Web tools to fight pandemics: the COVID-19 experience

The current outbreak of COVID-19 has generated an unprecedented scientific response worldwide, with the generation of vast amounts of publicly available epidemiological, biological and clinical data. Bioinformatics scientists have quickly produced online methods to provide non-computational users with the opportunity of analyzing such data. In this review, we report the results of this effort, by cataloguing the currently most popular web tools for COVID-19 research and analysis. Our focus was driven on tools drawing data from the fields of epidemiology, genomics, interactomics and pharmacology, in order to provide a meaningful depiction of the current state of the art of COVID-19 online resources.

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The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 has led to an unprecedented scientific response globally, resulting in a vast amount of publicly available epidemiological, biological, and clinical data. Bioinformatics scientists have swiftly developed online tools for non-computational users to analyze such data, with a focus on fields like epidemiology, genomics, interactomics, and pharmacology. This review catalogs the most popular web tools for COVID-19 research and analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of online resources for COVID-19.