Complete Genome Sequences of Five Human Coronavirus NL63 Strains Causing Respiratory Illness in Hospitalized Children in China

Lu Zhang; Mian Gan; Zhaoyong Zhang; Xin Li; Wenkuan Liu; Airu Zhu; Jing Sun; Fang Li; Yanqun Wang; Fuchun Zhang; Jingxian Zhao; Rong Zhou; Jincun Zhao

doi:10.1128/MRA.01597-19

Complete Genome Sequences of Five Human Coronavirus NL63 Strains Causing Respiratory Illness in Hospitalized Children in China

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Feb 20;9(8):e01597-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01597-19.

Authors

Lu Zhang¹, Mian Gan², Zhaoyong Zhang², Xin Li², Wenkuan Liu², Airu Zhu², Jing Sun², Fang Li², Yanqun Wang², Fuchun Zhang¹, Jingxian Zhao², Rong Zhou³, Jincun Zhao^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Infectious Disease, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China zhourong@vip.163.com zhaojincun@gird.cn.
⁴ Institute of Infectious Disease, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China zhourong@vip.163.com zhaojincun@gird.cn.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequences of five human coronavirus NL63 (HCoV-NL63) strains obtained using next-generation sequencing. The five HCoV-NL63 strains were obtained from hospitalized children with severe acute respiratory infection detected in Guangdong, China. This study provides several complete genomes of HCoV-NL63 and improves our understanding of HCoV-NL63 evolution in China.