World Society for Virology explained

World Society for Virology
Founder:	Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim
Area Served:	Worldwide
Focus:	"To connect virologists worldwide".

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] The society aims to strengthen research on viruses affecting humans, animals, plants and other organisms.^[2]

Membership

The society has more than 1,800 members from 96 countries. Membership is open for all scientists, researchers, and postgraduate students involved in virology research. Membership is offered without annual fee.^[3]

Partner societies

The World Society for Virology is currently a partner of the following virology societies:^[4]

Scientific organizations

• The Global Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Research Alliance (GFRA)^[5]
• Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance^[6]

Affiliated journals

Virology, a scientific journal published by Elsevier, is the official journal of the society,^[7] while Tumour Virus Research, also published by Elsevier, is an affiliated journal.

Other organizations

The society 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.^[8]

Meetings

First Committee Meeting, 25–27 August 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Karolinska University Hospital.^[9]

First international conference: Tackling global virus epidemics, June 16–18, 2021, which was held virtually.^[10]

Second international conference: One Health, One World, One Virology, June 15–17, 2023, at Rīga Stradiņš University in Riga, Latvia.

Affiliated textbooks

The following books were published with support from the society:

• Book: Yadav . Mahendra P . Singh . Raj K. . Malik . Yashpal . Emerging and Transboundary Animal Viruses . 2020 . . Singapore . 978-981-15-0402-0 .
• Book: Malik . Yashpal S . Singh . Raj K . Dhama . Kuldeep . Animal-Origin Viral Zoonoses . 2020 . Springer . Singapore . 978-981-15-2651-0 . 1–378 .

Affiliated articles

• Thakur . N . Das . S . Kumar . S . Maurya . VK . Dhama . K . Paweska . JT . Abdel-Moneim . AS . Jain . A . Tripathi . AK . Puri . B . Saxena . KH . Tracing the origin of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2): A systematic review and narrative synthesis . J. Med. Virol. . 2022. 96 . 6 . 2261–2270 . 10.1002/jmv.28060 . 35945190 . 9538017 . 251470353 . free.
• Saxena . SK . Ansari . S . Maurya . VK . Kumar . S . Paweska . JT . Tripathi . AT . Abdel-Moneim . AS . 2022 . Reemerging human monkeypox: a major public-health debacle . J. Med. Virol.. 95 . 6 . 2160–2166 . 10.1002/jmv.27902 . 5652133. 249276175 .
• Saxena . SK . Kumar . S . Ansari . S . Paweska . JT. Maurya . VK. Tripathi . AK. Abdel-Moneim . AS . 2022 . Transmission dynamics and mutational prevalence of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant of Concern . J. Med. Virol.. 94 . 5 . 2160–2166 . 10.1002/jmv.27611 . 35050521. 9015611.
• Saxena . SK . Kumar . S . Ansari . S . Paweska . JT. Maurya . VK. Tripathi . AK. Abdel-Moneim . AS . 2022 . Characterization of the novel SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant of Concern and its global perspective . J. Med. Virol. . 94 . 4 . 1738–1744 . 10.1002/jmv.27524 . 34905235. 245182556 .

Presidents

The following persons are or have been president:

• 2017–2020: Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim (Founding President, Taif University and Beni-Suef University)
• 2020–2022: Anupam Varma (Indian Agricultural Research Institute)
• 2022–2024: Richard Kuhn (Purdue University)
• 2024–2026: Maria Söderlund-Venermo (University of Helsinki)

Notes and References

1. . Launching a Global Network of Virologists: The World Society for Virology (WSV) . 19 December 2017 . Abdel-Moneim AS, Varma A, Pujol FH, Lewis GK, Paweska JT, Romalde JL, Soderlund-Venermo M, Moore MD, Nevels MM, Vakharia VN, Joshi V, Malik YS, Shi Z, Memish ZA . 60 . 6 . 276–277 . 10.1159/000488762 . 29874676. 46958172 . free . 10023/17827 . free .
2. Web site: Who We Are . World Society for Virology . 6 May 2017.
3. Web site: Types of Membership.
4. Web site: Partners . Homepage . 9 December 2023 . World Society for Virology.
5. Web site: Global Foot-and-Mouth (F M D) Research Alliance (G F R A). www.ars.usda.gov.
6. Web site: Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance: Fighting African Swine Fever Together. www.ars.usda.gov.
7. Web site: News . Virology ScienceDirect.com . Elsevier.
8. Web site: World Virology Society Archives.
9. 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 . . 35 . 2 . 248–252 . 10.1007/s12250-019-00189-y . 7091360 . 31858457.
10. 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 . . 566 . 2 . 114–121 . 10.1016/j.virol.2021.11.009. 34902730 . 8646940 .