25 May 2024 | Alexandre Freitas da Silva, Antonio Marinho da Silva Neto, Cleber Furtado Aksenen, Pedro Miguel Carneiro Jeronimo, Filipe Zimmer Dezordi, Suzana Porto Almeida, Hudson Marques Paula Costa, Richard Steiner Salvato, Tulio de Lima Campos, Gabriel da Luz Wallau
ViralFlow v1.0 is a computational workflow designed for viral genomic surveillance, offering a general-purpose reference-based genome assembler for all viruses with available reference genomes. Key improvements include the implementation of virus-agnostic modules for nucleotide and amino acid mutation analysis, enhanced modularity, and better management through the NextFlow workflow language. This version supports a wide range of computational infrastructures, from laptops to high-performance computing (HPC) environments, and generates well-formatted outputs suitable for public health reporting and scientific research. The workflow processes raw reads, performs quality control, aligns reads to a reference genome, and generates consensus genomes, mutation annotations, and visualization tools. Performance evaluations using simulated and real datasets demonstrate consistent results and improved scalability. ViralFlow v1.0 is available at <https://viralflow.github.io/index-en.html> and is publicly accessible on GitHub and Figshare.ViralFlow v1.0 is a computational workflow designed for viral genomic surveillance, offering a general-purpose reference-based genome assembler for all viruses with available reference genomes. Key improvements include the implementation of virus-agnostic modules for nucleotide and amino acid mutation analysis, enhanced modularity, and better management through the NextFlow workflow language. This version supports a wide range of computational infrastructures, from laptops to high-performance computing (HPC) environments, and generates well-formatted outputs suitable for public health reporting and scientific research. The workflow processes raw reads, performs quality control, aligns reads to a reference genome, and generates consensus genomes, mutation annotations, and visualization tools. Performance evaluations using simulated and real datasets demonstrate consistent results and improved scalability. ViralFlow v1.0 is available at <https://viralflow.github.io/index-en.html> and is publicly accessible on GitHub and Figshare.