Full-Genome Sequence Analysis of a Reassortant Strain of Bluetongue virus Serotype 16 from Southern India

Lalit Kumar; Kanisht Batra; Deepika Chaudhary; Akhil Kumar Gupta; Anita Dalal; Brindha Kalyanaraman; Ganesan P Irulappan; Vinay Kumar; Sushila Maan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00783-16

Full-Genome Sequence Analysis of a Reassortant Strain of Bluetongue virus Serotype 16 from Southern India

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 18;4(4):e00783-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00783-16.

Authors

Lalit Kumar¹, Kanisht Batra¹, Deepika Chaudhary¹, Akhil Kumar Gupta¹, Anita Dalal¹, Brindha Kalyanaraman², Ganesan P Irulappan², Vinay Kumar¹, Sushila Maan³

Affiliations

¹ College of Veterinary Sciences, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India.
² Centre for Animal Health Studies, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, India.
³ College of Veterinary Sciences, LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, India [email protected].

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of a reassortant field strain (IND2014/01) of Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 16, isolated from sheep from southern India in 2014, was sequenced. The total genome size was 19,186 bp. Sequence comparisons of all genome segments, except segment 5 (Seg-5), showed that IND2014/01 belonged to the major eastern topotype of BTV.

Grants and funding

This work, including the efforts of Sushila Maan, was funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC [UK]) and Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology (DBT [India]) (BT/IN/Indo-UK/FADH/46/SM/2013 and BT/Bio-CARe/04/261/2011-12) (jointly funded project).