The European Virus Archive: A new resource for virology research

Autor: Boris Klempa, Christian Drosten, Giuseppe Ippolito, Bruno Coutard, G. Dong Liang, Zverev Vv, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc, M. Outlaw, Matthias Niedrig, E. Koray, Alexander N. Lukashev, German A. Shipulin, D. K. Lvov, A. Koslov, Jean-Louis Romette, C. Sabeta, Ernest Andrew Gould, S. Guenther, Anthony R. Fooks, G. Gao Fu, A. Zhebrun, Daniel D. Pinschewer, M. Eropkin, X. de Lamballerie
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Antiviral Research
ISSN: 1872-9096
0166-3542
Popis: Highlights ► EVA is a globally available virus collection serving academia, public health and industry. ► EVA is a unique, networked, quality-controlled non-profit virus archive that benefits science. ► EVA provides wide-ranging access to virus collections held in laboratories worldwide. ► Laboratories in developing countries contribute to the pool of quality-controlled reagents.
The European Virus Archive (EVA) was conceived as a direct response to the need for a coordinated and readily accessible collection of viruses that could be made available to academia, public health organisations and industry, initially within Europe, but ultimately throughout the world. Although scientists worldwide have accumulated virus collections since the early twentieth century, the quality of the collections and the viruses collected may vary according to the personal interests and agenda of the scientists. Moreover, when laboratories are re-organised or closed, collections are no longer maintained and gradually cease to exist. The tragedy of 9/11 and other disruptive activities have also meant that some previously available biological reagents are no longer openly exchanged between countries. In 2008, funding under the FP7–EU infrastructure programme enabled the initiation of the EVA. Within three years, it has developed from a consortium of nine European laboratories to encompass associated partners in Africa, Russia, China, Turkey, Germany and Italy. There is every reason to believe that EVA will continue to expand and ultimately exist as a globally networked, quality-controlled non-profit archive for the benefit of science. Organizations or individuals who would like to be considered as contributors are invited to contact the EVA coordinator, Jean–Louis Romette, at jean-louis.romette@univmed.fr.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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