Culicoides.net: Past, Present and Future Directions for Online Information

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    P.M. Agapow

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https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.10017

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Culicoides, Orbivirus, Database, Internet.

Abstract

As is typical for a reference laboratory, the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) struggles with the problem of managing masses of epidemiological data. To solve this problem, it launched the Relais project (Relais Epi-informatic Laboratory Infrastructure) to combine and inter-relate its various information resources. This was done with success for foot-and-mouth disease and it is now being extended to bluetongue. Sample, analysis and sequence data are being combined in real time within a single database for visualization, reporting and analysis. This database contains all sample data collected by IAH, and all publicly avail­able molecular sequences (over 400). In time, another 2000 laboratory sequences and 100 full genomes will follow. The website Bluetonguevirus.org has been launched to make avail­able this information to the other laboratories and the world. We are currently engaged in extending our database and website to encompass taxonomic data, including online species charac­teristics, distribution and seasonality databases for Culicoides. Facilities for uploading and sharing data are available, and the software may be freely distributed.

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  • P.M. Agapow Statistics Modelling and Bioinformatics, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom.

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Received

2014-12-18

Published

2009-02-01

How to Cite

Agapow, P.-M. (2009). Culicoides.net: Past, Present and Future Directions for Online Information. Revue d’élevage Et De médecine vétérinaire Des Pays Tropicaux, 62(2-4), 101–101. https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.10017

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