Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from the First Imported MERS-CoV Case in China

Roujian Lu; Yanqun Wang; Wenling Wang; Kai Nie; Yanjie Zhao; Juan Su; Yao Deng; Weimin Zhou; Yang Li; Huijuan Wang; Wen Wang; Changwen Ke; Xuejun Ma; Guizhen Wu; Wenjie Tan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00818-15

Complete Genome Sequence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from the First Imported MERS-CoV Case in China

Genome Announc. 2015 Aug 13;3(4):e00818-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00818-15.

Authors

Roujian Lu¹, Yanqun Wang¹, Wenling Wang¹, Kai Nie¹, Yanjie Zhao¹, Juan Su², Yao Deng¹, Weimin Zhou¹, Yang Li¹, Huijuan Wang¹, Wen Wang¹, Changwen Ke², Xuejun Ma¹, Guizhen Wu¹, Wenjie Tan³

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Ministry of Health, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
² Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Medical Virology, Ministry of Health, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China tanwj28@163.com.

Abstract

On 26 May 2015, an imported Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified in Guangdong Province, China, and found to be closely related to the MERS-CoV strain prevalent in South Korea. The full genome of the ChinaGD01 strain was sequenced and analyzed to investigate the epidemiology and evolution of MERS-CoV circulating in South Korea and China.