Whole-Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG-1 (Russia)

R Ludannyy; M Alvarez Figueroa; D Levi; M Markelov; V Dedkov; N Aleksandrova; G Shipulin

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01320-15

Whole-Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG-1 (Russia)

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 12;3(6):e01320-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01320-15.

Authors

R Ludannyy¹, M Alvarez Figueroa², D Levi³, M Markelov², V Dedkov², N Aleksandrova³, G Shipulin²

Affiliations

¹ Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow, Russia ruslan_ludanny@hotmail.com.
² Central Research Institute for Epidemiology of Federal Service on Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Well-Being Surveillance, Moscow, Russia.
³ Center for Expertise and Control of Immunobiological Preparation (CEC) of Scientific Center for Expertise of Medical Application Products, Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

BCG vaccine (Mycobacterium bovis BCG-1 [Russia]) is the most important component of tuberculosis prophylaxis in Russia. This study represents the complete genome sequence and genetic characteristics of M. bovis BCG-1 (Russia), which has been used to manufacture BCG vaccine in Russia and in some other countries.