What to know
- ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Arbovirus Reference Collection is housed within the Arboviral Diseases Branch at the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases.
- ARC provides reagents to public health laboratories for arbovirus diagnostics for which no commercial assays are available.
- The collection also serves as an arbovirus repository for reference strains.
Mission
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Arbovirus Reference Collection (ARC) has a specific mission:
- The ARC houses reference quantities of reagents and reference viruses that can be distributed to research and commercial laboratories.
- As analyte-specific reagents or validated assays become available commercially, distribution of reagents from the ARC is discontinued to preserve reference stocks.
- The ARC has limited capacity and cannot support large-scale testing for research projects or routine diagnostics.
The ARC is a key element of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s activities as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Arthropod-Borne Viruses Reference and Research.
Donate specimens to improve public health
Our team would like to collaborate with you! You can support public health by depositing your isolates in ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Arbovirus Reference Collection (ARC). The ARC offers long-term curation, maintenance, and distribution of valuable isolates. Contact the ARC staff about depositing your isolates for long-term curation, maintenance, and distribution.
- Questions about ARC? Send an email to: [email protected]
- Other questions? Contact
- Ready to submit an isolate? Download and complete the ARC Submission Form and the Simple Letter Agreement. Then email the form and the letter to [email protected].
Reagents
If you need reagents, visit our . Only U.S. public health laboratories are granted access to the ordering system.
History
- 1958: Established in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1973: Relocated to what is now DVBD in Fort Collins, Colorado
- 2004: Accepted the remaining Yale Arbovirus Research Unit collection
- 2008–2015: Received additional collections from retiring or retired ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø researchers
- Present: Regularly receives individual deposits