Complete Genome Sequences of Three Related Avian Avulavirus 1 Isolates from Poultry Farmers in Pakistan

M Zubair Shabbir; Ruth Helmus Nissly; Abdul Ahad; Masood Rabbani; Shubhada K Chothe; Aswathy Sebastian; Istvan Albert; Bhushan M Jayarao; Suresh V Kuchipudi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00361-18

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Related Avian Avulavirus 1 Isolates from Poultry Farmers in Pakistan

Genome Announc. 2018 May 3;6(18):e00361-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00361-18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
² Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
⁴ Bioinformatics Consulting Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁵ Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA skuchipudi@psu.edu.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Avian avulavirus 1 infects multiple avian hosts, and rare reports of human infection have been noted throughout the last century. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of three isolates of avulavirus 1 collected from poultry farmers in Pakistan exhibiting mild respiratory signs.