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Volume 12, Number 6—June 2006
Research

Human Parechovirus Infections in Canada

Yacine Abed*† and Guy Boivin*†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; †Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Figure 3

Comparison of the predicted VP0-VP3 capsid protein region of Canadian isolates with that of Harris (human parechovirus [HPeV]-1), Williamson and Connecticut (HPeV-2), and A308-99 (HPeV-3) strains. The aligned region contains 284 amino acids. corresponding to residues 244 to 521 in the Harris polyprotein sequence (accession no. S45208). The VP3 N-terminal extension, which is specific to parechoviruses (21), is shaded. The cleavage site between VP0 and VP3 is underlined. Asterisks denote conserved

Figure 3. Comparison of the predicted VP0-VP3 capsid protein region of Canadian isolates with that of Harris (human parechovirus [HPeV]-1), Williamson and Connecticut (HPeV-2), and A308-99 (HPeV-3) strains. The aligned region contains 284 amino acids. corresponding to residues 244 to 521 in the Harris polyprotein sequence (accession no. S45208). The VP3 N-terminal extension, which is specific to parechoviruses (21), is shaded. The cleavage site between VP0 and VP3 is underlined. Asterisks denote conserved residues. Boldface indicates HPeV reference strains.

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