@article{3147e05b5d514a96bf2342740ab3b78a,
title = "Genetic characterization of K13965, a strain of Oak Vale virus from Western Australia",
abstract = "K13965, an uncharacterized virus, was isolated in 1993 from Anopheles annulipes mosquitoes collected in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. Here, we report its genomic sequence, identify it as a rhabdovirus, and characterize its phylogenetic relationships. The genome comprises a P' (C) and SH protein similar to the recently characterized Tupaia and Durham viruses, and shows overlap between G and L genes. Comparison of K13965 genome sequence to other rhabdoviruses identified K13965 as a strain of the unclassified Australian Oak Vale rhabdovirus, whose complete genome sequence we also determined. Phylogenetic analysis of N and L sequences indicated genetic relationship to a recently proposed Sandjima virus clade, although the Oak Vale virus sequences form a branch separate from the African members of that group.",
keywords = "Anopheles annulipes, Australia, Culex edwardsi, Molecular characterization, Oak Vale virus, Rhabdovirus, Virus phylogenetics",
author = "Quan, {Phenix Lan} and Williams, {David T.} and Johansen, {Cheryl A.} and Komal Jain and Alexandra Petrosov and Diviney, {Sinead M.} and Alla Tashmukhamedova and Hutchison, {Stephen K.} and Tesh, {Robert B.} and Mackenzie, {John S.} and Thomas Briese and Lipkin, {W. Ian}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors are grateful to Michael D.A. Lindsay (Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia), Annette K. Broom (Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia), and Tony E. Wright (Mosquito Borne Disease Control Branch, Western Australian Department of Health, Claremont, Western Australia) for mosquito collection, staff of the Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory for virus isolation, and Mike Muller and Toby St. George for their help with information regarding Oak Vale virus isolates. We also thank Craig Street for bioinformatic analyses. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health award AI57158 (Northeast Biodefense Center-Lipkin), contract HHSN27220100004OI/HHSN27200004/DO4, the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) Program, PREDICT project, under terms of Cooperative Agreement Number GHN-A-OO-09-00010-00, the United States Department of Defense and The Western Australian Department of Health by funding the Arbovirus Surveillance and Research Program. ",
year = "2011",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.virusres.2011.06.021",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "160",
pages = "206--213",
journal = "Virus Research",
issn = "0168-1702",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "1-2",
}