First Complete Genome Sequences of Human Sapovirus Strains Classified as GI.3, GI.4, GI.6, GI.7, and GII.7

Tomoichiro Oka; Nobuhiro Iritani; Mineyuki Okada; Tomoko Ogawa; Setsuko Iizuka; Chika Tatsumi; Seiya Harada; Kei Haga; Yen Hai Doan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00168-18

First Complete Genome Sequences of Human Sapovirus Strains Classified as GI.3, GI.4, GI.6, GI.7, and GII.7

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 22;6(12):e00168-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00168-18.

Authors

Tomoichiro Oka¹, Nobuhiro Iritani², Mineyuki Okada³, Tomoko Ogawa⁴, Setsuko Iizuka⁵, Chika Tatsumi⁵, Seiya Harada⁶, Kei Haga⁷, Yen Hai Doan⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan [email protected].
² Division of Microbiology, Osaka Institute of Public Health, Osaka, Japan.
³ Chiba Prefecture Toso Meat Inspection Office, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Division of Virology, Chiba Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Chiba, Japan.
⁵ Division of Virology, Shimane Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Shimane, Japan.
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Kumamoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science, Kumamoto, Japan.
⁷ Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We report here the first complete genome sequences of genotype GI.3, GI.4, GI.6, GI.7, and GII.7 sapovirus strains, detected from fecal samples of acute gastroenteritis patients. Complete or nearly complete genome sequences of all 18 genotypes of human sapoviruses are now available for phylogenetic analysis and primer design.