World Society for Virology

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]

World Society for Virology
FoundedMay 6, 2017 (2017-05-06)
FounderAhmed S. Abdel-Moneim
Focus"To connect virologists worldwide".
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.ws-virology.org

Mission

The society's mission is to strengthen research on viruses affecting humans, animals, plants and other organisms.[2]

Membership

WSV has more than 1,600 members from 96 countries. Membership is open for all including scientists, researchers, postgraduate students who involved in virology research. Membership is offered without annual fee.[3]

Partner societies

The society is currently a partner of the following virology societies:

  • Indian Virological Society[4]
  • Colombian Association for Virology
  • Mexican Virology Networking
  • Finnish Society for Study of Infectious Diseases
  • Societas biochemica, biophysica et microbiologica Fenniae[5]
  • Chinese Society for Virology (Division of the Chinese Society for Microbiology)
  • Société Marocaine de Microbiologie Médicale[6]
  • Swedish Society for Virology[7]

Scientific organizations
  • The Global Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Research Alliance (GFRA)[8]
  • Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance[9]

Affiliated journals

Virology, a scientific journal published by Elsevier, is the official journal of the society, while Tumour Virus Research, also published by Elsevier, is an affiliated journal.

Other organizations
  • WSV 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.[10]

WSV meetings

First Committee Meeting, 25–27th August 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Karolinska University Hospital.[11]

First international conference: Tackling global virus epidemics, in June 16–18, 2021, which was held virtually.[12]

Presidents of the WSV
WSV Presidents
Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim
Founding President
The Founder of the WSV. He is a professor of Virology in Taif University and Beni-Suef University.
Anupam Varma
01-Mar-2020 to 28-Feb 2022
He is an Ex-ICAR National Professor, INSA Emeritus Scientist, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
Richard Kuhn
The current President of the WSV, 01-Mar-2022 to 28-Feb 2024
He is the Trent and Judith Anderson Distinguished Professor in Science, Department of Biological Sciences and Krenicki Family Director, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease, Purdue University. Editor-in-Chief Virology.

Affiliated textbooks

Emerging and transboundary animal viruses.[13]

Animal-Origin Viral Zoonoses.[14]

References
  1. Abdel-Moneim AS, Varma A, Pujol FH, Lewis GK, Paweska JT, Romalde JL, Söderlund-Venermo M, Moore MD, Nevels MM, Vakharia VN, Joshi V, Malik YS, Shi Z, Memish ZA (19 December 2017). "Launching a Global Network of Virologists: The World Society for Virology (WSV)". Intervirology. 60 (6): 276–277. doi:10.1159/000488762. PMID 29874676. S2CID 46958172.
  2. "Who We Are". World Society for Virology. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. "Membership of the WSV".
  4. "Indian Virological Society".
  5. "Societas biochemica, biophysica et microbiologica Fenniae".
  6. "Société Marocaine de Virologie".
  7. "Swedish Society for Virology".
  8. "Global Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Research Alliance (GFRA)".
  9. "Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance".
  10. "Memorandum of understanding (MOU) of the World Society for Virology with the International Vaccine Institute".
  11. Abdel-Moneim, AS; Moore, MD; Naguib, MM; Romalde, JL; Söderlund-Venermo, M (2020). "WSV 2019: The First Committee Meeting of the World Society for Virology". Virologica Sinica. 35 (2): 248–252. doi:10.1007/s12250-019-00189-y. PMC 7091360. PMID 31858457.
  12. Söderlund-Venermo, M; Varma, A; Guo, D; Gladue, DP; Poole, E; Pujol, FH; Pappu, H; Romalde, JL; Kramer, LD; Baz, M; Venter, M; Moore, MD; Nevels, MM; Ezzikouri, S; Vakharia, VN; Wilson, WC; Malik, YS; Shi, Z; Abdel-Moneim, AS (2022). "World Society for Virology First International Conference: Tackling Global Virus Epidemics". Virology. 566 (2): 114–21. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2021.11.009. PMC 8646940. PMID 34902730.
  13. Yadav, Mahendra P; Singh, Raj K.; Malik, Yashpal (2020). Emerging and transboundary animal viruses (PDF). Singapore: Springer. ISBN 978-981-15-0402-0.
  14. Malik, Yashpal S; Singh, Raj K; Dhama, Kuldeep (2020). Animal-origin viral zoonoses (PDF). Singapore: Springer. p. 1-378. ISBN 978-981-15-2651-0.
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