Loots, Angelika KatrinDu Plessis, MorneDalton, Desire LeeMitchell, Emily P.Venter, Estelle Hildegard2018-07-192018-07-192017-07-06Loots AK, Du Plessis M, Dalton DL, Mitchell E, Venter EH. 2017. Genome sequences of three vaccine strains and two wild-type canine distemper virus strains from a recent disease outbreak in South Africa. Genome Announc 5:e00603-17. https://DOI .org/10.1128/genomeA.00603-17.2169-8287 (online)10.1128/genomeA.00603-17http://hdl.handle.net/2263/65784Canine distemper virus causes global multihost infectious disease. This report details complete genome sequences of three vaccine and two new wild-type strains. The wild-type strains belong to the South African lineage, and all three vaccine strains to the America 1 lineage. This constitutes the first genomic sequences of this virus from South Africa.en© 2018 Loots et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.Infectious diseaseGenome sequenceVaccine strainsDisease outbreakSouth Africa (SA)Wild-type strainCanine distemper virus (CDV)Article