Complete genome sequences of nine double recombinant vaccine-derived novel oral poliovirus type 2 genomes from Nigeria 2023-2024

Christina J Castro; Bamidele Soji Oderinde; Katherine D Poston; Kabir Yusuf Mawashi; Kelley Bullard; Monilade Akinola; Caeden Meade; Hongmei Liu; Fang Hu; James E Bullows; Zachary Gonzalez; Hong Pang; Sarah Sarris; Chadi Agha; Naomi Dybdahl-Sissoko; Daniel B Perry; Larin McDuffie; Elizabeth Henderson; Cara C Burns; Jaume Jorba; Marycelin Baba

doi:10.1128/mra.00881-24

Complete genome sequences of nine double recombinant vaccine-derived novel oral poliovirus type 2 genomes from Nigeria 2023-2024

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Oct 29:e0088124. doi: 10.1128/mra.00881-24. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Christina J Castro^{1

2}, Bamidele Soji Oderinde³, Katherine D Poston^{1

2}, Kabir Yusuf Mawashi³, Kelley Bullard², Monilade Akinola³, Caeden Meade^{1

2}, Hongmei Liu², Fang Hu², James E Bullows^{1

2}, Zachary Gonzalez^{1

2}, Hong Pang², Sarah Sarris^{1

2}, Chadi Agha^{1

2}, Naomi Dybdahl-Sissoko², Daniel B Perry^{1

2}, Larin McDuffie², Elizabeth Henderson², Cara C Burns², Jaume Jorba², Marycelin Baba³

Affiliations

¹ Tanaq Management Services, LLC, contracting company for the Polio and Picornavirus Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Polio and Picornavirus Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ World Health Organization National Polio Laboratory, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

PMID: 39470242
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00881-24

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequences of nine double recombinant vaccine-derived novel oral poliovirus type 2 genomes from acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases (n = 3), AFP case contacts (n = 4), and environmental surveillance sampling (n = 2) in Nigeria.

Keywords: nOPV2; next generation sequencing; poliovirus.