Complete Genome Sequences of Human Astrovirus Prototype Strains (Types 1 to 8)

Christina J Castro; Emily Reynolds; Stephan S Monroe; Rachel L Marine; Jan Vinjé

doi:10.1128/MRA.01611-18

Complete Genome Sequences of Human Astrovirus Prototype Strains (Types 1 to 8)

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Feb 14;8(7):e01611-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01611-18. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Authors

Christina J Castro^{1

2}, Emily Reynolds^{1

2}, Stephan S Monroe³, Rachel L Marine², Jan Vinjé²

Affiliations

¹ Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
² Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Office of Laboratory Science and Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequences of the eight human astrovirus Oxford prototype strains. These sequences share 94.9% to 99.9% nucleotide identity with open reading frame 2 (ORF2) genes of astrovirus genomes previously deposited in GenBank and include the first complete genome of human astrovirus type 7.