Volume 11, Number 10—October 2005
Research
New Measles Genotype, Uganda
Apollo Muwonge*, Miriam Nanyunja*†, Paul A. Rota‡
, Josephine Bwogi*, Luis Lowe‡, Stephanie L. Liffick‡, William J. Bellini‡, and Sempala Sylvester*
, Josephine Bwogi*, Luis Lowe‡, Stephanie L. Liffick‡, William J. Bellini‡, and Sempala Sylvester*Table 2
Percentage genetic distance between wildtype measles viruses from Uganda and World Health Organization reference strains
| Genotype* | Nucleoprotein gene (range)† | Hemagglutinin gene‡ |
|---|---|---|
| A | 5.1–6.2 | 2.2 |
| B1 | 6.8–8.2 | 3.2 |
| B2 | 6.4–7.7 | 4.0 |
| B3-NY USA/94 | 6.6–7.9 | 3.8 |
| C1 | 5.1–5.9 | 2.3 |
| C2-Erlangen Due/90 | 8.6–9.9 | 3.1 |
| D1 | 4.4–5.7 | 2.2 |
| D2 | 3.1–4.4 | 2.6 |
| D3 | 4.8–6.4 | 3.5 |
| D4 | 5.5–6.4 | 3.1 |
| D5-Palau BLA/93 | 4.8–6.4 | 3.1 |
| D6 | 5.7–7.0 | 2.4 |
| D7-Illinois USA/99 | 7.7–9.0 | 3.0 |
| D8 | 5.3–6.6 | 3.0 |
| D9 | 5.7–7.3 | 3.0 |
| E | 5.5–6.8 | 2.9 |
| F | 6.2–7.5 | 3.0 |
| G1 | 7.7–9.0 | 4.2 |
| G2 | 7.2–8.6 | 4.6 |
| G3 | 6.8–8.2 | 5.3 |
| H1 | 7.9–8.8 | 5.5 |
| H2 | 7.3–9.0 | 4.6 |
*One reference sequence was used for each comparison. For a genotype with >1 reference sequence, the indicated sequence was used for comparison.
†Range of percentage nucleotide differences between all Uganda sequences and the reference sequences for the nucleoprotein gene.
‡Since we had only 2 Ugandan hemagglutinin gene sequences, the lowest percentage difference is shown. However, both percentages did not vary by >0.1%.
