Genome Sequences of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus O/ME-SA/Ind-2001e Strains Isolated in Pakistan

Hayley M Hicks; Jemma Wadsworth; Mehreen Azhar; Muhammad Afzal; Shumaila Manzoor; Muhammad Abubakar; Ehtisham-Ul-Haq Khan; Donald P King; Nick J Knowles

doi:10.1128/MRA.00165-20

Genome Sequences of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus O/ME-SA/Ind-2001e Strains Isolated in Pakistan

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Apr 30;9(18):e00165-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00165-20.

Authors

Hayley M Hicks¹, Jemma Wadsworth¹, Mehreen Azhar¹, Muhammad Afzal², Shumaila Manzoor², Muhammad Abubakar³, Ehtisham-Ul-Haq Khan⁴, Donald P King¹, Nick J Knowles⁵

Affiliations

¹ The Pirbright Institute, Surrey, United Kingdom.
² Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Pakistan Office, Islamabad, Pakistan.
³ National Veterinary Laboratories, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Government of Punjab, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
⁵ The Pirbright Institute, Surrey, United Kingdom nick.knowles@pirbright.ac.uk.

Abstract

The genome sequences of two foot-and-mouth disease type O viruses isolated from outbreaks of disease in cattle in Pakistan in 2019 are described. They were identified as belonging to serotype O, Middle East-South Asia topotype, Ind-2001 lineage, and e sublineage and represent the first identification of this lineage in Pakistan.