Vaz P K, Mahony T J, Hartley C A, Motha J, Devlin J M
Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Centre for Animal Science, The University of Queensland, Queensland Biosciences Precinct, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Jan 14;10(2):e01189-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01189-20.
We present the genome sequences of macropodid alphaherpesviruses 2 and 4, two closely related pathogens of macropods. Both encoded 68 nonredundant open reading frames (ORFs) and share 90.6% genome-wide nucleotide identity. These viruses are associated with fatal outbreaks of disease in multiple marsupial species. These sequences will be important for the development of new diagnostic tools.