Genome Sequences of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus SAT1 Strains Purified from Coinfected Cape Buffalo in Kenya

Rachel M Palinski; Abraham Sangula; Francis Gakuya; Miranda R Bertram; Steven J Pauszek; Ethan J Hartwig; George R Smoliga; Vincent Obanda; George P Omondi; Kimberly VanderWaal; Jonathan Arzt

doi:10.1128/mra.00584-22

Genome Sequences of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus SAT1 Strains Purified from Coinfected Cape Buffalo in Kenya

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Oct 20;11(10):e0058422. doi: 10.1128/mra.00584-22. Epub 2022 Sep 12.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Foreign Animal Disease Research Unit, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Orient Point, New York, USA.
² Kenya Foot-and-Mouth Disease Laboratory, Embakasi, Kenya.
³ Veterinary Science and Laboratories Department, Wildlife Research and Training Institute, Naivasha, Kenya.
⁴ Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, Orient, New York, USA.
⁵ Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
⁶ Ahadi Veterinary Resource Center, Nairobi, Kenya.

Abstract

Nearly complete genomes of 49 novel foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) SAT1 strains acquired from oropharyngeal fluid samples from asymptomatic African Cape buffalo in Kenya in 2016 were determined. Sequences were from primary passage or plaque-purified dually SAT1/SAT2-infected samples. These sequences are important for elucidation of the molecular epidemiology of persistent and subclinical FMDV infections.

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