Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Detection of Newly Described Astrovirus MLB1 in Stool Samples from Children
Table 1
Similarity of fully sequenced WD0016 genome to AstV-MLB1*
Genome | Nucleotide identity with AstV-MLB1, % |
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ORF1a (serine protease) | ORF1b (RNA polymerase) | ORF2 (capsid) | |
WD0016 | 92.6 | 93.9 | 91.9 |
*AstV-MLB1, astrovirus MLB1; ORF, open reading frame.