text: user711: As a small introductory project, I want to compare genome sequences of  different strains of influenza virus.
  What are the publicly available databases of influenza virus gene/genome sequences?
  
  user634: Influenza virus resource at NCBI or FluDB.
  
  user712: In addition to what others have suggested, I would also recommend PaVE as a resource. This is a curated database maintained by the NIAID and current holds over 300 papilloma virus genomes.
  
  user714: There area few different influenza virus database resources:
  
  The Influenza Research Database (IRD) (a.k.a FluDB - based upon URL)
  
  
  A NIAID Bioinformatics Resource Center or BRC which highly curates the data brought in and integrates it with numerous other relevant data types
  
  The NCBI Influenza Virus Resource
  
  A sub-project of the NCBI with data curated over and above the GenBank data that is part of the NCBI
  
  The GISAID EpiFlu Database
  
  A database of sequences from the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data. Has unique data from many countries but requires user agree to a data sharing policy.
  
  The OpenFluDB
  
  Former GISAID database that contains some sequence data that GenBank does not have.
  
  
  For those who also may be interested in other virus databases, there are:
  
  Virus Pathogen Resource (VIPR)
  
  A companion portal to the IRD, which hosts curated and integrated data for most other NIAID A-C virus pathogens including (but not limited to) Ebola, Zika, Dengue, Enterovirus, and Hepatitis C
  
  LANL HIV database
  
  Los Alamos National Laboratory HIV database with HIV data and many useful tools for all virus bioinformatics
  
  PaVE: Papilloma virus genome database (from quintik comment)
  
  
  NIAID developed and maintained Papilloma virus bioinformatics portal
  
  
  Disclaimer: I used to work for the IRD / VIPR and currently work for NIAID.
  
original_text: 711: <p>As a small introductory project, I want to compare genome sequences of  different strains of influenza virus.</p>
  <p>What are the publicly available databases of influenza virus gene/genome sequences?</p>
   634: <p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/Database/nph-select.cgi?go=database" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Influenza virus resource</a> at NCBI or <a href="https://www.fludb.org/brc/home.spg?decorator=influenza" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FluDB</a>.</p>
   712: <p>In addition to what others have suggested, I would also recommend <a href="https://pave.niaid.nih.gov/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PaVE</a> as a resource. This is a curated database maintained by the NIAID and current holds over 300 papilloma virus genomes.</p>
   714: <p>There area few different influenza virus database resources:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The <a href="http://www.fludb.org" rel="noreferrer">Influenza Research Database (IRD)</a> (a.k.a FluDB - based upon URL)
  
  <ul>
  <li>A NIAID Bioinformatics Resource Center or BRC which highly curates the data brought in and integrates it with numerous other relevant data types</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>The <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/FLU/Database/nph-select.cgi?go=database" rel="noreferrer">NCBI Influenza Virus Resource</a>
  
  <ul>
  <li>A sub-project of the NCBI with data curated over and above the GenBank data that is part of the NCBI</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>The <a href="http://platform.gisaid.org/" rel="noreferrer">GISAID EpiFlu Database</a>
  
  <ul>
  <li>A database of sequences from the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data. Has unique data from many countries but requires user agree to a data sharing policy.</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li>The <a href="http://openflu.vital-it.ch/browse.php" rel="noreferrer">OpenFluDB</a>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Former GISAID database that contains some sequence data that GenBank does not have.</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>For those who also may be interested in other virus databases, there are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.viprbrc.org" rel="noreferrer">Virus Pathogen Resource (VIPR)</a>
  
  <ul>
  <li>A companion portal to the IRD, which hosts curated and integrated data for most other NIAID A-C virus pathogens including (but not limited to) Ebola, Zika, Dengue, Enterovirus, and Hepatitis C</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.hiv.lanl.gov/" rel="noreferrer">LANL HIV database</a>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Los Alamos National Laboratory HIV database with HIV data and many useful tools for all virus bioinformatics</li>
  </ul></li>
  <li><a href="https://pave.niaid.nih.gov" rel="noreferrer">PaVE: Papilloma virus genome database</a> (from quintik comment)
  
  <ul>
  <li>NIAID developed and maintained Papilloma virus bioinformatics portal</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Disclaimer: I used to work for the IRD / VIPR and currently work for NIAID.</p>
  