Table 2.
Proposed abbreviations for BSL-4 institutes with filovirus research programs for the <strain> field in names of laboratory animal-adapted filovirus strains*
| Institute | Proposed <strain> field abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), Geelong, Victoria, Australia | AAHL |
| Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNI), Hamburg, Germany | BNI |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA | CDC |
| Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon | CIRMF |
| Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), Porton Down, Salisbury, UK | DSTL1 |
| Galveston National Laboratory (GNL), National Biocontainment Facility and Robert E. Shope Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas, USA | UTMB |
| Health Protection Agency (HPA) Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK | CEPR1 |
| Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA | IRF-F |
| Laboratoire P4 Jean Mérieux INSERM | INSERM |
| National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA | NBACC |
| National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | NEIDL |
| National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service (NICD), Sandringham- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | NICD1 |
| National Microbiology Laboratory – Public Health Agency of Canada (NML), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | NML |
| Institut für Virologie - Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Hesse, Germany | UMR |
| Republican Research and Practical Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology (RRPCEM), Minsk, Republic of Belarus | RRPCEM1 |
| Rocky Mountain Laboratory Integrated Research Facility (RML-IRF), Hamilton, Montana, USA | RML-IRF |
| State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology “Vector” (SRCVB “Vector”), Koltsovo, Nobosibirsk oblast, Russia | VECTOR |
| Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA | TBRI1 |
| United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland, USA | USAMRIID |
| Virological Center of the Research Institute of Microbiology, Sergiev Posad, Moscow oblast, Russia | VC |
*
Only institutes that have been, are, or will be majorly involved with filovirus research are listed here. Abbreviations for other institutes can be suggested by their investigators when a name for a filovirus strain needs to be created.
1
These institutes have undergone name changes over the years. We recommend that researchers use the abbreviations in use at a particular time for filovirus strain/variant/isolate names created at that time. For instance, MRE and DERA were pervious abbreviations for the laboratories now referred to as DSTL; CAMR preceded CEPR; SRIEM preceded RRPCEM etc.