Gesellschaft für Virologie

{{Short description|Specialist academic society for virology}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Gesellschaft für Virologie

| formation = July 9, 1990

| status = Registered association

| headquarters = Erlangen

| membership = approx. 1300

| leader_title = Chair

| leader_name = Ulf Dittmer

| website = {{URL|https://g-f-v.org/}}

}}

The Gesellschaft für Virologie eV (GfV; Society for Virology) is a specialist society for all virological specialist areas in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, based in Erlangen in Germany.{{Cite web |title=The German Society for Virology (GfV) is Now an Affiliated Society Member of Viruses |url=https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/1499 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.mdpi.com |language=en}}

The GfV is a member of the AWMF, an umbrella organisation of more than 150 German medical societies,{{Cite web |title=Die wissenschaftlich-medizinischen Fachgesellschaften bilden die Basis der AWMF |url=https://www.awmf.org/fachgesellschaften/gesellschaft-fuer-virologie-e-v-gfv |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.awmf.org |language=de}} and the DNB.{{Cite web |title=Mitgliedsgesellschaften - Deutsches Nationalkomitee (DNK) der IUBS und IUMS |url=https://www.iubs-member-germany.de/de/02Mitglieder.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=www.iubs-member-germany.de|language=de}}

It was founded in 1990 after leading virologists no longer saw their interests and the tasks of the subject of virology represented in the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM).{{Cite web |title=Society for Virology (REG-GfV) |url=https://fems-microbiology.org/member-societies/gesellschaft-fur-virologie/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=FEMS |language=en-US}} The focus was originally on basic virological research, virus genetics and molecular virology; later it also represented medical virology, virological infectiology, immunology and plant virology on an equal footing at annual conferences. It is now the largest virological specialist society in Europe.{{Cite journal |last=Eggers |first=Maren |last2=Exner |first2=Martin |last3=Gebel |first3=Jürgen |last4=Ilschner |first4=Carola |last5=Rabenau |first5=Holger F. |last6=Schwebke |first6=Ingeborg |date=2022-10-17 |title=Hygiene and disinfection measures for monkeypox virus infections |url=https://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2022-17/dgkh000421.shtml |journal=GMS Hygiene and Infection Control |language=en |volume=17 |pages=Doc18 |doi=10.3205/dgkh000421 |issn=2196-5226}}