Complete Genome Sequence of a Recent Panzootic Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus from Pakistan

Abdul Wajid; Muhammad Wasim; Shafqat F Rehmani; Tasra Bibi; Nazir Ahmed; Claudio L Afonso

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00658-15

Complete Genome Sequence of a Recent Panzootic Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus from Pakistan

Genome Announc. 2015 Jun 18;3(3):e00658-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00658-15.

Authors

Abdul Wajid, Muhammad Wasim¹, Shafqat F Rehmani², Tasra Bibi², Nazir Ahmed³, Claudio L Afonso⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IBBt), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
² Quality Operations Laboratory (QOL), University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
³ Karakoram International University, Gilgit, Pakistan.
⁴ Exotic and Emerging Avian Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA claudio.afonso@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

The genome sequence of a new strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) (chicken/Pak/Quality Operations Lab/SFR-611/13) is reported here. The strain was isolated from a vaccinated chicken flock in Pakistan in 2013 and has panzootic features. The genome is 15,192 nucleotides in length and is classified in subgenotype VIIi of genotype VII, class II.