Virological.org
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{{Infobox website
| name = virological.org
| type = Discussion forum
| language = English
| founded = November 2014
| owner = Andrew Rambaut
| url = {{URL|virological.org}}
| commercial = No
| registration = Required for posting (invite-only)
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2014|11}}
}}
Virological.org is a discussion forum for the pre-publication sharing and discussion of pathogenic virus sequence data. The forum was launched in November 2014 by Andrew Rambaut.{{cite web |title=Dispute simmers over who first shared SARS-CoV-2's genome |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/dispute-simmers-over-who-first-shared-sars-cov-2-s-genome |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}} Scientists have often used the forum to publicly share the first available outbreak sequences, e.g. during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic,{{cite web |title=Chinese researchers reveal draft genome of virus implicated in Wuhan pneumonia outbreak |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/chinese-researchers-reveal-draft-genome-virus-implicated-wuhan-pneumonia-outbreak |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Twitter transformed science communication during the pandemic. Will it last? |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/twitter-transformed-science-communication-pandemic-will-last |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}{{cite journal |last=Kupferschmidt |first=Kai |date=2021-01-22 |title=New mutations raise specter of 'immune escape' |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.371.6527.329 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=371 |issue=6527 |pages=329–330 |doi=10.1126/science.371.6527.329 |pmid=33479129 |bibcode=2021Sci...371..329K |s2cid=231676882 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |title=World on alert for potential spread of new SARS-like virus found in China |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/world-alert-potential-spread-new-sars-virus-found-china |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}{{cite web |title=New coronavirus variants could cause more reinfections, require updated vaccines |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/new-coronavirus-variants-could-cause-more-reinfections-require-updated-vaccines |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Mining coronavirus genomes for clues to the outbreak's origins |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/mining-coronavirus-genomes-clues-outbreak-s-origins |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}{{cite journal |last=Zastrow |first=Mark |date=2020-04-24 |title=Open science takes on the coronavirus pandemic |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01246-3 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=581 |issue=7806 |pages=109–110 |doi=10.1038/d41586-020-01246-3|pmid=32332909 |bibcode=2020Natur.581..109Z |s2cid=256820452 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |last=PhD |first=Julianna LeMieux |date=2022-01-05 |title=Grudge Match against COVID-19 Enters Year Three |url=https://www.genengnews.com/insights/grudge-match-against-covid-19-enters-year-three/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News |language=en-US}} the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, and the Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea.{{cite journal |last=Kupferschmidt |first=Kai |date=2021-03-19 |title=Ebola virus may lurk in survivors for many years |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.371.6535.1188 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=371 |issue=6535 |pages=1188 |doi=10.1126/science.371.6535.1188 |pmid=33737465 |bibcode=2021Sci...371.1188K |s2cid=232303082 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}
Overview
Virological.org is used for rapid pre-publication dissemination{{cite web |title=Rename monkeypox strains to remove geographic stigma, researchers say |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/rename-monkeypox-remove-geographic-stigma-researchers-say |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.science.org |language=en}} of public health related information by a community of virologists, phylogeneticists and epidemiologists.{{cite journal |last=Burki |first=Talha |date=June 2023 |title=First shared SARS-CoV-2 genome: GISAID vs virological.org |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00133-7 |journal=The Lancet Microbe |volume=4 |issue=6 |pages=e395 |doi=10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00133-7 |issn=2666-5247 |pmc=10129129 |pmid=37116518}}{{cite journal |last1=Molldrem |first1=Stephen |last2=Hussain |first2=Mustafa I. |last3=Smith |first3=Anthony K J |date=2021-09-02 |title=Open science, COVID-19, and the news: Exploring controversies in the circulation of early SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology research |journal=Global Public Health |language=en |volume=16 |issue=8–9 |pages=1468–1481 |doi=10.1080/17441692.2021.1896766 |issn=1744-1692 |pmc=8338786 |pmid=33661076}}{{cite news |last=Ahuja |first=Anjana |date=2023-04-05 |title=We should learn from rival attempts to write pandemic history |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/18a643df-a1d8-41bb-acd0-46d2c768bd40 |access-date=2023-06-14}}{{cite journal |last1=Yozwiak |first1=Nathan L. |last2=Schaffner |first2=Stephen F. |last3=Sabeti |first3=Pardis C. |date=February 2015 |title=Data sharing: Make outbreak research open access |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=518 |issue=7540 |pages=477–479 |doi=10.1038/518477a |pmid=25719649 |bibcode=2015Natur.518..477Y |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free }}
See also
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