Genomic Characterization of Three Melon Necrotic Spot Viruses Detected in Human Stool Specimens

Rachel Marine; Christina Castro; Laura Magaña; Terry Fei Fan Ng; Kshama Aswath; Nikail Collins; Geun Woo Park; Jan Vinjé; M Steven Oberste

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01758-16

Genomic Characterization of Three Melon Necrotic Spot Viruses Detected in Human Stool Specimens

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 16;5(11):e01758-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01758-16.

Authors

Rachel Marine¹, Christina Castro², Laura Magaña², Terry Fei Fan Ng³, Kshama Aswath⁴, Nikail Collins⁵, Geun Woo Park³, Jan Vinjé³, M Steven Oberste³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA rmarine@cdc.gov.
² Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
³ Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ CDC Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Atlanta Research and Education Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

The complete coding sequences of three melon necrotic spot viruses (MNSVs) were obtained from viral metagenomics of stool samples from patients with acute gastroenteritis. These genomes were most similar to Spanish strains sequenced in 2003 and a novel MNSV watermelon strain in 2014.