Complete genome sequences of two middelburg viruses isolated from arthropods in the central african republic

Vianney Tricou; Nicolas Berthet; Stéphane Descorps-Declere; Emmanuel Nakouné; Mirdad Kazanji

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01078-14

Complete genome sequences of two middelburg viruses isolated from arthropods in the central african republic

Genome Announc. 2014 Oct 23;2(5):e01078-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01078-14.

Authors

Vianney Tricou¹, Nicolas Berthet, Stéphane Descorps-Declere², Emmanuel Nakouné³, Mirdad Kazanji³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic vianney.tricou@gmail.com.
² Plateforme de Bioanalyse Génomique, Génopole, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
³ Department of Virology, Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic.

Abstract

Arboviral diseases are a major threat to human and animal health today. Analysis of whole-genome sequences of decades-old arboviral strains may bring new insights into the viral evolution that might have facilitated outbreaks. Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of two Middelburg viruses isolated several decades ago in the Central African Republic.