title: Full genome sequence of a peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) from Ghana.
abstract: The full genome of a peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) isolated from a sheep lung sample collected in Ghana, Western Africa, in 2010, has been sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the virus clustered within the lineage II clade while comparison of its full genome with those of other PPRV strains revealed the highest identity (96.6 %) at a nucleotide level with the PPRV strain Nigeria/76/1. This is the first full genome sequence generated for a PPRV lineage II isolated since 1976.
authors.affiliation: Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, W.Dundon@iaea.org.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Dundon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adombi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waqas
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Otsyina
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Silber
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loitsch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diallo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016679:Genome, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D005869:Ghana; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D029021:Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants / Q000821:virology; D018107:Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral