Genomic Sequences of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Viruses Isolated from Florida White-Tailed Deer

Kuttichantran Subramaniam; John A Lednicky; Julia Loeb; Katherine A Sayler; Samantha M Wisely; Thomas B Waltzek

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01174-17

Genomic Sequences of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Viruses Isolated from Florida White-Tailed Deer

Genome Announc. 2017 Oct 26;5(43):e01174-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01174-17.

Authors

Kuttichantran Subramaniam¹, John A Lednicky^{2

3}, Julia Loeb², Katherine A Sayler⁴, Samantha M Wisely⁴, Thomas B Waltzek⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA tbwaltzek@ufl.edu.

Abstract

Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) serotypes 1 and 2 were isolated from Florida white-tailed deer in 2015 and 2016, respectively, and their genomes were completely sequenced. To our knowledge, these are the first full genome sequences for EHDV-1 and -2 from Florida.