Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Dispatch
Novel Human Parechovirus, Sri Lanka
Ngan Thi Kim Pham, Quang Duy Trinh, Sayaka Takanashi, Chandra Abeysekera, Asiri Abeygunawardene, Hideaki Shimizu, Pattara Khamrin, Shoko Okitsu, Masashi Mizuguchi, and Hiroshi Ushijima
Table
Mean percentage nucleotide similarities between HPeV genotypes*
| HPeV genotype | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 64.1 | |||||||||
| 3 | 58.0 | 59.0 | ||||||||
| 4 | 63. 9 | 63.2 | 59.5 | |||||||
| 5 | 61.6 | 60.7 | 53.5 | 65.8 | ||||||
| 6 | 64.7 | 60.1 | 61.0 | 61.8 | 60.8 | |||||
| 7 | 57.3 | 59.9 | 63.8 | 58.7 | 56.0 | 54.1 | ||||
| 8 | 61.6 | 61.7 | 61.2 | 62.3 | 57.7 | 59.1 | 62.1 | |||
| 10 | 60.5 | 56.8 | 69.1 | 60.9 | 54.5 | 55.9 | 66.0 | 63.6 | ||
| 14 | 59.8 | 58.4 | 65.9 | 58.4 | 56.2 | 56.6 | 66.2 | 62.5 | 68.8 |
*HPeV, human parechovirus.
