Bioinformatics for the Origin and Evolution of Viruses

Overview

Journal Adv Exp Med Biol

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2022 May 20

PMID 35594020

Authors

Jiajia Chen

Yuxin Zhang

Bairong Shen

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Abstract

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) caused by infection with human SARS-CoV-2 is a global threat to the human population. World effort has arisen toward the characterization of the origin and evolutionary features of this devastating virus. The development of high-throughput sequencing platforms has facilitated the surveillance of viral sequence diversity in both human and animal populations. Bioinformatics pipelines are readily available for ongoing virus tracking on a global level. In this chapter, we summarize the bioinformatics tools in the origin tracing and evolutionary analyses of viruses with a highlight in their application in SARS-CoV-2, which will facilitate the prevention of the pandemic as well as custom-designed antiviral strategies.

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