Near-Complete Genome Sequence of Ndumu Virus from Garissa, Kenya, 1997

Naazneen Moolla; Natalie Viljoen; Venessa Patharoo; Antoinette Grobbelaar; Arshad Ismail; Jacqueline Weyer

doi:10.1128/MRA.00551-21

Near-Complete Genome Sequence of Ndumu Virus from Garissa, Kenya, 1997

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Aug 26;10(34):e0055121. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00551-21. Epub 2021 Aug 26.

Authors

Naazneen Moolla^{1

2}, Natalie Viljoen^{1

3}, Venessa Patharoo¹, Antoinette Grobbelaar¹, Arshad Ismail⁴, Jacqueline Weyer^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
² Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa.
³ Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
⁴ Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

We report a nearly complete genome sequence of Ndumu virus (NDUV) identified using a metagenomics approach. The sequence was derived from a viral isolate obtained from a bovine calf following a diagnostic investigation of the 1997 to 1998 Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak in the Garissa District of northeastern Kenya.

Grants and funding

National Institute for Communicable Diseases