The aim of the European Virus Archive project is to create and mobilise a European network of high calibre centres with the appropriate expertise, to collect, amplify, characterise, standardise, authenticate, distribute and track, mammalian and other exotic viruses. The EVA project is establishing a web-based catalogue to advertise and distribute viruses in the collection as well as associated products. In addition the EVA network also produce associated reagents on demand, to laboratories throughout Europe and also worldwide.

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EVA: European Virus Archive

EVA: European Virus Archive

EVA: European Virus Archive

Objectives of the project

The management structure of EVA will ensure the highest standards of quality assurance, security, traceability and dissemination for the benefit of science, medicine, education and global information.


2. Implement common strategies

Common strategies used by EVA partners will "structure better and integrate on a European scale, the way the research infrastructures operate". The nine laboratories associated with EVA will merge their different specific collections to create a single web-based catalogue to distribute viruses. EVA will establish a web-based catalogue to advertise and distribute viruses in the collection. Standardised protocols will be produced for all virus production, assessment, storage and distribution procedures. These will be used uniformly throughout the network. In exceptional circumstances, modifications to these protocols may be made.