Fetch alias table from PANGO

Pulls JSON and formats into a flat table. Recombinants determined by the number of lineages associated with alias. Their subsequent children aliases are not flagged.

Usage

fetch_pango_alias(
  url =
    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cov-lineages/pango-designation/master/pango_designation/alias_key.json"
)

Arguments

url

Character value defining the raw data location for the alias table.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
fetch_pango_alias()
}