Deep sequencing reveals a divergent Ugandan cassava brown streak virus isolate from Malawi
  • By CHONA.MAHUSHI
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Publication Year : 2017

Author(s) : W., Winter S, Mukasa S, Tairo F, Sseruwagi P, Ndunguru J, Duffy S

Illumina sequencing of RNA from a cassava cutting from northern Malawi produced a genome of Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV-MW-NB7_2013). Sequence comparisons revealed stronger similarity to an isolate from nearby Tanzania (93.4% pairwise nucleotide identity) than to those previously reported from Malawi (86.9 to 87.0%).