Whole-Genome Sequences of Zika Virus FLR Strains after Passage in Vero or C6/36 Cells.
Lindsey A MoserLauren M OldfieldNadia FedorovaVinita PuriSusmita ShrivastavaPaolo AmedeoRichard IsomLihui HuAlan DurbinIara RocchiTorrey WilliamsGene S TanReed S ShabmanKristen A BernardBrett E PickettPublished in: Genome announcements (2018)
We report 26 complete genomes of Zika virus (ZIKV) isolated after passaging the Zika virus strain FLR in mosquito (C6/36) and mammalian (Vero) cell lines. The consensus ZIKV genomes we recovered show greater than 99% nucleotide identify with each other and with the FLR strain used as input.