Understanding the spread and evolution of pathogens is important for effective public health
measures and surveillance. Nextstrain consists of a database of viral genomes, a …

The variants of concern (VoCs) of SARS-CoV-2 have highlighted the need for a global molecular
surveillance of pathogens via whole genome sequencing. Such sequencing, for SARS-…

Following its emergence in late 2019, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 1 , 2 has been tracked by
phylogenetic analysis of viral genome sequences in unprecedented detail 3 , 4 – 5 . …

… Richard A Neher Richard A Neher … It is already in use as an integral component of the
real-time time outbreak tracking tools nextstrain and nextflu (Neher and Bedford, 2015). The main …

Background Many new variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
have been termed variants of concern/interest (VOC/I) because of the greater risk …

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was first detected in the Pacific Northwest region of the
United States in January 2020, with subsequent COVID-19 outbreaks detected in all 50 …

We propose a novel, non-discriminatory classification of monkeypox virus diversity. Together
with the World Health Organization, we named three clades (I, IIa and IIb) in order of …

With the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variants that may increase transmissibility and/or cause escape from immune responses, …

After its emergence in Wuhan, China, in late November or early December 2019, the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus rapidly spread globally. …

Omicron BA.2.86 subvariant differs from Omicron BA.2 as well as recently circulating variants
by over 30 mutations in the spike protein alone. Here we report on the isolation of the live …