Agent skill
bio-epidemiological-genomics-variant-surveillance
Assign pathogen lineages and track variants using Nextclade and pangolin for viral surveillance. Monitor variant prevalence and identify emerging variants of concern. Use when classifying viral sequences, tracking lineage dynamics, or monitoring for variants of concern.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills/tree/main/skills/bio-epidemiological-genomics-variant-surveillance
SKILL.md
Version Compatibility
Reference examples tested with: Nextclade 3.3+, ggplot2 3.5+, pandas 2.2+
Before using code patterns, verify installed versions match. If versions differ:
- Python:
pip show <package>thenhelp(module.function)to check signatures - CLI:
<tool> --versionthen<tool> --helpto confirm flags
If code throws ImportError, AttributeError, or TypeError, introspect the installed package and adapt the example to match the actual API rather than retrying.
Variant Surveillance
"Classify my viral sequences into lineages" → Assign pathogen lineages and track variants of concern using Nextclade or pangolin for real-time genomic surveillance.
- CLI:
nextclade run -d sars-cov-2 -i sequences.fasta - CLI:
pangolin sequences.fastafor SARS-CoV-2 Pango lineage assignment
Nextclade CLI
# Install Nextclade
npm install -g @nextstrain/nextclade
# Or download binary
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/latest/download/nextclade-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" -o nextclade
chmod +x nextclade
# List available datasets
nextclade dataset list
# Download dataset (e.g., SARS-CoV-2)
nextclade dataset get --name sars-cov-2 --output-dir data/sars-cov-2
# Run analysis
nextclade run \
--input-dataset data/sars-cov-2 \
--output-tsv results.tsv \
--output-json results.json \
sequences.fasta
Pangolin for SARS-CoV-2
# Install pangolin
pip install pangolin
# Update lineage definitions
pangolin --update
# Run lineage assignment
pangolin sequences.fasta -o pangolin_results.csv
# With specific version
pangolin sequences.fasta --analysis-mode accurate -o results.csv
Parse Nextclade Results
import pandas as pd
def parse_nextclade(results_file):
'''Parse Nextclade TSV output
Key columns:
- seqName: Sequence identifier
- clade: Nextstrain clade (e.g., 21L for Omicron BA.2)
- Nextclade_pango: Pangolin lineage
- qc.overallStatus: Quality control status
- substitutions: List of mutations
- aaSubstitutions: Amino acid changes
'''
df = pd.read_csv(results_file, sep='\t')
# Filter by QC status
df['pass_qc'] = df['qc.overallStatus'].isin(['good', 'mediocre'])
return df
def summarize_lineages(results_df, lineage_col='Nextclade_pango'):
'''Summarize lineage distribution'''
# Filter passed QC
passed = results_df[results_df['pass_qc']]
summary = {
'total_sequences': len(results_df),
'passed_qc': len(passed),
'unique_lineages': passed[lineage_col].nunique(),
'lineage_counts': passed[lineage_col].value_counts().to_dict()
}
return summary
Track Variants of Concern
Goal: Classify viral sequences into WHO-defined variants of concern and track their prevalence over time.
Approach: Map Pango lineages to VOC labels using pattern matching, then group by time period and compute proportional representation of each VOC.
