Complete Genome Sequence of a New Ebola Virus Strain Isolated during the 2017 Likati Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tony Wawina-Bokalanga; Bert Vanmechelen; Joan Martí-Carreras; Valentijn Vergote; Kurt Vermeire; Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum; Steve Ahuka-Mundeke; Piet Maes

doi:10.1128/MRA.00360-19

Complete Genome Sequence of a New Ebola Virus Strain Isolated during the 2017 Likati Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 May 16;8(20):e00360-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00360-19.

Authors

Tony Wawina-Bokalanga¹, Bert Vanmechelen¹, Joan Martí-Carreras¹, Valentijn Vergote¹, Kurt Vermeire², Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum³, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke³, Piet Maes⁴

Affiliations

¹ KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology Division, Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium.
² KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴ KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Clinical and Epidemiological Virology Division, Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium piet.maes@kuleuven.be.

Abstract

Genomic sequencing for early identification of Ebola virus remains a big challenge in low-income countries. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of an Ebola virus strain obtained during the 2017 Likati outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) MinION sequencer.

Grants and funding

Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom