Complete Genome Sequence of Bovine Pestivirus Strain PG-2, a Second Member of the Tentative Pestivirus Species Giraffe

Paul Becher; Nicole Fischer; Adam Grundhoff; Hanspeter Stalder; Matthias Schweizer; Alexander Postel

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00376-14

Complete Genome Sequence of Bovine Pestivirus Strain PG-2, a Second Member of the Tentative Pestivirus Species Giraffe

Genome Announc. 2014 May 15;2(3):e00376-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00376-14.

Authors

Paul Becher¹, Nicole Fischer, Adam Grundhoff, Hanspeter Stalder², Matthias Schweizer², Alexander Postel³

Affiliations

¹ paul.becher@tiho-hannover.de.
² Institute of Veterinary Virology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of bovine pestivirus strain PG-2. The sequence data from this virus showed that PG-2 is closely related to the giraffe pestivirus strain H138. PG-2 and H138 belong to one pestivirus species that should be considered an approved member of the genus Pestivirus.