Complete genome of a 2014 isolate of peste des petits ruminants virus from Ethiopia

Simon King; Michael D Baron; Menbere Kidane; Fasil Aklilu; Vivek Kapur; Catherine M Herzog; Carrie Batten

doi:10.1128/MRA.00242-23

Complete genome of a 2014 isolate of peste des petits ruminants virus from Ethiopia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Sep 19;12(9):e0024223. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00242-23. Epub 2023 Jul 18.

Authors

Simon King¹, Michael D Baron¹, Menbere Kidane², Fasil Aklilu², Vivek Kapur³, Catherine M Herzog³, Carrie Batten¹

Affiliations

¹ The Pirbright Institute , Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
² Animal Health Institute , Sebeta, Ethiopia.
³ Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University , University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

This report describes the complete genome sequence of a peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) isolate from Ethiopia in 2014. The strain (PPRV/Ethiopia/Habru/2014), which showed a normal virulence and relatively low morbidity in the field, belongs to the North African subclade of Lineage IV.

Keywords: Ethiopia; full-genome sequencing; peste des petits ruminants virus; phylogenetics.

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