Near-Complete Genome Sequences of Five Siciniviruses from North America

Iryna V Goraichuk; James F Davis; D Joshua Parris; Henry M Kariithi; Claudio L Afonso; David L Suarez

doi:10.1128/MRA.00364-21

Near-Complete Genome Sequences of Five Siciniviruses from North America

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e00364-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00364-21.

Authors

Iryna V Goraichuk^{1

2}, James F Davis³, D Joshua Parris¹, Henry M Kariithi^{1

4}, Claudio L Afonso¹, David L Suarez⁵

Affiliations

¹ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA.
² National Scientific Center Institute of Experimental and Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
³ Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network, Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Biotechnology Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Loresho, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁵ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA david.suarez@usda.gov.

Abstract

Here, we report near-complete genome sequences of sicinivirus from U.S. poultry flocks in 2003 to 2005 and Mexico in 2019. They show highest nucleotide identity (84.5 to 85.5%) with other members of the Sicinivirus genus. These sequences update knowledge on diversity and contribute to a better understanding of the molecular epidemiology of sicinivirus.