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For better understanding of the evolution and spread of viruses like H5N1, prominent medical researchers announced on August 24 the formation of a consortium, where all// information about the avian influenza will be shared.

The launch of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) was announced in a letter published online on August 24 by Nature that was signed by 70 scientists and health officials. Dr. Nancy Cox, head of the Influenza Division at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Ilaria Capua, an Italian veterinary virologist who is a leading advocate of greater sharing of H5N1 genetic data, are among those who signed the letter.

"The Initiative is coming together to work around restrictions which have previously prevented influenza information sharing, with the hope that more shared information will help researchers understand how viruses spread, evolve, and potentially become pandemic," states a news release on the GISAID Web site.

The consortium "is open to all scientists, provided they agree to share their own data, credit the use of others' data, analyze findings jointly, and publish results collaboratively," the release says. The Nature letter says that data will be published in three public databases "as soon as possible after analysis and validation, with a maximum delay of six months."

According to a Nature news article published on August 24, the contributors have agreed to deposit genetic information in safe sections of existing public databases, though the details are yet to be worked out. Though initially, the data will be accessible only to the members of the consortium, will be opened to public access within 6 months.

According to the consortium the three databases participating in the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration: EBML in the United Kingdom, DDBJ in Japan, and GenBank in the United States will be made use of by it.
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