Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
CME ACTIVITY
Close Similarity between Sequences of Hepatitis E Virus Recovered from Humans and Swine, France, 2008−2009
Jérôme Bouquet, Sophie Tessé, Aurélie Lunazzi, Marc Eloit, Nicolas Rose, Elisabeth Nicand, and Nicole Pavio
Table 2
Percentage nucleotide similarities of 204 to 306 HEV nucleotide sequences from 106 humans and 43 swine, France, May 2008–November 2009
| Sequences | Minimum | Average | Median | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Human HEV
|
67.8
|
85.2
|
87.7
|
100
|
| Swine HEV | ||||
| Same farm | 99.0 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 100 |
|
Different farms
|
71.7
|
86.1
|
88.2
|
99.6
|
| Human and swine HEV | 68.4 | 85.4 | 87.6 | 99.3 |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus.
