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. 2022 Nov;167(11):2377-2380.
doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05543-2. Epub 2022 Aug 3.

Complete genome sequence of virulent genotype I African swine fever virus strain K49 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, isolated from a domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Andrey Koltsov  1 , Edan R Tulman  2 , Sanzhi Namsrayn  1 , Gerald F Kutish  2 , Galina Koltsova  3
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Complete genome sequence of virulent genotype I African swine fever virus strain K49 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, isolated from a domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Andrey Koltsov et al. Arch Virol. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

African swine fever is one of the most feared infectious diseases in the pig industry. African swine fever virus (ASFV) is an enveloped, cytoplasmic double-stranded DNA virus and the only member of the family Asfarviridae. Although ASFV is known to have been circulating on the African continent since at least 1921, little is known about the genetic characteristics of historical ASFV strains isolated in sub-Saharan Africa. The few complete ASFV genome sequences obtained from African historical isolates have demonstrated genetic diversity, but the available data are limited and insufficient for fully understanding the molecular evolution and continental spread of ASFV. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the virulent ASFV strain K49, collected during an outbreak in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1949. The complete genome sequence of ASFV strain K49 was determined using an Illumina HiSeq platform and is 189,523 bp in length with a mean GC content of 38.43%, with 189 genes annotated. This is the first reported complete genome sequence of an ASFV serogroup 2 isolate. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated genetic divergence within genotype I, and strain K49 formed a separate branch from other ASFV genotype I isolates.

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