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ViralReferences: An in-house database of viral reference sequences


This in-house viral sequence database contains a total of approximately 921,000 viral reference sequences in FASTA format. This database has been used in our recent studies. The database can be downloaded in the link below.


ViralReferences and related file downloads

Download ViralReferences (containing NCBI Viral Genomes 2016 version references)

Download ViralReferences (containing NCBI Viral Genomes 2020 version references, which has 7,442 new NCBI viral genome references compared to the 2016 version)

Download NCBI Viral Genomes database 2016 version references (used in the following paper)

Link 1Link 2, and Link 3 to the current NCBI Viral Genomes database


Associated script download


The database has been used in the following paper. The associated scripts used in this manuscript can be downloaded here.


Note: we constantly update our viral reference database. If you would like to use the latest version, please send your email address to us so that we can notice you when new versions become available.

More information on this database will be updated here soon.


Citation:
Chen X, Li D*. Sequencing facility and DNA source associated patterns of virus-mappable reads in whole-genome sequencing data. Genomics. 2021 Jan;113(1 Pt 2):1189-1198. PMID: 33301893. (* corresponding author).

Questions?

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the authors (dawei.li at ttuhsc.edu).

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