Genome Sequences of Nine Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Isolates from South America

Veronica L Fowler; David J King; Emma L A Howson; Mikidache Madi; Steven J Pauszek; Luis L Rodriguez; Nick J Knowles; Valérie Mioulet; Donald P King

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00249-16

Genome Sequences of Nine Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Isolates from South America

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 14;4(2):e00249-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00249-16.

Authors

Veronica L Fowler¹, David J King², Emma L A Howson², Mikidache Madi², Steven J Pauszek³, Luis L Rodriguez³, Nick J Knowles², Valérie Mioulet², Donald P King²

Affiliations

¹ The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom veronica.fowler@pirbright.ac.uk.
² The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
³ Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient, New York, USA.

Abstract

We report nine full-genome sequences of vesicular stomatitis virus obtained by Illumina next-generation sequencing of RNA, isolated from either cattle epithelial suspensions or cell culture supernatants. Seven of these viral genomes belonged to the New Jersey serotype/species (clade III), while two isolates belonged to the Indiana serotype/species.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under award no. HSHQDC-12-J-00415 through Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Institute for Infectious Diseases (IIAD). The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Additional core funding for sequencing work was provided by an Institute Strategic Programme Grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).