Volume 9, Number 8—August 2003
Research
Enzootic Transmission of Yellow Fever Virus in Peru
Juliet Bryant*, Heiman Wang*, Cesar Cabezas†, Gladys Ramirez‡, Douglas Watts*, Kevin Russell§, and Alan Barrett*
Table 2
Signature amino acid and nucleotide substitutions of Peruvian YFV genetic variants, based upon sequence analysis of prM-E gene fragments of 24 isolates
| Signature substitutions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department |
No. of Isolates |
nt |
Amino acid |
Coding changes from consensus of Peruvian strains |
| Ayacucho |
5 |
1 |
0 |
None |
| Cusco |
5 |
1 |
0 |
None |
| Junin |
3 |
1 |
0 |
None |
| Puno |
2 |
7 |
1 |
R→ K prM102 |
| Pasco |
2 |
3 |
3 |
A→T M48; A→V M50; L→F M52 |
| San Martin/Huanuco | 7 | 7 | 2 | I→V E70; H→N E90 |
