Volume 14, Number 11—November 2008
Dispatch
Possible New Hepatitis B Virus Genotype, Southeast Asia
Table 1
Average Kimura distances (in %) within (boldface) and between reference complete genome sequences of genotypes A to H and the putative new genotype I and subgenotypes I1 and I2
Genotype | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 4.26 | ||||||||
B | 10.27 | 4.14 | |||||||
C | 9.95 | 10.17 | 4.79 | ||||||
D | 10.89 | 11.84 | 11.6 | 2.95 | |||||
E | 10.88 | 12.33 | 12 | 8.2 | 1.2 | ||||
F | 16.16 | 16.3 | 15.98 | 16.07 | 15.96 | 7.18 | |||
G | 12.48 | 14.28 | 14.2 | 12.46 | 11.75 | 17.56 | 0.33 | ||
H | 16.58 | 16.79 | 16.31 | 15.96 | 16.87 | 9.46 | 17.37 | 2.29 | |
I |
8.43 |
9.7 |
7.89 |
10.95 |
11.23 |
15.74 |
12.13 |
16.21 |
2.33 |
I1 | 8.37 | 9.69 | 7.85 | 11.03 | 11.21 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 12.1 | |
I2 | 8.49 | 9.72 | 7.93 | 10.89 | 11.26 | 15.94 | 12.16 | 12.16 |