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Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Letter

Porcine Kobuvirus in Piglets, Thailand

Pattara Khamrin, Niwat Maneekarn, Aphisek Kongkaew, Sompreeya Kongkaew, Shoko Okitsu, and Hiroshi UshijimaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Aino University, Tokyo, Japan (P. Khamrin, H. Ushijima); Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (N. Maneekarn, A. Kongkaew, S. Kongkaew); Aino College, Tokyo (S. Okitsu)

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Figure

Phylogenetic analysis of the partial nucleotide sequence encoding the 3D region of porcine kobuviruses (in boldface) isolated in Thailand, 2001–2003, and other reference strains. The tree was generated on the basis of the neighbor-joining method by using the MEGA4 program (10). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

Figure. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial nucleotide sequence encoding the 3D region of porcine kobuviruses (in boldface) isolated in Thailand, 2001–2003, and other reference strains. The tree was generated on the basis of the neighbor-joining method by using the MEGA4 program (10). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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