Complete genome sequence of classical Swine Fever virus genotype 2.2 strain bergen

Ulrik Fahnøe; Louise Lohse; Paul Becher; Thomas Bruun Rasmussen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00483-14

Complete genome sequence of classical Swine Fever virus genotype 2.2 strain bergen

Genome Announc. 2014 May 29;2(3):e00483-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00483-14.

Authors

Ulrik Fahnøe¹, Louise Lohse¹, Paul Becher², Thomas Bruun Rasmussen³

Affiliations

¹ DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark.
² EU and OIE Reference Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever (EURL), Institute of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany.
³ DTU National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lindholm, Kalvehave, Denmark tbrur@vet.dtu.dk.

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of the genotype 2.2 classical swine fever virus strain Bergen has been determined; this strain was originally isolated from persistently infected domestic pigs in the Netherlands and is characterized to be of low virulence.