Orchestrating an Optimized Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Cloud Workflow for Robust Viral Identification during Pandemics.

Simple Summary The recent infectious disease, coronavirus disease 2019, has become the novel pandemic event in the last decade after swine flu, which happened in 2009. While dealing with the pandemic, the challenge of gaining accurate identification results from abundant samples in a timely manner has still persisted. Here, in this study, we show the implementation of an optimized cloud workflow for a robust, yet accurate, identification process from these two latest pandemics events. This is a great example of how we integrate two current available technologies, next-generation sequencing and cloud computing, in practice into an applicable workflow for pandemics to tackle the issue of obtaining satisfactory results in a shorter time, while the abundant samples are available. Hopefully, the methods used in this study will intrigue more healthcare professionals to implement the cloud workflow as a part of the current identification method during the current or future pandemic and other infectious diseases as well.