White Board Brainstorming Session Day 2

White Board Brainstorming Session Day 2
Moderators:
Wiriya Rutvisuttinunt, PhD, NIAID
Session Moderators
Questions:
What are the limitations of current classification systems?
Are they able to track rapidly evolving viruses?
Are they able to track associated phenotypic changes?
Can they be used to effectively model future genotypic and phenotypic changes are their impact on disease?
Can we use an existing classification approach for all viruses?
If not, how many unique approaches need to be provided/supported?
What new tools need to be developed to support classification of all human disease-causing viruses?
To what extent can classification be automated and support large volumes of data?
Do we need a standardized nomenclature for evolving lineages?
How do we implement a standardized scheme?
In what ways do these classification schemes influence the public health response?