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VDB

VDB (Variant DataBase) is a SARS-CoV-2 mutation pattern query tool.[1][2]

Installed Version

vdb 3.4 is installed on Picotte.

Use the modulefile:

vdb/3.4

This provides two programs/executables:

  • vdb
  • vdbCreate

Online Version

A live web-based version running with GISAID sequences is available here: http://vdb.live/

Known Issues

The version that supports phylogenetic trees was not buildable on Linux.

References

[1] vdb GitHub repository

[2] Detection and characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.526 in New York, West et al., Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 4886 (2021)