Full-Genome Sequences of Seven Fatal Enterovirus 71 Strains Isolated in Shenzhen, China, in 2014

Long Chen; Ya-Qing He; Jun Meng; Ling-Hong Xiong; Chao Wang; Xiang-Jie Yao; Hai-Long Zhang; Ren-Li Zhang; Hong Yang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00316-16

Full-Genome Sequences of Seven Fatal Enterovirus 71 Strains Isolated in Shenzhen, China, in 2014

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 28;4(2):e00316-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00316-16.

Authors

Long Chen¹, Ya-Qing He¹, Jun Meng¹, Ling-Hong Xiong¹, Chao Wang¹, Xiang-Jie Yao¹, Hai-Long Zhang¹, Ren-Li Zhang¹, Hong Yang²

Affiliations

¹ Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, The Department of Microbiology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China Shenzhen Public Service Platform of Pathogenic Microorganisms Repository, The Department of Microbiology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China.
² Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory, The Department of Microbiology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China Shenzhen Public Service Platform of Pathogenic Microorganisms Repository, The Department of Microbiology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China chen_l_2011@163.com.

Abstract

The whole-genome sequences of seven fatal enterovirus 71 (EV71) strains, isolated in southern China, in 2014, were determined. The complete genome sequences of these strains displayed close relationships to native EV71 strains and showed 94.2% to 99.8% identity to each other. All of these strains were assigned to subgenotype C4a based on phylogenetic analysis of the VP1 gene.