Genome Sequences of Human Coronavirus OC43 and NL63, Associated with Respiratory Infections in Kilifi, Kenya

Everlyn Kamau; Martha M Luka; Zaydah R de Laurent; Irene Adema; Charles N Agoti; D James Nokes

doi:10.1128/MRA.00730-19

Genome Sequences of Human Coronavirus OC43 and NL63, Associated with Respiratory Infections in Kilifi, Kenya

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 14;8(46):e00730-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00730-19.

Authors

Everlyn Kamau¹, Martha M Luka^{2

3}, Zaydah R de Laurent², Irene Adema², Charles N Agoti², D James Nokes^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya [email protected].
² KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
³ Department of Public Health, Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya.
⁴ School of Life Sciences and Zeeman Institute SBIDER, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Coding-complete genomes of two human coronavirus OC43 strains and one NL63 strain were obtained by metagenomic sequencing of clinical samples collected in 2017 and 2018 in Kilifi, Kenya. Maximum likelihood phylogenies showed that the OC43 strains were genetically dissimilar and that the NL63 strain was closely related to NL63 genotype B viruses.

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