Volume 17, Number 8—August 2011
Research
Enterovirus 68 among Children with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, the Philippines
Tadatsugu Imamura, Naoko Fuji, Akira Suzuki, Raita Tamaki, Mariko Saito, Rapunzel Aniceto, Hazel Galang, Lydia Sombrero, Soccoro Lupisan, and Hitoshi Oshitani
Table 3
Percentage similarity among viral protein 1 sequences of EV68 from the Philippines and reference strains of EV68, EV70, and EV94 from other countries*
| Strain (reference) |
FR37-99 (3) |
TX03 (5) |
NY93 (5) |
CA62-1 (5) |
Ph343 |
Ph451 |
Ph513 |
Ph561 |
Ph575 |
Ph43 |
EV70 (12) |
EV94 (12) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR37-99 (3) | 92.8 | 90.7 | 88.1 | 93.2 | 93.2 | 93.2 | 89.4 | 94.1 | 94.1 | 62.3 | 67.8 | |
| TX03 (5) | 93.6 | 89.0 | 92.8 | 92.8 | 92.8 | 94.1 | 93.6 | 93.6 | 63.6 | 67.8 | ||
| NY93 (5) | 90.3 | 92.4 | 92.4 | 92.4 | 90.3 | 93.2 | 93.2 | 64.8 | 66.9 | |||
| CA62-1 (5) | 89.8 | 91.9 | 91.9 | 88.1 | 91.9 | 91.9 | 64.4 | 66.1 | ||||
| Ph343 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 91.1 | 98.3 | 98.3 | 62.3 | 66.1 | |||||
| Ph451 | 100 | 91.9 | 99.2 | 99.2 | 63.1 | 66.1 | ||||||
| Ph513 | 91.9 | 99.2 | 99.2 | 63.1 | 66.1 | |||||||
| Ph561 | 92.8 | 92.8 | 63.6 | 65.7 | ||||||||
| Ph575 | 100 | 63.1 | 66.5 | |||||||||
| Ph43 | 63.1 | 66.5 | ||||||||||
*In the table, homology of viral protein 1 sequences between the strains are listed horizontally, and those listed vertically are indicated in the box where the rows for each strain meet. EV, enterovirus.
