Draft Genome Sequences of Eight Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Strains

J W Koehler; K L Delp; B J Kearney; T A Conrad; R J Schoepp; A R Garrison; L A Altamura; C A Rossi; T D Minogue

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00240-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Eight Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Strains

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 8;5(23):e00240-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00240-17.

Authors

J W Koehler¹, K L Delp¹, B J Kearney¹, T A Conrad¹, R J Schoepp¹, A R Garrison², L A Altamura¹, C A Rossi¹, T D Minogue³

Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic Systems Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA.
² Virology Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA.
³ Diagnostic Systems Division, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA timothy.d.minogue.civ@mail.mil.

Abstract

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a geographically widespread RNA virus with a high degree of genomic diversity that complicates sequence-based diagnostics. Here, we sequenced eight CCHFV strains for improved assay design and deposition into FDA-ARGOS, the FDA's pathogen database for development and verification of next generation sequencing assays.