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Volume 18, Number 10—October 2012
Dispatch

Schmallenberg Virus as Possible Ancestor of Shamonda Virus

Katja V. Goller1, Dirk Höper1, Horst Schirrmeier, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, and Martin BeerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

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Table 2

Pairwise comparison of full N, M, and L gene sequences of SBV with other orthobunyaviruses*

Species SBV Shamonda virus

Sathuperi virus

Akabane virus

Shuni virus

Simbu virus
SHAV PEAV SANV SATV DOUV AKAV SABOV SHUV AINOV SIMV
Small segment

SHAV

97.7 (100.0)

PEAV

77.2 (80.6) 77.5 (80.6)

SANV

78.2 (80.6) 77.3 (80.6) 92.5 (100)

SATV

93.1 (99.5) 92.9 (99.5) 77.6 (81.1) 78.1 (81.1)

DOUV

92.2 (99.1) 92.9 (99.1) 77.8 (81.1) 78.3 (81.1) 92.9 (99.5)

AKAV

77.2 (79.8) 77.3 (79.8) 76.8 (82.8) 77.6 (82.8) 78.6 (80.2) 78.2 (80.2)

SABOV

78.6 (81.5) 78.9 (81.5) 76.6 (84.1) 76.5 (84.1) 78.9 (81.9) 79.9 (81.9) 81.2 (88.4)

SHUV

77.5 (80.2) 77.5 (80.2) 91.8 (99.5) 90.8 (99.5) 77.6 (80.6) 78.3 (80.6) 76.9 (82.4) 77.5 (83.6)

AINOV

76.9 (79.8) 76.6 (79.8) 91.2 (99.1) 91.2 (99.1) 78.2 (80.2) 78.3 (80.2) 77.3 (82.8) 78.1 (84.1) 93.9 (99.5)

SIMV

78.6 (80.2) 78.6 (80.2) 77.8 (83.2) 77.5 (83.2) 79.2 (80.2) 80.5 (80.6) 78.8 (81.5) 77.8 (81.1) 78.1 (82.8) 78.5 (83.2)

OROV

69.8 (69.9) 69.5 (69.9) 67.3 (69.5) 69.8 (69.5) 68.5 (69.9) 70.2 (69.5) 69.5 (68.2) 68.2 (69) 67.8 (69) 68 (69) 69.3 (72.1)
Medium segment

SHAV

48.2 (36.5)

PEAV

48.3 (36.6) 54.4 (47.6)

SANV

48.1 (36.9) 55.0 (47.9) 83.9 (89.9)

SATV

82.1 (90.1) 48.5 (36.7) 48.6 (37.2) 49.4 (37.3)

DOUV

81.7 (88.9) 48.6 (36.6) 48.7 (37.0) 49.5 (36.9) 85.8 (91.5)

AKAV

47.3 (35.6) 54.2 (48.6) 55.2 (49.4) 55.9 (49.2) 48.0 (35.8) 47.2 (36.3)

SABOV

47.8 (36.8) 53.0 (46.8) 55.1 (48.2) 55.3 (49.6) 47.8 (36.7) 47.3 (36.6) 60.0 (56.4)

SHUV

59.9 (56.0) 48.1 (35.6) 48.5 (35.9) 49.9 (36.8) 60.1 (56.3) 60.2 (56.3) 47.1 (36.0) 47.1 (34.8)

AINOV

60.2 (56.9) 47.5 (35.0) 47.5 (35.7) 48.4 (36.5) 60.4 (57.1) 60.4 (57.0) 46.2 (35.1) 47.3 (35.4) 71.5 (76.1)

SIMV

56.5 (50.8) 48.7 (37.7) 47.8 (37.2) 48.2 (37.5) 57.1 (50.1) 56.5 (49.8) 46.5 (37.3) 47.3 (36.7) 58.3 (50.1) 58.4 (51.4)

OROV

48.6 (34.2) 45.6 (33.4) 46.3 (34.5) 45.8 (34.3) 48.1 (34.9) 47.7 (34.2) 44.8 (32.7) 45.0 (34.3) 48.9 (35.7) 48.9 (36.4) 50.2 (36.6)
Large segment

SHAV

92.9 (98.4)

PEAV

66.9 (68.7) 65.9 (68.3)

SANV

66.7 (69.2) 66.5 (69.0) 84.8 (93.8)

SATV

84.5 (95.8) 84.9 (95.7) 66.2 (68.1) 66.6 (68.6)

DOUV

84.5 (94.8) 84.5 (94.4) 66.0 (68.1) 66.0 (68.5) 87.1 (96.1)

AKAV

67.3 (70.8) 67.0 (70.8) 65.9 (68.2) 65.7 (68.1) 67.3 (70.9) 66.9 (70.3)

SABOV

66.6 (70.7) 66.0 (70.7) 65.4 (67.9) 65.0 (68.0) 66.2 (70.4) 66.3 (70.2) 71.1 (78.9)

SHUV

66.1 (68.6) 65.9 (68.3) 78.3 (88.8) 78.6 (90.5) 66.2 (68.4) 66.5 (68.2) 65.6 (68.1) 65.5 (68.0)

AINOV

66.6 (68.7) 65.8 (68.5) 78.5 (88.5) 79.1 (90.1) 66.2 (68.2) 66.1 (68.2) 66.2 (67.9) 65.8 (67.8) 85.4 (95.4)

SIMV

67.6 (69.9) 67.3 (69.7) 67.4 (70.7) 68.0 (70.7) 67.4 (70.3) 67.5 (70.0) 67.3 (70.1) 66.9 (70.4) 67.5 (70.8) 67.9 (71.0)

OROV

60.4 (57.5) 60.0 (57.4) 61.2 (58.7) 60.9 (58.5) 60.1 (57.9) 60.5 (57.5) 60.9 (58.3) 60.1 (58.2) 61.3 (59.1) 61.1 (58.7) 60.7 (58.3)

*Values shown are nt (aa) identities, %. Boldface indicates SBV sequence identities compared with DOUV, SATV, and SHAV. SBV, Schmallenberg virus; SHAV, Shamonda virus; PEAV, Peaton virus; SANV, Sango virus; SATV, Sathuperi virus; DOUV, Douglas virus; AKAV, Akabane virus; SHUV, Shuni virus; AINOV, Aino virus; SIMV, Simbu virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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