Complete Genome Sequence of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Isolate SERBIA/Bujanovac/2016, Detected during an Outbreak in the Balkan Area

Ivan Toplak; Tamaš Petrović; Dejan Vidanović; Sava Lazić; Milanko Šekler; Marija Manić; Miloš Petrović; Urška Kuhar

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00882-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Isolate SERBIA/Bujanovac/2016, Detected during an Outbreak in the Balkan Area

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 31;5(35):e00882-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00882-17.

Authors

Ivan Toplak¹, Tamaš Petrović², Dejan Vidanović³, Sava Lazić², Milanko Šekler³, Marija Manić⁴, Miloš Petrović⁴, Urška Kuhar⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia ivan.toplak@vf.uni-lj.si.
² Virology Department, Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia.
³ Department for Laboratory Diagnostics, Veterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Kraljevo, Serbia.
⁴ Veterinary Specialized Institute Niš, Niš, Serbia.
⁵ Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abstract

The lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) isolate SERBIA/Bujanovac/2016 consists of 150,661 nucleotides and has a 99.95% nucleotide identity with the Neethling Warmbaths LW strain isolated in South Africa in 1999. This is the first complete LSDV genome determined in Serbia and also in the Balkan area.