Updates on the web-based VIOLIN vaccine database and analysis system

Yongqun He1, Rebecca Racz, Samantha Sayers

  • 1Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, Division of Comparative Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Nucleic Acids Research
|November 22, 2013
PubMed
Summary

The Vaccine Investigation and Online Information Network (VIOLIN) database now contains over 3240 vaccines for infectious and noninfectious diseases. It integrates diverse vaccine research data and tools, aiding vaccine development and analysis.

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