Genome sequencing and analysis of the raccoon variant rabies lyssaviruses directly from clinical samples, Connecticut, 2017-2019

Front Vet Sci. 2022 Sep 23:9:1001204. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1001204. eCollection 2022.

David H Chung¹, Zeinab Helal^{1

2}, Julia Desiato¹, Holly McGinnis^{1

2}, Maureen Sims^{1

2}, Amelia Hunt^{1

2}, Junwon Kim¹, Guillermo R Risatti^{1

2}, Dong-Hun Lee³

¹ Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
² Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States.
³ College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea.

No abstract available

Keywords: genome assembly; multiplex RT-PCR; next-generation sequencing; phylogenetics; rabies.