Complete Genome Sequences of Avian Metapneumovirus Subtype B Vaccine Strains from Brazil

Henry M Kariithi; Jeremy D Volkening; Victória Veiga Alves; João Luís Reis-Cunha; Letícia Cury Rocha Veloso Arantes; Filipe Santos Fernando; Tobias Fernandes Filho; Nelson Rodrigo da Silva Martins; Stephane Lemiere; Oliveiro Caetano de Freitas Neto; Eduardo L Decanini; Claudio L Afonso; David L Suarez

doi:10.1128/mra.00235-23

Complete Genome Sequences of Avian Metapneumovirus Subtype B Vaccine Strains from Brazil

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Jun 20;12(6):e0023523. doi: 10.1128/mra.00235-23. Epub 2023 May 10.

Authors

Henry M Kariithi^{1

2}, Jeremy D Volkening³, Victória Veiga Alves⁴, João Luís Reis-Cunha⁵, Letícia Cury Rocha Veloso Arantes⁴, Filipe Santos Fernando⁶, Tobias Fernandes Filho^{4

6}, Nelson Rodrigo da Silva Martins⁴, Stephane Lemiere⁷, Oliveiro Caetano de Freitas Neto⁴, Eduardo L Decanini⁸, Claudio L Afonso³, David L Suarez¹

Affiliations

¹ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, USDA-ARS, Athens, Georgia, USA.
² Biotechnology Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Nairobi, Kenya.
³ BASE2BIO, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
⁴ Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Biology, University of York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
⁶ Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁷ Boehringer Ingelheim-Gerland, Lyon, France.
⁸ Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health IMETA, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Abstract

Avian metapneumovirus (aMPV) causes a highly contagious upper respiratory and reproductive disease in chickens, turkeys, and ducks. Here, complete genome sequences of aMPV-B vaccine strains BR/1890/E1/19 (PL21, Nemovac; Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Brazil) and BR/1891/E2/19 (1062; Hipraviar, France) were sequenced and compared with the pathogenic field strain VCO3/60616.