Complete Coding Sequence of a Lumpy Skin Disease Virus from an Outbreak in Bulgaria in 2016

Elisabeth Mathijs; Frank Vandenbussche; Emiliya Ivanova; Andy Haegeman; Laetitia Aerts; Ilse De Leeuw; Steven Van Borm; Kris De Clercq

doi:10.1128/MRA.00977-20

Complete Coding Sequence of a Lumpy Skin Disease Virus from an Outbreak in Bulgaria in 2016

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Oct 22;9(43):e00977-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00977-20.

Authors

Elisabeth Mathijs¹, Frank Vandenbussche², Emiliya Ivanova³, Andy Haegeman², Laetitia Aerts², Ilse De Leeuw², Steven Van Borm², Kris De Clercq²

Affiliations

¹ Sciensano, EURL Capripox, Unit Exotic Viruses and Particular Diseases, Ukkel, Belgium elisabeth.mathijs@sciensano.be.
² Sciensano, EURL Capripox, Unit Exotic Viruses and Particular Diseases, Ukkel, Belgium.
³ National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Abstract

Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is an emerging cattle disease with serious economic consequences. We report the complete coding sequence of LSD virus 210LSD-249/BUL/16, detected in a blood sample from a diseased cow during an outbreak in Bulgaria (Kabile Village, Yambol Region) in June 2016.