Volume 14, Number 11—November 2008
Dispatch
Possible New Hepatitis B Virus Genotype, Southeast Asia
Christophe M. Olinger, Prapan Jutavijittum, Judith M. Hübschen, Amnat Yousukh, Bounthome Samountry, Te Thammavong, Kan Toriyama, and Claude P. Muller
Table 2
Characteristics of strains most closely related to different recombinant fragments of genotype I (M04-0469): genotypes and genetic distances
| Characteristic | nt 400–1400 | d | nt 1400–3000 | d | nt 3000–400 | d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most similar genotype | G | 6.29* | C | 6.29 | A | 6.23 |
| 2nd most similar genotype | A | 6.84 | B | 9.14 | C | 8.61 |
| Most similar subgenotype | NA | C3 | 5.42 | A4 | 5.23 | |
| Most similar strain | G, AF160501 | 5.51 | C3, X75656 | 4.1 | A3, AM184126 | 4.5 |
| 2nd most similar strain | G, AB056513 | 5.62 | C1,AB222715 | 4.3 | A4, AY934764 | 4.7 |
*Distances (in %) to genotypes of subgenotypes are average distances, that is, the A-like sequence was in average most similar to subgenotype A4 but the minimal distance observed was to an A3 strain. nt, nucleotide; d, distance; NA, not applicable.
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