Complete Genome Sequence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Strain Lunyo

Sarah Lumley; Daniel L Horton; Denise A Marston; Nicholas Johnson; Richard J Ellis; Anthony R Fooks; Roger Hewson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00170-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Rift Valley Fever Virus Strain Lunyo

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 14;4(2):e00170-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00170-16.

Authors

Sarah Lumley¹, Daniel L Horton², Denise A Marston³, Nicholas Johnson³, Richard J Ellis⁴, Anthony R Fooks⁵, Roger Hewson⁶

Affiliations

¹ Virology and Pathogenesis Group, Microbiology Services Division, Public Health England, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Department of Pathology and Infectious Disease, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom [email protected].
² Department of Pathology and Infectious Disease, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
³ Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom.
⁴ Specialist Scientific Support Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom.
⁵ Wildlife Zoonoses and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Group, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
⁶ Virology and Pathogenesis Group, Microbiology Services Division, Public Health England, Wiltshire, United Kingdom National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Using next-generation sequencing technologies, the first complete genome sequence of Rift Valley fever virus strain Lunyo is reported here. Originally reported as an attenuated antigenic variant strain from Uganda, genomic sequence analysis shows that Lunyo clusters together with other Ugandan isolates.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Public Health England (PHE), the University of Surrey, and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) internal Ph.D. grant (project SC1402). Next-generation sequencing was partially funded from the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme under ANTIGONE (project 278976).