Genome Sequence of Chiqui Virus, a Novel Reovirus Isolated from Mosquitoes Collected in Colombia

María Angélica Contreras-Gutiérrez; Hilda Guzman; Jedson F Cardoso; Vsevolod L Popov; Marcio R T Nunes; Sandra Uribe; Steven G Widen; Thomas G Wood; Nikos Vasilakis; Robert B Tesh

doi:10.1128/MRA.00881-18

Genome Sequence of Chiqui Virus, a Novel Reovirus Isolated from Mosquitoes Collected in Colombia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Sep 27;7(12):e00881-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00881-18. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Authors

María Angélica Contreras-Gutiérrez^{1

2}, Hilda Guzman³, Jedson F Cardoso^{4

5}, Vsevolod L Popov³, Marcio R T Nunes⁴, Sandra Uribe², Steven G Widen⁶, Thomas G Wood⁶, Nikos Vasilakis^{3

7}, Robert B Tesh^{3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia.
² Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
³ Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
⁴ Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil.
⁵ Postgraduate Program in Virology (PPGV), Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
⁷ Center for Tropical Diseases and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

We report here the complete genome sequence of a novel reovirus, designated Chiqui virus (CHQV) strain CoB38d, that was isolated from a pool of unidentified mosquitoes collected in northern Colombia in 2013. CHQV has nine double-stranded DNA (dsRNA) genome segments and has similarity to viruses belonging to the family Reoviridae, subfamily Spinareovirinae.

Grants and funding

R24 AI120942/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States