CVR - Coronavirus Vaccines R&D Roadmap

Milestone
3.2.d

Virus and antigen repository

Completed
High priority
Ongoing

Develop and make available to researchers globally a repository of coronaviruses (as available), pseudoviruses (if they can be made), and antigens. The repository could be developed in a tiered fashion, with an initial focus on the highest-risk viruses and then adding additional viruses over time.

Progress Highlights

The BEI Resource Repository has SARS-CoV-2 isolates and antigens available to researchers, with corresponding product sheets and Certificates of Analysis; non-SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses are available as well.

ATCC has a repository of various human and animal coronavirus isolates available.

Antigens from human and animal coronaviruses are also available commercially. CDCreativeDiagnosticsSinoBiologicalR&D Systems, and others have coronavirus-specific repositories