Identification and Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of a Genotype XIV Newcastle Disease Virus from Nigeria

Ismaila Shittu; Poonam Sharma; Jeremy D Volkening; Ponman Solomon; Lanre K Sulaiman; Tony M Joannis; Dawn Williams-Coplin; Patti J Miller; Kiril M Dimitrov; Claudio L Afonso

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01581-15

Identification and Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of a Genotype XIV Newcastle Disease Virus from Nigeria

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 28;4(1):e01581-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01581-15.

Affiliations

¹ Regional Laboratory for Animal Influenza and Transboundary Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
² Exotic and Emerging Avian Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA.
³ BASE2BIO, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
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 first complete genome sequence of a strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) from genotype XIV is reported here. Strain duck/Nigeria/NG-695/KG.LOM.11-16/2009 was isolated from an apparently healthy domestic duck from a live bird market in Kogi State, Nigeria, in 2009. This strain is classified as a member of subgenotype XIVb of class II.