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BioAfrica HHV8 Subtying Tutorial (Version 1.0)


Up to 1000 sequences can be submitted at once to the BioAfrica HHV8 subtyping tool.

The batch report (figure1) contains information on the sequence name, length, assigned subtype and a figure of the HHV8 genome. Accessing the report link will take the user to a report of each submitted sequence.


The sequence report (figure 2) is composed of three areas named: sequence assignment, analysis details and phylogenetic analyses.

The Sequence assignment contains information on:
  • the sequence submitted (name and length),
  • the classification assignment (subtype, subgroup and bootstrap support),
  • a graphical representation of the HHV8 genome showing the genomic region of the query sequence with the start and end positions related to the GK18 reference genome,
  • the motivation of the classification (this is based on the decision tree).
The Phylogenetic analysis section contains:
  •  the phylogenetic tree in PDF and Nexus format,
  •  the log file generated by PAUP (contains info on the model of evolution and its parameters),
  •  the alignment used.


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Developed by: Taryn Page, Sharon Cassol, Andrew Rambaut and Tulio de Oliveira

Developed in cooperation with the Evolutionary Biology Group at University of Oxford, UK, HIV-1 Immunopathogenesis and Therapeutics Program at University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Funded by the Marie Curie Fellowship,  Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society, UK.

Suggestions or problems on the program please contact:  Dr Tulio de Oliveira.