What does GISAID stand for?

Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data

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Recently, Indonesia agreed to share influenza virus A (H5N1) sequences (not the viruses themselves) with the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, but the country no longer promptly reports deaths from influenza virus A (H5N1), in defiance of new International Health Regulations.

Meeting the challenge of influenza pandemic preparedness in ...

The free, online site launched Thursday, 18 months after strategic adviser Peter Bogner and 77 influential scientists and health experts wrote a letter to Nature magazine calling for information about bird flu to be shared more quickly and openly — the birth of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, or GISAID.

Indonesia agrees to hand bird flu information to new online database

The free online site launched on Thursday, 18 months after strategic adviser Peter Bogner and 77 influential scientists and health experts wrote a letter to Nature magazine calling for bird flu information to be shared more quickly and openly — resulting in the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data, or GISAID.

Indonesia hands over bird flu data to new database