Full-genome sequences of severe Fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, isolated from South Korea in 2014

Mi-Ran Yun; Sun-Whan Park; TaeSoo Kwon; SangHyun Lee; Won Gi Yoo; WooYoung Choi; Won-Ja Lee; Dae-Won Kim

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00181-15

Full-genome sequences of severe Fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, isolated from South Korea in 2014

Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 16;3(2):e00181-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00181-15.

Authors

Mi-Ran Yun¹, Sun-Whan Park², TaeSoo Kwon¹, SangHyun Lee¹, Won Gi Yoo³, WooYoung Choi², Won-Ja Lee⁴, Dae-Won Kim⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Biosafety Evaluation and Control, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
² Division of Arboviruses, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
³ Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Division of Arboviruses, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea wonja@nih.go.kr todaewon@gmail.com.
⁵ Division of Biosafety Evaluation and Control, Korea National Institute of Health, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea wonja@nih.go.kr todaewon@gmail.com.

Abstract

Here, we present the full-length genome sequencing of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, isolated from South Korea in 2014. The five Korean strains were compared by phylogenetic analysis with full SFTS genome sequences of two neighboring nations, China and Japan.