety level 3 laboratory ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | not-for-profit corporation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Saskatchewan
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Saskatoon ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
University of Saskatchewan campus
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linked to:
University of Saskatchewan
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| mission | to develop vaccines and technologies to protect human and animal health ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | University of Saskatchewan ⓘ |
| researchArea |
animal models of infection
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emerging infectious diseases ⓘ enteric infections ⓘ respiratory infections ⓘ vaccine adjuvants ⓘ |
| researchOutput |
clinical vaccine candidates
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diagnostic tools for infectious diseases ⓘ preclinical vaccine candidates ⓘ therapeutics for infectious diseases ⓘ |
| sector |
academic research
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public research ⓘ |
| serves |
animal health sector
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human health sector ⓘ |
| specialization |
vaccine development for companion animals
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vaccine development for humans ⓘ vaccine development for livestock ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | research and development organization ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization Description of subject: The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is a Canadian research institute at the University of Saskatchewan specializing in the development of vaccines and solutions to combat infectious diseases in humans and animals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
→
formerName
→
Veterinary Infectious Disease Organization
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linked to: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization