Genome Sequences of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus SAT1 and SAT2 Strains from Kenya in 2014 to 2016

Rachel M Palinski; Abraham Sangula; Francis Gakuya; Miranda R Bertram; Steven J Pauszek; Ethan J Hartwig; George R Smoliga; Vincent Obanda; George Omondi; Kimberly VanderWaal; Jonathan Arzt

doi:10.1128/MRA.00809-19

Genome Sequences of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus SAT1 and SAT2 Strains from Kenya in 2014 to 2016

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Sep 5;8(36):e00809-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00809-19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Orient Point, New York, USA.
² Kenya Foot-and-Mouth Disease Laboratory, Embakasi, Kenya.
³ Veterinary Services Department, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, PIADC Research Participation Program, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA, Orient Point, New York, USA Jonathan.Arzt@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

Here, we report the near-complete genomes of three Southern African Territories 1 (SAT1) serotype strains and one SAT2 serotype strain of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) recently isolated from Kenya. Viral isolates were obtained from bovine epithelial tissues collected in 2014 and 2016 following outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). These near-complete genome sequences provide a critical update of Kenyan FMDV molecular epidemiology.