Complete Genome Sequence of Zika Virus Isolated from Semen

Barry Atkinson; Victoria Graham; Rory W Miles; Kuiama Lewandowski; Stuart D Dowall; Steven T Pullan; Roger Hewson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01116-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Zika Virus Isolated from Semen

Genome Announc. 2016 Oct 13;4(5):e01116-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01116-16.

Authors

Barry Atkinson¹, Victoria Graham², Rory W Miles², Kuiama Lewandowski², Stuart D Dowall², Steven T Pullan², Roger Hewson³

Affiliations

¹ National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom barry.atkinson@phe.gov.uk.
² National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
³ National Infection Service, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging pathogenic flavivirus currently circulating in numerous countries in South America, the Caribbean, and the Western Pacific Region. Using an unbiased metagenomic sequencing approach, we report here the first complete genome sequence of ZIKV isolated from a clinical semen sample.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by grant-in-aid funding.