Since 1999 the FBVE network dd maintains a joint database in which all members enter outbreaks, partly with sequence information. This database is password protected

The Norovirus sequences can be searched and compared to new sequences by the network members at the sequence database (participants only).
A similar dataset has been set up with a smaller group of countries, within the FBVE network for Hepatitis A (participants only).

Besides these password protected databases the FBVE network maintains a public database for quicktyping. Click here for background information on this quick typing tool

The investigation of outbreaks may be limited due to the high numbers of outbreaks reported to a Public Health institution. In order to increase the success-rate of identifying a food-borne source of infection, a transmission mode distinguishing tool (189Kb) was built based on FBVE data as part of a publication.