World Society for Virology

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

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.

Partner societies
The World Society for Virology is currently a partner of the following virology societies: • African Virologists Network

• American Society of Virology

• Brazilian Society for Virology

• Canadian Society of Virology

• Chinese Society for Virology (Division of the Chinese Society for Microbiology)

• Colombian Association for Virology

• Egyptian Society for Virology

• European Society of Virology

• Finnish Society for Study of Infectious Diseases>

• Indian Virological Society

• Iranian Society for Virology

• Korean Society of Virology

• Mexican Virology Networking

• Middle East, Eurasia And Africa Influenza Stakeholders Network

• Societas biochemica, biophysica et microbiologica Fenniae

• Société Marocaine de Virologie

• Spanish Society for Virology

• Swedish Society for Virology

Scientific organizations

 * The Global Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) Research Alliance (GFRA)
 * Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance

Affiliated journals
Virology, a scientific journal published by Elsevier, is the official journal of the society, 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.

Meetings
First Committee Meeting, 25–27 August 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden at the Karolinska University Hospital.

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

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:

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)