Complete Genome Sequence of a Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Strain Isolated from a Clinically Healthy Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) in Pakistan

Abdul Wajid; Shafqat F Rehmani; Muhammad Wasim; Asma Basharat; Tasra Bibi; Saima Arif; Kiril M Dimitrov; Claudio L Afonso

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00730-16

Complete Genome Sequence of a Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Strain Isolated from a Clinically Healthy Duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) in Pakistan

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 28;4(4):e00730-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00730-16.

Authors

Abdul Wajid¹, Shafqat F Rehmani², Muhammad Wasim³, Asma Basharat², Tasra Bibi², Saima Arif², Kiril M Dimitrov⁴, Claudio L Afonso⁵

Affiliations

¹ Quality Operations Laboratory, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
² Quality Operations Laboratory, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
³ Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
⁴ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA claudio.afonso@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a virulent Newcastle disease virus (vNDV) strain, duck/Pakistan/Lahore/AW-123/2015, isolated from apparently healthy laying ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) from the province of Punjab, Pakistan. The virus has a genome length of 15,192 nucleotides and is classified as member of subgenotype VIIi, class II.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of State (USDA/ARS/BEP/CRDF) grant NDV 31063 31063.