VirPreNet

A weighted ensemble convolutional neural network for the virulence prediction of influenza A virus using all 8 segments. Influenza viruses are persistently threatening public health, causing annual epidemics and sporadic pandemics. The evolution of influenza viruses remains to be the main obstacle in the effectiveness of antiviral treatments due to rapid mutations. The goal of this work is to predict the virulence of influenza viruses using sequence data.