Volume 7, Number 6—December 2001
Research
Hepatitis E Virus Sequences in Swine Related to Sequences in Humans, the Netherlands
Wim H.M. van der Poel*
, Froukje Verschoor*, Reina van der Heide*, Maria-Inmaculada Herrera†, Amparo Vivo†, Marlou Kooreman*, and Ana Maria de Roda Husman*
, Froukje Verschoor*, Reina van der Heide*, Maria-Inmaculada Herrera†, Amparo Vivo†, Marlou Kooreman*, and Ana Maria de Roda Husman*Table 2
Nucleotide identity (%) between NLSW Hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates, with respect to other HEV strains, in sections of 242 bases of ORF1 and 304 bases of ORF2a
| ORF1 fragment |
ORF2 fragment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEV strain | NLSW15 | NLSW22 | NLSW50 | NLSW105 | NLSW15 | NLSW22 | NLSW50 | NLSW105 |
| NZ1 | 82.0 | 85.7 | 82.3 | 84.2 | Nab | Na | Na | na |
| Italy | 80.8 | 82.3 | 80.8 | 83.8 | Na | Na | Na | na |
| Arg1 | 82.7 | 85.7 | 83.5 | 88.4 | Na | Na | Na | na |
| Arg2 | 79.5 | 83.3 | 81.0 | 84.8 | Na | Na | Na | na |
| US1 | 80.5 | 92.9 | 82.7 | 87.2 | 86.7 | 90.9 | 83.9 | 86.4 |
| US2 | 80.8 | 91.4 | 83.1 | 85.7 | 85.7 | 90.9 | 83.6 | 86.7 |
| USswine | 81.2 | 87.6 | 83.5 | 84.2 | 86.1 | 90.0 | 83.0 | 85.7 |
| NLSW15 | 100.0 | 82.0 | 94.7 | 83.8 | 100.0 | 83.8 | 90.9 | 82.7 |
| NLSW22 | 82.0 | 100.0 | 84.2 | 87.6 | 83.8 | 100.0 | 83.3 | 85.7 |
| NLSW50 | 94.7 | 84.2 | 100.0 | 85.7 | 90.9 | 83.3 | 100.0 | 84.4 |
| NLSW105 | 83.8 | 87.6 | 85.7 | 100.0 | 82.7 | 85.7 | 84.4 | 100.0 |
| NLSW36 | 84.2 | 86.1 | 85.3 | 91.0 | 83.0 | 84.7 | 83.2 | 89.4 |
| NLSW82 | 93.2 | 85.3 | 93.2 | 83.8 | 91.0 | 79.5 | 91.2 | 83.3 |
| NLSW85 | 91.7 | 85.3 | 93.6 | 86.1 | 91.3 | 92.5 | 92.7 | 84.2 |
| NLSW122 | 82.7 | 95.5 | 83.5 | 88.4 | 83.2 | 82.6 | 83.8 | 86.0 |
| Greece1 | 92.1 | 82.3 | 92.9 | 83.8 | Na | Na | Na | Na |
| Greece2 | 85.7 | 80.8 | 83.1 | 79.3 | Na | Na | Na | Na |
| Egypt | Na | Na | Na | Na | 75.6 | 76.5 | 76.5 | 76.5 |
| Morocco | Na | Na | Na | Na | 77.5 | 77.2 | 78.1 | 76.5 |
| VH1 | 92.1 | 83.5 | 92.1 | 83.8 | 91.1 | 80.9 | 93.1 | 82.9 |
| VH2 | 91.0 | 83.1 | 91.7 | 83.5 | 92.4 | 80.3 | 92.4 | 81.6 |
| E11 | Na | Na | Na | Na | 92.8 | 80.9 | 91.8 | 82.6 |
| Barcelona | 79.3 | 73.7 | 78.2 | 75.9 | 76.9 | 76.2 | 77.8 | 79.0 |
| Nepal | 79.3 | 73.7 | 78.2 | 75.9 | 78.1 | 78.1 | 79.6 | 79.3 |
| Burma1 | 79.7 | 72.9 | 78.6 | 76.3 | 76.9 | 76.8 | 78.4 | 78.1 |
| India1 | 79.0 | 73.7 | 78.6 | 75.6 | 78.7 | 76.5 | 79.0 | 78.7 |
| China1 | 79.0 | 72.9 | 78.6 | 75.6 | 77.5 | 77.8 | 78.4 | 78.4 |
| Pakistan | 79.3 | 73.3 | 78.2 | 75.9 | 77.5 | 77.2 | 78.4 | 77.5 |
| New China(T1) | 80.5 | 77.8 | 79.7 | 78.6 | 79.0 | 79.6 | 78.7 | 77.2 |
| Mexico | 78.2 | 77.8 | 77.5 | 76.3 | 76.0 | 75.4 | 76.0 | 75.1 |
aFor explanation of isolates' acronyms, see Figure 2 legends.
bna= not available
