Volume 17, Number 4—April 2011
Dispatch
Hepatitis A Virus Vaccine Escape Variants and Potential New Serotype Emergence
Unai Pérez-Sautu1, M. Isabel Costafreda1, Joan Caylà, Cecilia Tortajada, Josep Lite, Albert Bosch, and Rosa M. Pintó
Table 1
Amino acid substitutions in the VP1 protein observed in different strains isolated during the present study*
| Strain | Replacement | Position* |
|---|---|---|
| MSM08-09-219 | V → G | 1166 |
| MSM08-09-186 | V → G | 1166 |
| V → A | 1171 | |
| BCN60 | Y → S | 1181 |
| MSM08-09-ClusterE | R → T | 1189 |
| MSM08-09-144 | A → V | 1280 |
| BCN31 | A → E | 1280 |
*Position strain HM175 (GenBank accession no. M14707). The first digit refers to the viral protein, i.e., 1 for VP1, and the following 3 digits refer to the amino acid position in the protein.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
