Identification and Whole-Genome Sequencing of a Monkeypox Virus Strain Isolated in Israel.

ABSTRACT: We report the whole-genome sequence of a monkeypox virus strain isolated in Israel. The strain was isolated in 2018 from a patient travelling back from West Africa. The virus was fully sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq and Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION platforms.

SUBMITTER: Cohen-Gihon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7171222 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature