# Nextstrain > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nextstrain > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nextstrain.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextstrain > Source revision: 1353626759 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Website for tracking viral evolution Nextstrain Formation 2015; 11 years ago (2015) Locations Seattle, United States Basel, Switzerland Fields Bioinformatics Viral phylodynamics Open-source software Key people Trevor Bedford Richard Neher Emma Hodcroft Awards Open Science Prize Webby Award Website https://nextstrain.org **Nextstrain** is a collaboration between researchers in [Seattle](/source/Seattle), [United States](/source/United_States)[1] and [Basel](/source/Basel), Switzerland[2] which provides a collection of [open-source](/source/Open-source) tools for visualising the genetics behind the spread of [viral outbreaks](/source/Viral_outbreak).[3] Its aim is to support public health measures and surveillance by facilitating understanding of the spread and evolution of [pathogens](/source/Pathogen). The Nextstrain platform was begun in 2015.[2] Code developed by Nextstrain is made publicly available, via, for example [GitHub.com](/source/GitHub) and its data is available and viewable in accessible form via the pages at the website.[4] ## Applications According to their website, the Nextstrain team maintains an up-to-date genomic analysis of each of the following pathogens:[5] - [Avian influenza](/source/Avian_influenza) - [HPAI](/source/HPAI) (North America) - [Dengue](/source/Dengue) - [Ebola](/source/Ebola) (Global and DRC incl. [2013-16](/source/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic)) - [Enterovirus D68](/source/Enterovirus_D68) - [HIV](/source/HIV) - [Human metapneumovirus](/source/Human_metapneumovirus) - [Lassa fever](/source/Lassa_fever) - [Measles](/source/Measles) - [Monkeypox virus](/source/Monkeypox_virus) (DRC) - [Mumps](/source/Mumps) - [Rabies virus](/source/Rabies_virus) - [Respiratory syncytial virus](/source/Respiratory_syncytial_virus) - [Rubella virus](/source/Rubella_virus) - [SARS-CoV-2](/source/SARS-CoV-2) (also: lineage/clade % forecasts) - [Seasonal influenza](/source/Seasonal_influenza) - [Tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis) - [West Nile virus](/source/West_Nile_virus) (Americas) - [Yellow fever](/source/Yellow_fever) - *[Yersinia pestis](/source/Yersinia_pestis)* - [Zika](/source/Zika) The above list is based on the "featured analyses" list on the main page. A complete list of analyses maintained by the Nextstrain team can be found in "core pathogens". Additional analyses can be found in the "groups" and "community" links. ### COVID-19 pandemic Nextstrain and its results have been widely quoted during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic).[6][7][8][9] ## Awards In March 2017, Nextstrain won the inaugural Open Science Prize, an initiative of the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).[10] In May 2020, Nextstrain and [Trevor Bedford](/source/Trevor_Bedford_(virologist)) (Associate professor, [Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center](/source/Fred_Hutchinson_Cancer_Research_Center))[11] received a [Webby](/source/Webby_Award) Special Achievement Award for the web tool.[12] ## See also - [INSDC](/source/INSDC) - [GISAID](/source/GISAID) - [PANGOLIN](/source/PANGOLIN) - [List of COVID-19 simulation models](/source/List_of_COVID-19_simulation_models) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Richards, Sarah Elizabeth (26 March 2020). ["How coronavirus mutations can track its spread—and disprove conspiracies"](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-coronavirus-mutations-can-track-its-spread-and-disprove-conspiracies). *www.nationalgeographic.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201224022535/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/how-coronavirus-mutations-can-track-its-spread-and-disprove-conspiracies/) from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-UniBas_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-UniBas_2-1) ["Spread of a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant across Europe in summer 2020"](https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/Spread-of-a-novel-SARS-CoV-2-variant-across-Europe-in-summer-2020.html). *www.unibas.ch*. 29 October 2020. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201216022807/https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/News/Uni-Research/Spread-of-a-novel-SARS-CoV-2-variant-across-Europe-in-summer-2020.html) from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Reza, Nosheen (6 April 2020). ["nextstrain RNA, DNA, and COVID-19\]"](https://earlycareervoice.professional.heart.org/tag/nextstrain/). *earlycareervoice.professional.heart.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210125125156/https://earlycareervoice.professional.heart.org/tag/nextstrain/) from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Hadfield, James; Megill, Colin; Bell, Sidney; Huddleston, John; Potter, Barney; Callender, Charlton; et al. (2018-05-22). Kelso, Janet (ed.). ["Nextstrain: real-time tracking of pathogen evolution"](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/224048v1). *[Bioinformatics](/source/Bioinformatics_(journal))*. **34** (23): 4121–4123. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/bioinformatics/bty407](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fbioinformatics%2Fbty407). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1367-4803](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1367-4803). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [6247931](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6247931). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [29790939](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29790939). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Nextstrain Real-time tracking of pathogen evolution Section 'Explore pathogens"](https://nextstrain.org/). *nextstrain.org*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201226021757/https://nextstrain.org/) from the original on 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Drake, John (19 Dec 2020). ["The Science Behind London's Christmas Coronavirus Lockdown"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2020/12/19/the-science-behind-londons-christmas-lockdown/). *www.forbes.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201222074343/https://www.forbes.com/sites/johndrake/2020/12/19/the-science-behind-londons-christmas-lockdown/) from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Hodcroft EB, Zuber M, Nadeau S, Vaughan TG, Crawford KH, Althaus CL, Reichmuth ML, Bowen JE, Walls AC, Corti D, Bloom JD, Veesler D, Mateo D, Hernando A, Comas I, González-Candelas F (July 2021). "Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020". *Nature*. **595** (7869): 707–712. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/s41586-021-03677-y](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41586-021-03677-y). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[10612/22151](https://hdl.handle.net/10612%2F22151). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [34098568](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34098568). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force"](https://sciencetaskforce.ch/en/nextstrain-phylogenetic-analysis/). *sciencetaskforce.ch*. 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Retrieved 29 December 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Webby Special Achievement"](https://winners.webbyawards.com/2020/specialachievement/270/nextstrainorg). *winners.webbyawards.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211010001924/https://winners.webbyawards.com/2020/specialachievement/270/nextstrainorg) from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2020. ## External links - [Official website](https://nextstrain.org/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nextstrain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextstrain) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextstrain?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.