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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 jean-louis.romette@univmed.fr.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.07.017

Type

Journal article

Journal

Antiviral research

Publication Date

10/2018

Volume

158

Pages

127 - 134

Addresses

Unite des Virus Emergents (UVE: Aix Marseille Univ, IRD 190, INSERM 1207, IHU Méditerranée Infection), Marseille, France. Electronic address: jean-louis.romette@univ-amu.fr.

Keywords

Humans, Viruses, Yellow Fever, Information Dissemination, Virology, Public Health, Safety, Biomedical Research, Quality Control, Archives, Biological Specimen Banks, Health Resources, Management Service Organizations, Europe, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Zika Virus Infection