This platform is designed and maintained by scientists for scientists from various disciplines e.g. veterinary and human virology, bioinformatics, epidemiology, immunology and clinical analysis etc. From here on, you will find a series of services, including the EpiFlu database as part of our pledge to offer the most complete publicly accessible influenza database, comprising secure storage for genetic, epidemiological and clinical data.

Researchers like you have come together to empower this publicly accessible platform, free-of-charge to all researchers in the world who agree to the same terms, to foster a better understanding of the influenza virus. Following the correspondence letter in Nature, we have all pledged to share the data, to analyze the findings jointly, and to publish the results collaboratively, on the basis of open sharing of data respecting the rights and interests of all involved parties.
Before you can enter, you are required to register and agree to the Terms of Use of our platform, as GISAID implements a particular data-sharing concept that has facilitated the flow of influenza sequence data to the public. Part of that concept requires a thorough procedure to verify the authenticity of each users and the information submitted.

Notice regarding the A/H1N1 influenza virus: The GISAID platform offers a comprehensive collection of the sequence of the A/H1N1 pandemic flu strain (swine lineage) together with latest news, discussion and scientific contributions on the subject.