Complete Genome Sequence of Seoul Virus Strain Tchoupitoulas

Rory W Miles; Kuiama Lewandowski; Barry Atkinson; Steven T Pullan; Graham Lloyd; Daniel Bailey

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00480-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Seoul Virus Strain Tchoupitoulas

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 9;4(3):e00480-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00480-16.

Authors

Rory W Miles¹, Kuiama Lewandowski², Barry Atkinson², Steven T Pullan², Graham Lloyd², Daniel Bailey²

Affiliations

¹ National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom rory.miles@phe.gov.uk.
² National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Seoul virus (genus Hantavirus; family Bunyaviridae) is an emerging pathogen associated with cases of acute kidney injury in several countries across the globe. We report here the whole-genome sequence of the Tchoupitoulas strain of Seoul virus isolated in New Orleans, LA.

Grants and funding

This report contains work supported by PHE Grant-in-Aid. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department of Health.