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To cite the Virus Variation resource, please refer to:

Virus Variation Resource - improved response to emergent viral outbreaks.

Hatcher EL, Zhdanov SA, Bao Y, Blinkova O, Nawrocki EP, Ostapchuck Y, Schäffer AA, Brister JR.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 Jan 4;45(D1):D482-D490. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw1065. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

To cite the Influenza Virus resource, please refer to:

The Influenza Virus Resource at the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Bao Y., P. Bolotov, D. Dernovoy, B. Kiryutin, L. Zaslavsky, T. Tatusova, J. Ostell, and D. Lipman.
J. Virol. 2008 Jan;82(2):596-601.

To cite the Viral Genomes Resource, please refer to:

NCBI viral genomes resource.

Brister JR, Ako-Adjei D, Bao Y, Blinkova O. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Jan;43(Database issue):D571-7. doi: 10.1093/nar/gku1207. Epub 2014 Nov 26.


Other publications:

Visualization of large influenza virus sequence datasets using adaptively aggregated trees with sampling-based subscale representation.

Zaslavsky L, Y. Bao and T. A. Tatusova.
BMC Bioinformatics, 2008;9:237.

Accelerating the neighbor-joining algorithm using the adaptive bucket data structure.

Zaslavsky L. and T. A. Tatusova.
Bioinformatics Research and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2008; 4983:122-133.

Multiresolution approaches to representation and visualization of large influenza virus sequence datasets.

Zaslavsky L, Y. Bao and T. A. Tatusova.
IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine. 2007.

FLAN: a web server for influenza virus genome annotation.

Bao Y, Bolotov P, Dernovoy D, Kiryutin B, Tatusova T.
Nucleic Acids Research. 2007 Jul 1; 35 (Web Server issue): W280-4.

An Adaptive Resolution Tree Visualization of Large Influenza Virus Sequence Datasets.

Zaslavsky L, Y. Bao, and T. A. Tatusova.
Bioinformatics Research and Applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2007;4463:192-202.

Large-scale sequencing of human influenza reveals the dynamic nature of viral genome evolution.

Ghedin E, Sengamalay NA, Shumway M, Zaborsky J, Feldblyum T, Subbu V, Spiro DJ, Sitz J, Koo H, Bolotov P, Dernovoy D, Tatusova T, Bao Y, St George K, Taylor J, Lipman DJ, Fraser CM, Taubenberger JK, Salzberg SL.

Nature. 2005 Oct 20; 437(7062): 1162-6.

Whole-genome analysis of human influenza A virus reveals multiple persistent lineages and reassortment among recent H3N2 viruses.

Holmes EC, Ghedin E, Miller N, Taylor J, Bao Y, St George K, Grenfell BT, Salzberg SL, Fraser CM, Lipman DJ, Taubenberger JK.
PLoS Biol. 2005 Sep; 3(9): e300.


Older publications:

Virus Variation Resource - recent updates and future directions.

Brister JR, Bao Y, Zhdanov SA, Ostapchuck Y, Chetvernin V, Kiryutin B, Zaslavsky L, Kimelman M, Tatusova TA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2014 Jan; 42(Database issue):D660-5. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1268. Epub 2013 Dec 4.

The virus variation resources at the National Center for Biotechnology Information: dengue virus.

Resch W., L. Zaslavsky, B. Kiryutin, M. Rozanov, Y. Bao, and T. A. Tatusova.
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:65.

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