Near-Full-Length Genome Sequence of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus of Serotype Southern African Territories 2 Isolated from Nigeria in 2014

Ian H Fish; David Vierra; David O Ehizibolo; Rachel Palinski; Miranda R Bertram; Steven J Pauszek; Ethan J Hartwig; George R Smoliga; Jonathan Arzt

doi:10.1128/MRA.00788-19

Near-Full-Length Genome Sequence of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus of Serotype Southern African Territories 2 Isolated from Nigeria in 2014

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Aug 29;8(35):e00788-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00788-19.

Authors

Ian H Fish^{1

2}, David Vierra^{1

3}, David O Ehizibolo⁴, Rachel Palinski¹, Miranda R Bertram^{1

2}, Steven J Pauszek¹, Ethan J Hartwig¹, George R Smoliga¹, Jonathan Arzt⁵

Affiliations

¹ Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, ARS-USDA, Orient Point, New York, USA.
² Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, PIADC Research Participation Program, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
³ Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
⁴ Virology Division, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
⁵ Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, ARS-USDA, Orient Point, New York, USA jonathan.arzt@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

We report a near-full-length genome sequence of a foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) of serotype Southern African Territories 2 (SAT 2), topotype VII, isolated from cattle during an FMDV outbreak in Bauchi State, Nigeria, in October 2014. This provides the first SAT 2 near-full-length genome sequence from West Africa and contributes to our understanding of viral spread and evolution.