Eurosurveillance, Volume 22, Issue 13, 30 March 2017
Editorial
GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data ? from vision to reality
Y Shu 1 , J McCauley 2
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1. WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza, Chinese National Influenza Center, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
2. WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Crick Worldwide Influenza Centre, the Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
Correspondence John McCauley (John.McCauley@crick.ac.uk)
Citation style for this article: Shu Y, McCauley J. GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data ? from vision to reality. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(13):pii=30494. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.13.30494
Received:27 March 2017; Accepted:29 March 2017
Ten years ago, a correspondence [1,2], signed by more than 70 championed ?A global initiative on sharing avian flu data? (GISAID) [3], leading to the GISAID Initiative in 2008. What started out as an expression of intent to foster international sharing of all influenza virus data and to publish results collaboratively has emerged as an indispensable mechanism for sharing influenza genetic sequence and metadata that embraces the interests and concerns of the wider influenza community, public health and animal health scientists, along with governments around the world. Today GISAID is recognised as an effective and trusted mechanism for rapid sharing of both published and ?unpublished? influenza data [4]. Its concept for incentivising data sharing established an alternative to data sharing via conventional public-domain archives.
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Editorial
GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data ? from vision to reality
Y Shu 1 , J McCauley 2
+ Author affiliations
1. WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza, Chinese National Influenza Center, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
2. WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Crick Worldwide Influenza Centre, the Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
Correspondence John McCauley (John.McCauley@crick.ac.uk)
Citation style for this article: Shu Y, McCauley J. GISAID: Global initiative on sharing all influenza data ? from vision to reality. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(13):pii=30494. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.13.30494
Received:27 March 2017; Accepted:29 March 2017
Ten years ago, a correspondence [1,2], signed by more than 70 championed ?A global initiative on sharing avian flu data? (GISAID) [3], leading to the GISAID Initiative in 2008. What started out as an expression of intent to foster international sharing of all influenza virus data and to publish results collaboratively has emerged as an indispensable mechanism for sharing influenza genetic sequence and metadata that embraces the interests and concerns of the wider influenza community, public health and animal health scientists, along with governments around the world. Today GISAID is recognised as an effective and trusted mechanism for rapid sharing of both published and ?unpublished? influenza data [4]. Its concept for incentivising data sharing established an alternative to data sharing via conventional public-domain archives.
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