Complete Genome Sequence of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Isolated from the First Reported Case in Greece in 2015

Eirini I Agianniotaki; Elisabeth Mathijs; Frank Vandenbussche; Konstantia E Tasioudi; Andy Haegeman; Peristera Iliadou; Serafeim C Chaintoutis; Chrysostomos I Dovas; Steven Van Borm; Eleni D Chondrokouki; Kris De Clercq

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00550-17

Complete Genome Sequence of the Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Isolated from the First Reported Case in Greece in 2015

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 20;5(29):e00550-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00550-17.

Affiliations

¹ National Reference Laboratory for CaPVs, Department of Molecular Diagnostics, FMD, Virological, Rickettsial & Exotic Diseases, Athens Veterinary Center, Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Athens, Greece.
² Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium elisabeth.mathijs@coda-cerva.be.
³ Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium.
⁴ Unit Vesicular and Exotic Diseases, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Ukkel, Belgium.
⁵ Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Salonika, Greece.

Abstract

Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) causes an economically important disease in cattle. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the first LSDV isolate identified in mainland Europe. LSDV isolate Evros/GR/15 was isolated from the first cases reported on 18 August 2015 in the Evros region, Greece.