Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010

Research

High Diversity and Ancient Common Ancestry of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

Cesar G. Albariño¹ , Gustavo Palacios¹, Marina L. Khristova, Bobbie R. Erickson, Serena A. Carroll, James A. Comer, Jeffrey Hui, Thomas Briese, Kirsten St. George, Thomas G. Ksiazek², W. Ian Lipkin, and Stuart T. Nichol

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.G. Albariño, M.L. Khristova, B.R. Erickson, S.A. Carroll, J.A. Comer, T.G. Ksiazek, S.T. Nichol); Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (G. Palacios, J. Hui, T. Briese, W.I. Lipkin); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (K. St. George)

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Appendix Figure 2

Appendix Figure 2. Schematic of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) L open reading frame. The previously identified domains and catalytic core motifs of the LCMV L polymerase (32) were found to be highly conserved among all strains analyzed. Dandenong, Dandenong_Australia_2006 virus strain; GA84, H935_Georgia_1984 virus strain; A, all influenza virus type A strains.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

²Current affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

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