World Society for Virology

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The World Society for Virology was established in 2017 in order to link different virologists worldwide in an official society with no restriction based on income or physical location.^[1] The society aims to strengthen research on viruses affecting humans, animals, plants and other organisms.^[2]

The society has more than 1,800 members from 96 countries. Membership is open for all scientists, researchers, and postgraduate students involved in virology research. Membership is offered without annual fee.^[3]

The World Society for Virology is currently a partner of the following virology societies:^[4]

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• The Global Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Research Alliance (GFRA)^[5]
• Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance^[6]

Virology, a scientific journal published by Elsevier, is the official journal of the society,^[7] while Tumour Virus Research, also published by Elsevier, is an affiliated journal.^{[citation needed]}

The society exchanged a memorandum of understanding with the International Vaccine Institute on 13 February 2020 to establish collaboration between the two organizations in strengthening virology research, encouraging capacity building for virologists around the world, and promoting the wide availability of safe, effective, and affordable vaccines for people in low- and middle-income countries.^[8]

First Committee Meeting, 25–27 August 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Karolinska University Hospital.^[9]

First international conference: Tackling global virus epidemics, June 16–18, 2021, which was held virtually.^[10]

Second international conference: One Health, One World, One Virology, June 15–17, 2023, at Rīga Stradiņš University in Riga, Latvia.

The following books were published with support from the society:

• Yadav MP, Singh RK, Malik Y (2020). Emerging and Transboundary Animal Viruses (PDF). Singapore: Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-981-15-0402-0.
• Malik YS, Singh RK, Dhama K (2020). Animal-Origin Viral Zoonoses (PDF). Singapore: Springer. pp. 1–378. ISBN 978-981-15-2651-0.

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• Thakur N, Das S, Kumar S, Maurya VK, Dhama K, Paweska JT, Abdel-Moneim AS, Jain A, Tripathi AK, Puri B, Saxena KH (2022). "Tracing the origin of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): A systematic review and narrative synthesis". J. Med. Virol. 96 (6): 2261–2270. doi:10.1002/jmv.28060. PMC 9538017. PMID 35945190. S2CID 251470353.
• Saxena SK, Ansari S, Maurya VK, Kumar S, Paweska JT, Tripathi AT, Abdel-Moneim AS (2022). "Reemerging human monkeypox: a major public-health debacle". J. Med. Virol. 95 (6): 2160–2166. doi:10.1002/jmv.27902. PMID 5652133. S2CID 249276175.
• Saxena SK, Kumar S, Ansari S, Paweska JT, Maurya VK, Tripathi AK, Abdel-Moneim AS (2022). "Transmission dynamics and mutational prevalence of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant of Concern". J. Med. Virol. 94 (5): 2160–2166. doi:10.1002/jmv.27611. PMC 9015611. PMID 35050521.
• Saxena SK, Kumar S, Ansari S, Paweska JT, Maurya VK, Tripathi AK, Abdel-Moneim AS (2022). "Characterization of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant of Concern and its global perspective". J. Med. Virol. 94 (4): 1738–1744. doi:10.1002/jmv.27524. PMID 34905235. S2CID 245182556.

The following persons are or have been president:

• 2017–2020: Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim (Founding President, Sultan Qaboos University and Beni-Suef University)
• 2020–2022: Anupam Varma (Indian Agricultural Research Institute)
• 2022–2024: Richard Kuhn (Purdue University)
• 2024–2026: Maria Söderlund-Venermo (University of Helsinki)

• Official website