摘要
GISAID is a global data science initiative and the primary source of genomic and associated metadata of all influenza viruses,Respiratory Syncytial Virus(RSV)and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),the pandemic coronavirus causing coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19).GISAID’s publicly accessible data sharing platform enables collaboration of over 42,000 participating researchers from 198 nations and data generators from over 3,500 institutions across the globe.Since the first wholegenome sequences were made available by China CDC through GISAID on January 10.