World Society for Virology first international conference: Tackling global virus epidemics

Maria Söderlund-Venermo; Anupam Varma; Deyin Guo; Douglas P Gladue; Emma Poole; Flor H Pujol; Hanu Pappu; Jesús L Romalde; Laura Kramer; Mariana Baz; Marietjie Venter; Matthew D Moore; Michael M Nevels; Sayeh Ezzikouri; Vikram N Vakharia; William C Wilson; Yashpal S Malik; Zhengli Shi; Ahmed S Abdel-Moneim

doi:10.1016/j.virol.2021.11.009

World Society for Virology first international conference: Tackling global virus epidemics

Virology. 2022 Jan:566:114-121. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.11.009. Epub 2021 Dec 6.

Authors

Maria Söderlund-Venermo¹, Anupam Varma², Deyin Guo³, Douglas P Gladue⁴, Emma Poole⁵, Flor H Pujol⁶, Hanu Pappu⁷, Jesús L Romalde⁸, Laura Kramer⁹, Mariana Baz¹⁰, Marietjie Venter¹¹, Matthew D Moore¹², Michael M Nevels¹³, Sayeh Ezzikouri¹⁴, Vikram N Vakharia¹⁵, William C Wilson¹⁶, Yashpal S Malik¹⁷, Zhengli Shi¹⁸, Ahmed S Abdel-Moneim¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: maria.soderlund-venermo@helsinki.fi.
² Advanced Centre for Plant Virology Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
³ Center for Infection and Immunity Study, School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Plum Island Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Greenport, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Level 5, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK.
⁶ Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela.
⁷ Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
⁸ Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, CRETUS & CIBUS-Faculty of Biology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
⁹ Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA.
¹⁰ WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Peter Doherty Institute, Australia and Research Center in Infectious Diseases of the CHU of Québec and Université Laval, Melbourne, Victoria, Québec City, Quebec, Canada.
¹¹ Zoonotic Arbo- and Respiratory Virus Research Program, Centre for Viral Zoonosis, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹² Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
¹³ Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.
¹⁴ Virology Unit, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco.
¹⁵ Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹⁶ Foreign Arthropod Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, KS, USA.
¹⁷ College of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
¹⁸ CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
¹⁹ Microbiology Department, Virology Division, College of Medicine, Taif University, Al-Taif, Saudi Arabia, Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt. Electronic address: asa@tu.edu.sa.

Abstract

This communication summarizes the presentations given at the 1st international conference of the World Society for Virology (WSV) held virtually during 16-18 June 2021, under the theme of tackling global viral epidemics. The purpose of this biennial meeting is to foster international collaborations and address important viral epidemics in different hosts. The first day included two sessions exclusively on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. The other two days included one plenary and three parallel sessions each. Last not least, 16 sessions covered 140 on-demand submitted talks. In total, 270 scientists from 49 countries attended the meeting, including 40 invited keynote speakers.

Keywords: Conference report; Meeting report; Tackling global viral epidemics; WSV; World Society for Virology.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / immunology*
COVID-19 / prevention & control*
COVID-19 / virology*
Congresses as Topic*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2*
Societies, Scientific
Virology