COVID-19 preVIEW

COVID-19 preVIEW provides semantic search and text-mining-based access to consolidated COVID-19 preprint literature to enable retrieval and annotation of entities such as diseases, human genes, and SARS-CoV-2 proteins.

Key Features:

• Semantic Search Engine: A lightweight semantic search engine tailored to specialized textual collections for meaning- and context-aware retrieval of COVID-19 preprints.
• Integration with Preprint Servers: Consolidation of data from multiple biomedical preprint servers to centralize non–peer-reviewed COVID-19 literature.
• Text Mining Workflow: A text mining workflow that indexes documents with specialized terminologies to support semantically rich search.
• Annotation Capabilities: Automated annotation of biological entities including diseases, human genes, and SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
• Facet Searching and Export Functionality: Facet-based filtering of search results and export of results for downstream analysis.
• API Access: Programmatic access via an API for integration with external systems and workflows.

Scientific Applications:

• Virology: Retrieval and aggregation of preprint findings relevant to viral proteins and SARS-CoV-2 biology.
• Genetics: Identification and tracking of reports concerning human genes associated with COVID-19.
• Epidemiology: Rapid access to preprints supporting surveillance, transmission studies, and outbreak-related research.
• Public Health: Support for evidence discovery related to diagnostics, treatment strategies, and public health guidelines.
• Literature Surveillance: Continuous monitoring of emerging preprint literature to inform rapid evidence synthesis.

Methodology:

Consolidation of preprints from multiple biomedical preprint servers, a text mining workflow that indexes documents with specialized terminologies, a semantic search engine, and automated annotation of diseases, human genes, and SARS-CoV-2 proteins.