Virus Pathogen Database for EsViritu

Databases for EsViritu: Read mapping pipeline for detection and measurement of virus pathogens from metagenomic data

File descriptions

v3.2.4/

• virus_pathogen_database.all_metadata.tsv = sequence and taxonomy info for each sequence in database

• virus_pathogen_database.fna = fasta formatted nucleotide database of all virus genomes and segments

• virus_pathogen_database.mmi = minimap2 formatted index of database (for short read mapping)

Relates to the tool in the following repository:

EsViritu

Updates since 3.2.2:

• Added over 500 genomes from family Arteriviridae (previously missing)
• Added 8 genomes from species Asfivirus haemorrhagiae
• Added one each influenza A H3N2 and H1N1 genome for 2025 season
• Masked some virus genomes to avoid mislabeling human/animal DNA
• Masked a few virus genomes with low-complexity repeat regions