Complete Genome Sequence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O Isolated from Bangladesh

Munawar Sultana; Mohammad Anwar Siddique; Samina Momtaz; Arafat Rahman; Huzzat Ullah; Shuvro Prokash Nandi; M Anwar Hossain

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01253-13

Complete Genome Sequence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O Isolated from Bangladesh

Genome Announc. 2014 Feb 6;2(1):e01253-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01253-13.

Authors

Munawar Sultana¹, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Samina Momtaz, Arafat Rahman, Huzzat Ullah, Shuvro Prokash Nandi, M Anwar Hossain

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly infectious enzootic disease caused by FMD virus. The complete genome sequence of a circulatory FMD virus (FMDV) serotype O isolated from Natore, Bangladesh, is reported here. Genomic analysis revealed antigenic heterogeneity within the VP1 region, a fragment deletion, and insertions at the 5' untranslated region (UTR) and 3A region compared to the genome of the available vaccine strain.