Near-Complete Genome Sequence of a Potential Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A Vaccine Strain Isolated from Bangladesh

Abstract

The near-complete genome sequence of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotype A potential vaccine strain BAN/CH/Sa-304/2016 is reported here. Its genome revealed antigenic heterogeneity with the current Indian vaccine strain IND40/00, with four amino acid substitutions in antigenically critical sites of the VP1 protein.