Nextstrain
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Website | https://nextstrain.org |
Nextstrain is a collaboration between researchers in
viral outbreaks.[3]
Its aim is to support public health measures and surveillance by facilitating understanding of the spread and evolution of pathogens. The Nextstrain platform was begun in 2015.[2] Code developed by Nextstrain is made publicly available, via, for example github.com and its data is available and viewable in accessible form via the pages at the website.[4]
Applications
According to their website, the Nextstrain team maintains an up-to-date genomic analysis of each of the following pathogens:[5]
- Avian influenza
- Dengue
- Enterovirus D68
- Measles
- Monkeypox virus
- Mumps
- SARS-CoV-2
- Seasonal influenza
- Tuberculosis
- West Nile virus
- West African Ebola 2013-16
- Zika
Covid-19 pandemic
Nextstrain and its results have been widely quoted during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][unreliable source?][8][9]
Award
In May 2020, Nextstrain and
Webby Special Achievement Award for the web tool.[11]
See also
- INSDC
- GISAID
- PANGOLIN
- List of COVID-19 simulation models
References
- ^ Richards, Sarah Elizabeth (26 March 2020). "How coronavirus mutations can track its spread—and disprove conspiracies". www.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Spread of a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant across Europe in summer 2020". www.unibas.ch. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Reza, Nosheen (6 April 2020). "nextstrain RNA, DNA, and COVID-19]". earlycareervoice.professional.heart.org. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- PMID 29790939.
- ^ "Nextstrain Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution Section 'Explore pathogens". nextstrain.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ Drake, John (19 Dec 2020). "The Science Behind London's Christmas Coronavirus Lockdown". www.forbes.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- medRxiv 10.1101/2020.10.25.20219063v1.
- ^ "Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ "Nextstrain, Sequencing & the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic" (PDF). 2020. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ "40 Under 40 Healthcare". fortune.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Webby Special Achievement". winners.webbyawards.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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