Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Emerging Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Type 2 Isolates Detected in 2020 in the United States

V K O'Donnell; L Xu; K Moran; F Mohamed; T Boston; S J Pauszek; D A Vierra; B Faburay; K A Dodd; R W Barrette

doi:10.1128/MRA.01064-20

Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Emerging Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Type 2 Isolates Detected in 2020 in the United States

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 7;10(1):e01064-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01064-20.

Authors

V K O'Donnell¹, L Xu¹, K Moran¹, F Mohamed¹, T Boston^{1

2}, S J Pauszek¹, D A Vierra^{1

2}, B Faburay¹, K A Dodd¹, R W Barrette³

Affiliations

¹ Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient, New York, USA.
² Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
³ Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Orient, New York, USA roger.w.barrette@usda.gov.

Abstract

Five rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 (RHDV2) coding-complete genome sequences were obtained from the livers of domestic and wild rabbits during the 2020 outbreak in the United States. These represent the first available RHDV2 sequences from the United States.