Complete Genome Sequences of Three African Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses from Clinical Samples Isolated in 2009 and 2010

Steven Van Borm; Toon Rosseel; Andy Haegeman; Mpolokang Elliot Fana; Latoa Seoke; Joseph Hyera; George Matlho; Frank Vandenbussche; Kris De Clercq

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00326-16

Complete Genome Sequences of Three African Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses from Clinical Samples Isolated in 2009 and 2010

Genome Announc. 2016 May 5;4(3):e00326-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00326-16.

Authors

Steven Van Borm¹, Toon Rosseel², Andy Haegeman³, Mpolokang Elliot Fana⁴, Latoa Seoke⁴, Joseph Hyera⁴, George Matlho⁴, Frank Vandenbussche², Kris De Clercq²

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium steven.vanborm@coda-cerva.be.
² Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium.
³ Laboratory for Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium.
⁴ Botswana Vaccine Institute, Gaborone, Botswana.

Abstract

The complete genome sequences of three foot-and-mouth disease viruses (one virus of each serotype SAT1, SAT2 and O) were directly sequenced from RNA extracted from clinical bovine samples, demonstrating the feasibility of full-genome sequencing from strong positive samples taken from symptomatic animals.

Grants and funding

This work, including the efforts of Steven Van Borm, was funded by European Commission (EC) (project RAPIDIA-FIELD FP7-289364), an internal research grant of CODA-CERVA, and Epi-SEQ, a transnational research project supported under the 2nd joint call for transnational research projects by EMIDA ERA-NET (FP7 project nr 219235).