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ArticleViruses2023

CoVigator-A Knowledge Base for Navigating SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Variants.

Thomas Bukur, Pablo Riesgo-Ferreiro, Patrick Sorn, Ranganath Gudimella, Johannes Hausmann, Thomas Rösler, Martin Löwer, Barbara Schrörs, Ugur Sahin

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Article in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas BukurTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9020-8857
Pablo Riesgo-FerreiroTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2739-1315
Patrick SornTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Ranganath GudimellaTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Johannes HausmannTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Thomas RöslerTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Martin LöwerTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Barbara SchrörsTRON-Translational Oncology at the Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Gemeinnützige GmbH, 55131 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9758-250X
Ugur SahinBioNTech SE, 55131 Mainz, Germany.
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) resulted in the global COVID-19 pandemic. The urgency for an effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has led to the development of the first series of vaccines at unprecedented speed. The discovery of SARS-CoV-2 spike-glycoprotein mutants, however, and consequentially the potential to escape vaccine-induced protection and increased infectivity, demonstrates the persisting importance of monitoring SARS-CoV-2 mutations to enable early detection and tracking of genomic variants of concern.

resultsWe developed the CoVigator tool with three components: (1) a knowledge base that collects new SARS-CoV-2 genomic data, processes it and stores its results; (2) a comprehensive variant calling pipeline; (3) an interactive dashboard highlighting the most relevant findings. The knowledge base routinely downloads and processes virus genome assemblies or raw sequencing data from the COVID-19 Data Portal (C19DP) and the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA), respectively. The results of variant calling are visualized through the dashboard in the form of tables and customizable graphs, making it a versatile tool for tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants. We put a special emphasis on the identification of intrahost mutations and make available to the community what is, to the best of our knowledge, the largest dataset on SARS-CoV-2 intrahost mutations. In the spirit of open data, all CoVigator results are available for download. The CoVigator dashboard is accessible via covigator.tron-mainz.de.

conclusionsWith increasing demand worldwide in genome surveillance for tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2, CoVigator will be a valuable resource of an up-to-date list of mutations, which can be incorporated into global efforts.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesGenomicsHumansKnowledge BasesMutationPandemicsSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusCOVID-19 VaccinesSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2dashboardgenomic variantsintrahostknowledge basepipelineSARS-CoV-2softwarevirus genome assemblies

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PMID37376690
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