Complete Coding Sequences of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Strains Isolated from Cutaneous Lesions in Namibian Cattle during 2016 Outbreaks

Elisabetta Di Felice; Chiara Pinoni; Siegfried Khaiseb; Cesare Camma; Andrea Capobianco Dondona; Andrea Polci; Umberto Molini; Federica Monaco

doi:10.1128/MRA.00124-20

Complete Coding Sequences of Lumpy Skin Disease Virus Strains Isolated from Cutaneous Lesions in Namibian Cattle during 2016 Outbreaks

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jul 9;9(28):e00124-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00124-20.

Authors

Elisabetta Di Felice¹, Chiara Pinoni², Siegfried Khaiseb³, Cesare Camma², Andrea Capobianco Dondona², Andrea Polci², Umberto Molini⁴, Federica Monaco²

Affiliations

¹ Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Teramo, Italy e.difelice@izs.it.
² Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, Teramo, Italy.
³ Central Veterinary Laboratory, Windhoek, Namibia.
⁴ Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

Abstract

Between September and October 2016, an outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) was monitored in the Okakarara veterinary district of Namibia. The complete coding sequences were obtained for LSD virus isolates from skin nodules from two symptomatic animals.