The Database of Virologists (DoV)contains information on virologists from all over the world. Our goal is to provide a quick and flexible way to search for researchers working on particular viruses (name, contact info, location, virus family/genus, a short research summary, etc).

Currently (Apr 2006), the database is populated with virologists working on viruses supported by VBRC and VB-ca, but anyone can add themselves to the database. If you need assistance, please email cupton@uvic.ca.

If you are a researcher, it is simple to enter your information. Choose “Members Log In” from the panel on the left of the main DoV Search page; you will be taken to a page where you can sign in, or create an account. After entering your initial information record, you can easily modify it at any time.

Search Tips

• Country: Only the countries of researchers with records in our database are listed.
• Keyword Search: This function acts as a text search of the whole database. Enter names of people (e.g. "Chris Upton"), institutions (e.g. "University of Victoria"), address, or research-related keywords (e.g. "SARS", "vaccinia", "Homo sapiens", "bioinformatics", etc).
• When performing keyword searches, use the full name of places or institutions, rather than abbreviations.
  e.g. "National Research Council" instead of "NRC"
  e.g. "University of British Columbia" instead of "UBC"
• Words used in keyword searches must be more than 3 characters long (or must use the * operator, see below)
• The following operators may be used in keyword searches:
  • AND or +: when these are placed in front of a word, it signifies that it must be included.
    e.g. DNA and transcription
    e.g. DNA + transcription
  • NOT or -: when these are placed in front of a word, it signifies that it must not be included.
    e.g. DNA not transcription
    e.g. DNA - transcription
  • " ": when these are placed around a group of words, a search will be done for the entire phrase.
    e.g. "DNA transcription"
  • ( ): these are used to group words into subexpressions to perform complex searches.
    e.g. DNA AND (transcription OR replication)
  • *: The * is used as a wildcard character.
    e.g. trans* will match transcription or translation.