Complete Genome Sequences of the Neethling-Like Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Strains Obtained Directly from Three Commercial Live Attenuated Vaccines

Elisabeth Mathijs; Frank Vandenbussche; Andy Haegeman; Alasdair King; Bethuel Nthangeni; Christiaan Potgieter; Louis Maartens; Steven Van Borm; Kris De Clercq

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01255-16

Complete Genome Sequences of the Neethling-Like Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Strains Obtained Directly from Three Commercial Live Attenuated Vaccines

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 10;4(6):e01255-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01255-16.

Authors

Elisabeth Mathijs¹, Frank Vandenbussche¹, Andy Haegeman², Alasdair King³, Bethuel Nthangeni⁴, Christiaan Potgieter^{5

6}, Louis Maartens⁵, Steven Van Borm⁷, Kris De Clercq²

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium.
² Viral Diseases, Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium.
³ MSD Animal Health, Intergovernmental Veterinary Health, Madison, New Jersey, USA.
⁴ Onderstepoort Biological Products, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
⁵ Deltamune (Pty) Ltd., Animal Health Products, Product development division, Roodeplaat, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
⁷ Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium steven.vanborm@coda-cerva.be.

Abstract

Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) causes an economically important disease in cattle. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of three LSDV strains obtained directly from the live attenuated vaccines: Lumpyvax (MSD Animal Health), Herbivac LS (Deltamune) and Lumpy Skin Disease Vaccine (Onderstepoort Biological Products).

Grants and funding

The research that yielded these results was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant Agreement; Investment ID OPP1126866), the European Union FP7 project RAPIDIA-FIELD (grant number FP7-289364), the Belgian Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment through the contract RT 15/3 LUMPY SKIN 1, and the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA-CERVA), Ukkel, Belgium.