Module 3.1 – Getting started with Nextstrain

What to know

This module gives an introduction to Nextstrain, a powerful tool to interact with genomic data displayed in phylogenetic trees.

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Overview

Presenter: Michael Weigand, PhD | Bioinformatician, CDC
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Nextstrain is an open-source project providing analytical tools using publicly available pathogen genome data.

Further Reading

  1. Nextstrain: real-time tracking of pathogen evolution. Hadfield, et al. Bioinformatics, 2018.

Additional Resources

  1. Tutorials — Nextstrain documentation. Nextstrain, updated 2021.
  2. Nextstrain: analysis and visualization of pathogen sequence data. Nextstrain, updated 2021.
  3. Nextstrain SARS-CoV-2 resources. Nextstrain, updated 2021.
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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)