论文信息 - MeltingPlot: a user-friendly online tool for epidemiological investigation using High Resolution Melting data

MeltingPlot: a user-friendly online tool for epidemiological investigation using High Resolution Melting data

MeltingPlot is an open source web tool for pathogen typing and epidemiological investigations using High Resolution Melting (HRM) data. The tool implements a graph-based algorithm designed to discriminate pathogen clones on the basis of HRM data, producing portable typing results. MeltingPlot also merges typing information with isolates and patients metadata to create graphical and tabular outputs useful in epidemiological studies. HRM technique allows pathogen typing in less than 5 hours with ~5 euros per sample. MeltingPlot is the first tool specifically designed for HRM-based epidemiological studies and it can analyse hundreds of isolates in a few seconds. Thus, the use of MeltingPlot makes HRM-based typing suitable for large surveillance programs as well as for rapid outbreak reconstructions.

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