Complete Coding Sequence of Usutu Virus Strain Gracula religiosa/U1609393/Belgium/2016 Obtained from the Brain Tissue of an Infected Captive Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa).
The complete and annotated coding sequence and partial noncoding sequence of an Usutu virus genome were sequenced from RNA extracted from a clinical brain tissue sample obtained from a common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), demonstrating close homology with Usutu viruses circulating in Europe.
Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Ukkel, Belgium steven.vanborm@coda-cerva.be.
Steven
S
Van Borm
Avian Virology and Immunology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Ukkel, Belgium.
Bénédicte
B
Lambrecht
Molecular Platform, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Ukkel, Belgium.
Frank
F
Vandenbussche
Avian Virology and Immunology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center, Ukkel, Belgium.
Mieke
M
Steensels