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  • Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Epidemiology and Public Health
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic generated millions of viral genomic sequences, presenting a Big Data challenge for research.
  • Understanding geographical patterns in viral variants is crucial for vaccine development and pandemic preparedness.
  • Existing methods struggle with the scale and dimensionality of viral genomic data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a scalable machine learning approach for classifying SARS-CoV-2 sequences by geographical location.
  • To identify key viral genomic features, specifically within the spike protein, associated with geographical origin.
  • To aid in rapid analysis of viral genomic data for pandemic response and future mitigation strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical representation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein sequences using k-mers (substrings).
  • Application of multiple machine learning models for geographical classification of viral sequences.
  • Calculation of information gain to determine the importance of specific amino acids in spike sequences.

Main Results:

  • The proposed k-mer based machine learning model significantly outperformed baseline methods in geographical classification.
  • The study successfully identified geographical patterns within SARS-CoV-2 variants based on spike protein sequences.
  • Key amino acids contributing to geographical classification were identified through information gain analysis.

Conclusions:

  • The developed approach offers a scalable and effective solution for analyzing large-scale viral genomic data.
  • Geographical classification of viral sequences using spike protein k-mers provides valuable insights for epidemiology.
  • This method supports rapid identification of viral variants and can inform targeted vaccine development strategies.