Complete Genome Sequences of Igbo-Ora and Babanki Alphavirus Strains Isolated in the Central African Republic in the 1960s and 1970s

Vianney Tricou (1) , Benjamin Selekon (1) , Ousmane Faye (2) , Antoine Gessain (3) , Mirdad Kazanji (1) , Emmanuel Nakouné (1) , Nicolas Berthet (3, 4)

1 Institut Pasteur de Bangui
2 Institut Pasteur de Dakar
3 EPVO (UMR_3569 / U-Pasteur_3) - Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes / Oncogenic Virus Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
4 ERI - Environnement et Risques infectieux - Environment and Infectious Risks

Vector-borne viruses are becoming increasingly important from a public health standpoint with the emergence or reemergence of viruses and extension of the areas at risk. Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of two alphaviruses, namely, one Igbo-Ora virus and one Babanki virus, that were isolated several decades ago in Africa from human serum.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Microbiologie et Parasitologie; Virologie

Vianney Tricou, Benjamin Selekon, Ousmane Faye, Antoine Gessain, Mirdad Kazanji, et al.. Complete Genome Sequences of Igbo-Ora and Babanki Alphavirus Strains Isolated in the Central African Republic in the 1960s and 1970s. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2019, 8 (41), ⟨10.1128/MRA.00868-19⟩. ⟨pasteur-03516005⟩