mission

isirv will work for the prevention, detection, treatment, and control of influenza and other respiratory viral diseases throughout the world.

It will do so through the exchange and dissemination of information, through facilitating the interaction of scientists and public health specialists, and by promoting international collaborative efforts against these diseases.

Topics of interest to the organization include:

• Diagnostics, epidemiology, and surveillance
• Influenza and pandemic preparedness
• Other respiratory viruses such as SARS and other coronaviruses, RSV, parainfluenza viruses, pneumoviruses, etc.
• Vaccine development and evaluation
• Antiviral research and evaluation
• Clinical research and patient care
• Cost benefit and health economics
• Policy for control and prevention
• Virus ecology, zoonoses, and animal viruses