# WHO Variants of Concern/Interest definitions
VOC_DEFINITIONS = {
'Alpha': {'lineages': ['B.1.1.7', 'Q.*'], 'key_mutations': ['N501Y', 'P681H']},
'Beta': {'lineages': ['B.1.351'], 'key_mutations': ['K417N', 'E484K', 'N501Y']},
'Gamma': {'lineages': ['P.1'], 'key_mutations': ['K417T', 'E484K', 'N501Y']},
'Delta': {'lineages': ['B.1.617.2', 'AY.*'], 'key_mutations': ['L452R', 'P681R']},
'Omicron': {'lineages': ['B.1.1.529', 'BA.*', 'XBB.*'], 'key_mutations': ['G339D', 'N501Y']}
}
def classify_voc(lineage):
'''Classify lineage as VOC'''
for voc, definition in VOC_DEFINITIONS.items():
for pattern in definition['lineages']:
if pattern.endswith('*'):
if lineage.startswith(pattern[:-1]):
return voc
elif lineage == pattern:
return voc
return 'Other'
def track_voc_prevalence(results_df, date_col='collection_date'):
'''Track variant of concern prevalence over time'''
results_df = results_df.copy()
results_df['VOC'] = results_df['Nextclade_pango'].apply(classify_voc)
# Group by week
results_df['week'] = pd.to_datetime(results_df[date_col]).dt.to_period('W')
prevalence = results_df.groupby(['week', 'VOC']).size().unstack(fill_value=0)
prevalence_pct = prevalence.div(prevalence.sum(axis=1), axis=0) * 100
return prevalence_pct
Mutation Analysis
def parse_mutations(mutation_string):
'''Parse Nextclade mutation string
Format: 'A123T,C456G' (nucleotide) or 'S:N501Y,S:D614G' (amino acid)
'''
if pd.isna(mutation_string) or mutation_string == '':
return []
return mutation_string.split(',')
def find_mutation_prevalence(results_df, mutation_col='aaSubstitutions'):
'''Calculate prevalence of each mutation'''
all_mutations = []
for muts in results_df[mutation_col].dropna():
all_mutations.extend(parse_mutations(muts))
mutation_counts = pd.Series(all_mutations).value_counts()
mutation_prevalence = mutation_counts / len(results_df) * 100
return mutation_prevalence
def detect_emerging_mutations(results_df, date_col='collection_date', threshold=5):
'''Detect mutations increasing in frequency'''
# Goal: Flag mutations showing rapid prevalence increase between
# early and recent time periods (>2-fold increase above threshold).
# Approach: Split data at median date, compute per-mutation prevalence
# in each half, and report mutations with significant frequency gains.
results_df = results_df.copy()
results_df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(results_df[date_col])
# Split into early and recent
midpoint = results_df['date'].median()
early = results_df[results_df['date'] < midpoint]
recent = results_df[results_df['date'] >= midpoint]
early_prev = find_mutation_prevalence(early)
recent_prev = find_mutation_prevalence(recent)
# Find emerging (low->high)
emerging = []
for mut in recent_prev.index:
early_freq = early_prev.get(mut, 0)
recent_freq = recent_prev[mut]
if recent_freq > threshold and recent_freq > early_freq * 2:
emerging.append({
'mutation': mut,
'early_prevalence': early_freq,
'recent_prevalence': recent_freq,
'fold_change': recent_freq / max(early_freq, 0.1)
})
return sorted(emerging, key=lambda x: -x['fold_change'])
Surveillance Report
def generate_surveillance_report(results_df, period='week'):
'''Generate variant surveillance report'''
passed = results_df[results_df['pass_qc']]
report = {
'period': period,
'total_sequences': len(results_df),
'passed_qc': len(passed),
'qc_pass_rate': f"{len(passed)/len(results_df)*100:.1f}%"
}
# Lineage distribution
lineage_counts = passed['Nextclade_pango'].value_counts()
report['dominant_lineage'] = lineage_counts.index[0]
report['dominant_lineage_pct'] = f"{lineage_counts.iloc[0]/len(passed)*100:.1f}%"
report['top_5_lineages'] = lineage_counts.head(5).to_dict()
# VOC tracking
passed['VOC'] = passed['Nextclade_pango'].apply(classify_voc)
voc_counts = passed['VOC'].value_counts()
report['voc_distribution'] = voc_counts.to_dict()
return report
Related Skills
- epidemiological-genomics/phylodynamics - Time-scaled analysis of variants
- variant-calling/variant-annotation - Mutation annotation
- data-visualization/ggplot2-fundamentals - Visualize variant dynamics
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