Authors and Citation

Authors

• Zilong Li. Author, maintainer.

• Bonfield, James K and Marshall, John and Danecek, Petr and Li, Heng and Ohan, Valeriu and Whitwham, Andrew and Keane, Thomas and Davies, Robert M. Copyright holder.
  Authors of included htslib library

Citation

Li Z (2024). “vcfpp: a C++ API for rapid processing of the variant call format.” Bioinformatics, 40(2), btae049. ISSN 1367-4811, doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btae049.

@Article{,
  title = {vcfpp: a C++ API for rapid processing of the variant call format},
  author = {Zilong Li},
  journal = {Bioinformatics},
  volume = {40},
  number = {2},
  pages = {btae049},
  year = {2024},
  month = {01},
  issn = {1367-4811},
  abstract = {Given the widespread use of the variant call format (VCF/BCF) coupled with continuous surge in big data, there remains a perpetual demand for fast and flexible methods to manipulate these comprehensive formats across various programming languages.This work presents vcfpp, a C++ API of HTSlib in a single file, providing an intuitive interface to manipulate VCF/BCF files rapidly and safely, in addition to being portable. Moreover, this work introduces the vcfppR package to demonstrate the development of a high-performance R package with vcfpp, allowing for rapid and straightforward variants analyses.vcfpp is available from https://github.com/Zilong-Li/vcfpp under MIT license. vcfppR is available from https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/vcfppR.},
  doi = {10.1093/bioinformatics/btae049},
}