There are around a billion cases of seasonal influenza (flu) annually, including 3–5 million cases of severe illness. The WHO uses real-time tracking of influenza lineage evolution by Nextstrain to make recommendations.
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SIB Remarkable Outputs 2025
Posted 03 April 2026
Discover the seven outstanding data resources, software tools, and peer-reviewed publications which have been recognized as SIB Remarkable Outputs 2025!
New pathogens and sequences in Pathoplexus
Posted 27 March 2026
Studying dengue and yellow fever? Pathoplexus has launched support for these two viruses . It has also added over 1,500 new directly-submitted sequences across six pathogens (more)
SIB Training survey
Posted 20 March 2026
To understand your training needs, preferred learning formats, and the barriers preventing you from participating in SIB courses, please take 10 minutes to complete this survey!
ASAP web site has been revamped
Posted 13 March 2026
The Automated Single-Cell Analysis Portal (ASAP) web site has been updated to improve user experience. Try it now to analyze your data!
ModelArchive and updated ModelCIF data format
Posted 05 March 2026
The ModelArchive developers, along with other SIB groups and collaborators, have just published an update to the ModelCIF data format. This format is used by the archive, as well as other modelling services and repositories.