Eukaryotic Pathogen Database

It was established in 2006 under a National Institutes of Health program to create Bioinformatics Resource Centers to facilitate research on pathogens that may pose biodefense threats.

[1] ApiDB originally consisted of component sites CryptoDB (for Cryptosporidium), PlasmoDB (for Plasmodium), and ToxoDB (for Toxoplasma gondii).

[4][5] VEuPathDB provides public access to computational platforms and analysis tools enabling the collection, management, integration, and mining of genomic information and other large-scale datasets relevant to infectious disease pathogens, including their interaction with mammalian hosts and invertebrate vectors of disease.

VEuPathDB was formerly known as ApiDB and was the integrated resources for the apicomplexans covering the databases of associated pathogens, ToxoDB, PiroplasmDB and CryptoDB.

[2] VEuPathDB is noted for its sophisticated search strategy system and comprehensive gene pages, providing invaluable help to researchers.