Volume 11, Number 2—February 2005
Research
Spotted Fever Group and Typhus Group Rickettsioses in Humans, South Korea
Table 3
Similarity matrix between partial rompB gene sequence of various rickettsial strains and nested polymerase chain reaction (H2 products) [Table is separated into 2 parts because of print limitations; see 1-piece version available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol11no02/04-0603.htm#table3]
| 1* | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* | – | ||||||||
| 2 | 92.49 | – | |||||||
| 3 | 98.84 | 93.64 | – | ||||||
| 4 | 94.8 | 95.38 | 95.95 | – | |||||
| 5 | 95.38 | 90.17 | 96.53 | 92.49‡ | – | ||||
| 6 | 67.63 | 70.52 | 67.63 | 68.79 | 67.05 | – | |||
| 7 | 67.63 | 70.52 | 67.63 | 68.79 | 67.05 | 100 | – | ||
| 8 | 67.63 | 70.52 | 67.63 | 68.79 | 67.05 | 100 | 100 | – | |
| 9 | 67.63 | 70.52 | 67.63 | 68.79 | 67.05 | 100 | 100 | 100 | – |
| 10 | 67.63 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 |
| H8-2† | 67.63 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 |
| H13-2 | 67.05 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 68.79 | 66.47 | 93.64 | 93.64 | 93.64 | 93.64 |
| H14-2 | 67.63 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 |
| H15-2 | 67.63 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 |
| H18-2 | 68.21 | 70.52 | 68.21 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 93.64 | 93.64 | 93.64 | 93.64 |
| H19 | 67.63 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 |
| H3-2 | 67.63 | 69.94 | 67.63 | 69.36 | 67.05 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 | 94.22 |
| H7-2 |
67.63 |
69.94 |
67.63 |
69.36 |
67.05 |
94.22 |
94.22 |
94.22 |
94.22 |
| 10* |
H8-2† |
H13-2 |
H14-2 |
H15-2 |
H18-2 |
H19 |
H3-2 |
H7-2 |
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| 10 | – | ||||||||
| H8-2† | 100 | – | |||||||
| H13-2 | 99.42 | 99.42 | – | ||||||
| H14-2 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | – | |||||
| H15-2 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | 100 | – | ||||
| H18-2 | 99.42 | 99.42 | 98.84 | 99.42 | 99.42 | – | |||
| H19 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | – | ||
| H3-2 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | 100 | – | |
| H7-2 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | 100 | 100 | 99.42 | 100 | 100 | – |
*1, partial rompB genes of Rickettsia sibirica (AF12322); 2, R. akari (AF123707), 3; R. conorii (AF123721); 4, R. felis (AF182279); 5, R. japonica (AB003681); 6, R. prowazekii (AF211820); 7, R. prowazekii (AF123718); 8, R. prowazekii (AF161079); 9, R. prowazekii (AF211821); 10, R. typhi (L04661).
†H, H2 products amplified from patient sera.
‡The similarity values (%) on the lower left are the levels of similarity between partial rompB gene sequences and the values (bp) on the upper right are the number of different bases out of compared total bases in partial rompB gene sequences.
