Complete Genome Sequencing of Two Equine Influenza A(H3N8) Virus Strains Isolated in Kazakhstan

Yerbol Burashev; Vitaliy Strochkov; Kulyaisan Sultankulova; Mukhit Orynbayev; Abylay Sansyzbay; Nurlan Sandybayev; Sergazy Nurabayev; Irina Savitskaya; Daniel L Rock; Edan R Tulman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00574-18

Complete Genome Sequencing of Two Equine Influenza A(H3N8) Virus Strains Isolated in Kazakhstan

Genome Announc. 2018 Jun 28;6(26):e00574-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00574-18.

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems (RIBSP), Gvardeyskiy, Kazakhstan.
² Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
³ Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA edan.tulman@uconn.edu.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequencing of strains A/equine/Kostanay/9/2012(H3N8) and A/equine/LKZ/9/2012(H3N8) of the equine influenza virus belonging to Florida sublineage, clade 2. The strains were isolated in 2012 in the northern and southern regions of Kazakhstan, respectively.