The European Virus Archive goes global: A growing resource for research

J.L Romette (1) , C. M. Prat (1) , E. A. Gould (1) , X. de Lamballerie (1) , R. Charrel (1) , B. Coutard (2) , A. R. Fooks (3) , M. Bardsley (3) , M. Carroll (4) , C. Drosten (5) , J. F Drexler (5) , S. Günther (6) , B. Klempa (7) , D. Pinschewer (8) , T. Klimkait (8) , T. Avsic-Zupanc (9) , M. R. Capobianchi (10) , A. Dicaro (10) , G. Ippolito (10) , A. Nitsche (11) , M. Koopmans (12) , C. Reusken (12) , A. Gorbalenya (13) , H. Raoul (14) , H. Bourhy (15) , T. Mettenleiter (16) , S. Reiche (16) , C. Batten (17) , C. Sabeta (18) , J. T. Paweska (19) , M. Eropkin (20) , V. Zverev (21) , Z. Hu (22) , S. Mac Cullough (23) , A. Mirazimi (24) , F. Pradel (25) , P. Lieutaud (1)

1 UVE - Unité des Virus Emergents
2 AFMB - Architecture et fonction des macromolécules biologiques
3 APHA - Animal and Plant Health Agency [Weybridge]
4 Department of Health-Special Pathogens Laboratory
5 Charité - UniversitätsMedizin = Charité - University Hospital [Berlin]
6 BNITM - Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine - Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin [Hamburg, Germany]
7 SAS - Slovak Academy of Science [Bratislava]
8 Unibas - Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität
9 Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Lubljana, Slovenia
10 INMI - Istituto Nazionale di Malattie Infettive "Lazzaro Spallanzani"
11 RKI - Robert Koch Institute [Berlin]
12 Erasmus MC - Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam]
13 LUMC - Leiden University Medical Center
14 Laboratoire P4 - Jean Mérieux
15 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
16 FLI - Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
17 The Pirbright Institute
18 ARC - OVI - Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute
19 NICD - National Institute for Communicable Diseases [Johannesburg]
20 Research Institute of Influenza, St. Petersburg, Russia
21 Mechnikov Scientific Research Institute for Vaccines and Sera, Moscow, Russia
22 Wuhan Institute of Virology
23 AAHL, CSIRO - Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), Health and Biosecurity CSIRO, Geelong, Australia
24 Folkhalsomyndigheten, Stockholm, Sweden
25 Fondation Mérieux

The European Virus Archive (EVA) was created in 2008 with funding from the FP7-EU Infrastructure Programme, in 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. Within three years, it developed from a consortium of nine European laboratories to encompass associated partners in Africa, Russia, China, Turkey, Germany and Italy. In 2014, the H2020 Research and Innovation Framework Programme (INFRAS projects) provided support for the transformation of the EVA from a European to a global organization (EVAg). The EVAg now operates as a non-profit consortium, with 26 partners and 20 associated partners from 21 EU and non-EU countries. In this paper, we outline the structure, management and goals of the EVAg, to bring to the attention of researchers the wealth of products it can provide and to illustrate how end-users can gain access to these resources. Organisations or individuals who would like to be considered as contributors are invited to contact the EVAg coordinator, Jean-Louis Romette, at [e-mail].

Mots clés: EU infrastructure; Virus collection; Virus archive

Domaines: Virologie

J.L Romette, C. M. Prat, E. A. Gould, X. de Lamballerie, R. Charrel, et al.. The European Virus Archive goes global: A growing resource for research. Antiviral Research, 2018, 158, pp.127-134. ⟨10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.07.017⟩. ⟨hal-02094567⟩