Complete Genome Sequence of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus from Georgia, 2016

Paulina Z Rajko-Nenow; Tabitha G Cunliffe; John T Flannery; Honorata M Ropiak; Lasha Avaliani; Marina Donduashvili; Michael D Baron; Carrie A Batten

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01091-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus from Georgia, 2016

Genome Announc. 2017 Oct 12;5(41):e01091-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01091-17.

Authors

Paulina Z Rajko-Nenow¹, Tabitha G Cunliffe², John T Flannery², Honorata M Ropiak², Lasha Avaliani³, Marina Donduashvili⁴, Michael D Baron², Carrie A Batten²

Affiliations

¹ The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom paulina.rajko-nenow@pirbright.ac.uk.
² The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom.
³ LEPL National Food Agency of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.
⁴ Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Abstract

We report here the complete genome sequence of a peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) from the first outbreak of the disease in Georgia in January 2016. Genome sequencing was performed using Illumina next-generation sequencing technology in conjunction with Sanger sequencing. This PPRV/Georgia/Tbilisi/2016 genome sequence clustered within lineage IV PPRV viruses.