MapPat: tracking pathogens evolution in space and time.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of genomic surveillance for monitoring pathogens evolution, mitigating the spread of infectious disorders, and informing decision-making by public health authorities. Since the need for the summarization and interpretation of large bodies of data, computational methods are critical for the implementation of effective genomic surveillance strategies.

Results

Here, we introduce mapPat, an R Shiny application for the interactive visualization of pathogens genomic data in space and time. mapPat is designed as a user-friendly dashboard and allows the dynamic monitoring of the evolution of variants, lineages, and mutations in the genome of a pathogen at glance through informative geographic maps and elegant data visuals.

SUBMITTER: Ferrandi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11835230 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature