Identification and Whole-Genome Sequencing of Four Enterovirus D68 Strains in Southern China in Late 2015

Long Chen; Lei Shi; Hong Yang; Da-Yong Gu; Jun Meng; Yun-Qing Xu; Xiang-Jie Yao; Hai-Long Zhang; Jin-Quan Cheng; Han-Wu Ma; Ren-Li Zhang; Ya-Qing He

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01014-16

Identification and Whole-Genome Sequencing of Four Enterovirus D68 Strains in Southern China in Late 2015

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 22;4(5):e01014-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01014-16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory and Shenzhen Public Service Platform of Pathogenic Microorganisms Repository, Department of Microbiology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
² Shenzhen International Travel Healthcare Center, Shenzhen, China.
³ Major Infectious Disease Control Key Laboratory and Shenzhen Public Service Platform of Pathogenic Microorganisms Repository, Department of Microbiology, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China heyaqing1019@126.com renlizhangszcdc@aliyun.com.

Abstract

Four enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) strains from four children with influenza-like illness were identified in Shenzhen, southern China, in late 2015. Here, we announce the availability of these viral genomes in GenBank. The genomic sequences of these EV-D68 strains showed the closest phylogenetic relationship to strains from northern China.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency.