Arbovirus Reference Collection (ARC)
January 26, 2024Collection Website
Organizational structure
Government Agency
Collection Institution/Entity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Collection Contact
Brandy Russell
Position of Collection contact
curator
Collection Email
Collection Phone
970-225-4211
Collection can be contacted
Yes
- Has continued institutional support
- Interested in Culture Collections Exchange
- Interested in Collaborative Programs
- Ability to accept orphan collections
- Collection contains sequencing data
- Interested in working with samples from different repositories
- Collection contains reference strains
Collection Category
Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)
Capacity to accept orphan collections
Can accept arboviral collections that include non select agents and no BSL4 pathogens.
Collection follows best management practice guideline
We refer to best practices guidelines and apply where possible due to funding and staff. We perform inclusivity/exclusivity testing on isolates.
Organisms in Collection
virus
Sequencing data in collection
we upload sequence data to genbank and link genbank accession number to the pathogen in our database
Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens
National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Availability and distribution mechanisms
No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged), Fee per strain for distribution, Distribution mechanism depends on the institution type and intended use
Host Associations in Collection
Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects, Humans
Research fields relevant to Collection
General microbiology, Immunology, Molecular biology, Veterinary, public health