Complete Genomic Sequence of Canine Distemper Virus from an Ethiopian Wolf

Denise A Marston; Jemma Watson; Emma L Wise; Richard J Ellis; Eric Bedin; Girma Ayalew; Muktar Abute; Xavier de Lamballerie; Anthony R Fooks; Claudio Sillero-Zubiri; Ashley C Banyard

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00621-17

Complete Genomic Sequence of Canine Distemper Virus from an Ethiopian Wolf

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 20;5(29):e00621-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00621-17.

Authors

Denise A Marston^{1

2}, Jemma Watson³, Emma L Wise³, Richard J Ellis³, Eric Bedin^{4

5}, Girma Ayalew⁶, Muktar Abute⁵, Xavier de Lamballerie², Anthony R Fooks^{3

7}, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri^{4

5}, Ashley C Banyard³

Affiliations

¹ Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, United Kingdom denise.marston@apha.gsi.gov.uk.
² UMR "Émergence des Pathologies Virales" (EPV) Aix-Marseille University, IRD 190, INSERM 1207, EHESP, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
³ Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Surrey, United Kingdom.
⁴ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
⁵ Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme, Dinsho, Ethiopia.
⁶ Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁷ Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Canine distemper virus (CDV) has been implicated in population declines of wildlife, including many threatened species. Here we present the full genome of CDV from an Ethiopian wolf, Canis simensis, the world's rarest and most endangered canid.