First full genome sequence of a human enterovirus a120, isolated in madagascar

Richter Razafindratsimandresy; Marie-Line Joffret; Francis Delpeyroux; Jean-Michel Heraud

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00568-14

First full genome sequence of a human enterovirus a120, isolated in madagascar

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 19;2(3):e00568-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00568-14.

Authors

Richter Razafindratsimandresy¹, Marie-Line Joffret, Francis Delpeyroux, Jean-Michel Heraud²

Affiliations

¹ Unité de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar richter@pasteur.mg.
² Unité de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Abstract

We report the first complete genome sequence of an enterovirus isolate belonging to the human enterovirus A species of the Picornaviridae family and to type A120 (EV-A120). The EV-A120 isolate MAD-2741-11 was obtained from the stool of a healthy child living on Madagascar Island. The isolate genome was amplified by a reverse transcription-PCR method, and the consensus sequence was determined.