Genome Sequence of Bellavista Virus, a Novel Orthobunyavirus Isolated from a Pool of Mosquitoes Captured near Iquitos, Peru

Jun Hang; Yu Yang; Robert A Kuschner; Julio Evangelista; Helvio Astete; Eric S Halsey; Tadeusz J Kochel; Brett M Forshey

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01262-16

Genome Sequence of Bellavista Virus, a Novel Orthobunyavirus Isolated from a Pool of Mosquitoes Captured near Iquitos, Peru

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 10;4(6):e01262-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01262-16.

Authors

Jun Hang¹, Yu Yang², Robert A Kuschner², Julio Evangelista³, Helvio Astete³, Eric S Halsey³, Tadeusz J Kochel³, Brett M Forshey⁴

Affiliations

¹ Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA jun.hang.civ@mail.mil brett.m.forshey.ctr@mail.mil.
² Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
³ U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru.
⁴ U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru jun.hang.civ@mail.mil brett.m.forshey.ctr@mail.mil.

Abstract

A novel orthobunyavirus, Bellavista virus, was isolated from Culex (Melanoconion) portesi mosquitoes in the Bellavista neighborhood of Iquitos, Peru, in 2009. The assembled segment L, M, and S sequences of strain PRD0552 are 6,950, 4,469, and 1,256 bases in length, respectively, comprising complete protein-coding sequences and partial terminal untranslated sequences.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System.