Volume 17, Number 5—May 2011
Dispatch
Genomic Characterization of Nipah Virus, West Bengal, India
Vidya A. Arankalle
, Bhaswati T. Bandyopadhyay, Ashwini Y. Ramdasi, Ramesh Jadi, Dilip R. Patil, Mehebubar Rahman, Monalisa Majumdar, Parthasarthi S. Banerjee, Amiyakumar K. Hati, Ramaprasad P. Goswami, Dhruba Kumar Neogi, and Akhilesh C. Mishra
, Bhaswati T. Bandyopadhyay, Ashwini Y. Ramdasi, Ramesh Jadi, Dilip R. Patil, Mehebubar Rahman, Monalisa Majumdar, Parthasarthi S. Banerjee, Amiyakumar K. Hati, Ramaprasad P. Goswami, Dhruba Kumar Neogi, and Akhilesh C. MishraTable
Regionwise amino acid substitutions in the Nipah virus genome*
| Region and amino acid position | India | Bangladesh | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphoprotein | |||
| 228 | K | R | R |
| 276 | S | G | G |
| 285 | R | H | R |
| 310 |
R |
G |
G |
| Nucleocapsid protein | |||
| 188 | E | D | E |
| 211 |
R |
Q |
Q |
| Matrix protein | |||
| 13 |
I |
M |
M |
| Fusion protein | |||
| 19 | I | M | M |
| 207 | L | S | L |
| 252 |
D |
G |
D |
| Attachment protein | |||
| 304 |
V |
I |
I |
| Large polymerase protein | |||
| 94 | I | T | I |
| 112 | K | R | K |
| 632 | N | S | N |
| 639 | N | D | N |
| 665 | T | I | T |
| 1748 | I | V | I |
*GenBank accession numbers of isolates examined: India (FJ513078), Bangladesh (AY988601), and Malaysia (AY029767,AY029768, and AJ564623). Boldface indicates unique amino acids in the isolate from India.
