Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Isolated from a Dromedary Camel in Egypt

Ahmed Kandeil; Mahmoud M Shehata; Rabeh El Shesheny; Mokhtar R Gomaa; Mohamed A Ali; Ghazi Kayali

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00309-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Isolated from a Dromedary Camel in Egypt

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 28;4(2):e00309-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00309-16.

Authors

Ahmed Kandeil¹, Mahmoud M Shehata², Rabeh El Shesheny², Mokhtar R Gomaa², Mohamed A Ali², Ghazi Kayali³

Affiliations

¹ Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt kandeil_a@hotmail.com.
² Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA Human Link, Hazmieh, Lebanon.

Abstract

We generated the near-full genome sequence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a collected nasal sample of dromedary camel in Egypt. The newly characterized Egyptian strain has high similarity to the previously characterized Egyptian virus and both of viruses fell into a cluster distinct from other MERS-CoVs.