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Complete nucleotide sequences of the small and medium RNA genome segments of Kairi virus (family Bunyaviridae)

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We determined the complete nucleotide sequences of the small (S) and medium (M) RNA genome segments of a Kairi virus (KRIV) isolate from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The S segment consists of 992 nucleotides, and the M segment consists of 4,619 nucleotides. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted on each genomic segment, and these data are discussed. A 526 nucleotide region of the large (L) segment was also sequenced. This is the first study to present sequence and phylogenetic data for a KRIV isolate from Latin America.

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This study was supported by grant 5R21AI067281-02 from the National Institutes of Health.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Victor Soto & Bradley J. Blitvich

  2. Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

    Karin S. Dorman

  3. Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

    W. Allen Miller

  4. Laboratorio de Arbovirologia, The Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

    Jose A. Farfan-Ale, Maria A. Loroño-Pino & Julian E. Garcia-Rejon

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Soto, V., Dorman, K.S., Miller, W.A. et al. Complete nucleotide sequences of the small and medium RNA genome segments of Kairi virus (family Bunyaviridae). Arch Virol 154, 1555–1558 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-009-0465-y

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