Table 1. Locations across Kenya, Tanzania, the Philippines and UK where rabies virus sequencing was conducted.
The number of samples sequenced, number of MinION sequencing runs and resources available at each location are detailed. (*six out of the 11 samples were repeats of FIELD2 samples).
| Site | Abbreviation | Location
(City, Country) |
# Samples
sequenced (# MinION runs) |
Year | Classification | Resources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Containment
level 2 |
Freezer
-80°C |
Freezer
-20°C |
Laboratory | Back-up
Generator |
Standard lab
equipment 1 |
||||||
| Tanzania Veterinary
Laboratories Agency |
TVLA | Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania |
9 (2) | 2017 | Research/
diagnostic lab |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Research Institute for
Tropical Medicine |
RITM | Manilla,
Philippines |
52 (3) | 2019 | Research/
diagnostic lab |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mugumu District field
office |
FIELD1 | Mugumu,
Tanzania |
4 (2) | 2017 | Field site | ✓ | |||||
| University of Nairobi
Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases |
UNITID | Nairobi,
Kenya |
11* (1) | 2019 | Research
laboratory |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Makeuni Field site | FIELD2 | Makueni
District, Kenya |
4 (1) | 2019 | Field site (RNA
extractions only) |
||||||
| Institute of Biodiversity,
Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow |
IBAHCM | Glasgow,
UK |
1 (1) | 2017 | Research
laboratory (from RNA stage) |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Animal & Plant Health
Agency |
APHA | Surrey, UK | 1 (1) | 2016 | Research/
diagnostic lab |
✓
CL3 |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nelson Mandela
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine |
NMAIST | Arusha,
Tanzania |
12 (3) | 2017,
2018 |
Research
laboratory |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
[1] Centrifuge and thermocycler available for use