Genome sequences of three African swine fever viruses of genotypes I, III, and XXII from South Africa and Zambia, isolated from ornithodoros soft ticks

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Ndlovu, S.
Williamson, A.-L.
Malesa, R.
Van Heerden, J.
Boshoff, Carin I.
Bastos, Armanda D.S.
Heath, L.
Carulei, O.

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American Society for Microbiology

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Here, we report the draft genome sequences of three African swine fever viruses isolated from Ornithodoros soft ticks. Isolates LIV 5/40 (Zambia), SPEC 57 (South Africa), and RSA/2/2008 (South Africa) belong to genotypes I, III, and XXII, respectively.

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Draft genome sequences, Ornithodoros soft ticks, African swine fever (ASF), South Africa (SA), Zambia

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Ndlovu S, Williamson A-L, Malesa R, van Heerden J, Boshoff CI, Bastos ADS, Heath L, Carulei O. 2020. Genome sequences of three African swine fever viruses of genotypes I, III, and XXII from South Africa and Zambia, isolated from Ornithodoros soft ticks. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e01376-19. https://DOI.org/10.1128/MRA.01376-19.