Volume 10, Number 4—April 2004
Research
Myanmar Dengue Outbreak Associated with Displacement of Serotypes 2, 3, and 4 by Dengue 1
Hlaing Myat Thu*†, Kym Lowry*, Thein Thein Myint‡, Than Nu Shwe‡, Aye Maung Han‡, Kyu Kyu Khin§, Kyaw Zin Thant†, Soe Thein†, and John Aaskov*
Table 3
Comparison of amino acid changes in dengue 1 virus (DENV-1) E proteins with the sequence of the same region of co-circulating strains of DENV 2–4a
| Y |
Position |
Amino acid sequence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENV-1 | DENV-2 | DENV-3 | DENV-4 | ||
| 1998 |
E37 |
MAKNKPT |
MAKNKPT |
MAKNKPT |
MAQGKPT |
| Post-1998 |
MAKDKPT |
||||
| 1998 |
E155 |
GNETTEH |
GNDTGKH |
GNDTQGH |
GNDTSNH |
| Post-1998 |
GNESTEH |
||||
| 1998 |
E369 |
IEATPPF |
IEAEPPF |
IEAEPPF |
IELEPPF |
| Post-1998 |
IEAEPPF |
||||
| 1998 |
E442 |
IFGAAYG |
VFGAIYG |
DFGSVGG |
VFGSVYT |
| Post-1998 | IFGTAYG | ||||
aAmino acids in bold occur at the positions in the E protein indicated, e.g., E37, E155.
