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At a glance

  • The Arbovirus Reference Collection (ARC) serves as a repository for reference strains and contains hundreds of arboviruses.
  • Antigens, antibodies, and RNA controls are available for some pathogens.
  • Research and commercial laboratories can request materials.
Transmission electron microscopic image of numerous extracellular Bourbon virus particles (PHIL 19480).

What's included

The virus list is broken down to genus level classification and only contains BSL2 and BSL3 non-select agent pathogens.

Antigens, antibodies, and RNA controls are available for some pathogens. Please contact us for information at reagents2@cdc.gov.

We routinely add deposited isolates to the collection.