Volume 16, Number 9—September 2010
Dispatch
Analysis of Avian Hepatitis E Virus from Chickens, China
Qin Zhao, En Min Zhou1
, Shi Wei Dong, Hong Kai Qiu, Lu Zhang, Shou Bin Hu, Fei Fei Zhao, Shi Jin Jiang, and Ya Ni Sun
, Shi Wei Dong, Hong Kai Qiu, Lu Zhang, Shou Bin Hu, Fei Fei Zhao, Shi Jin Jiang, and Ya Ni Sun
Table 2
Percentage identities among avian HEV strains in nucleotide/amino acid sequences*
| Sequence and strain | “Avirulent aHEV” | Prototype aHEV | AaHEV | EaHEV | CaHEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Near-complete genome sequence | |||||
| “Avirulent aHEV” | 90.1 | 82.7 | 82.9 | 82.6 | |
| Prototype aHEV | 82.5 | 82.2 | 82.0 | ||
| AaHEV | 82.5 | 82.4 | |||
| EaHEV | 98.3 | ||||
| CaHEV |
|||||
| ORF1 | |||||
| “Avirulent aHEV” | 89.6 | 82.1 | 81.8 | 81.7 | |
| Prototype aHEV | 97.4 | 81.6 | 81.0 | 80.7 | |
| AaHEV | 93.9 | 93.7 | 81.7 | 81.6 | |
| EaHEV | 92.9 | 93.0 | 93.1 | 98.3 | |
| CaHEV |
92.7 |
92.8 |
93.0 |
98.8 |
|
| ORF2 | |||||
| “Avirulent aHEV” | 90.7 | 84.5 | 84.0 | 84.1 | |
| Prototype aHEV | 99.0 | 84.3 | 84.4 | 84.5 | |
| AaHEV | 98.5 | 98.8 | 84.1 | 84.4 | |
| EaHEV | 98.2 | 98.7 | 98.8 | 98.5 | |
| CaHEV |
98.3 |
99.0 |
98.8 |
99.7 |
|
| ORF3 | |||||
| “Avirulent aHEV” | 97.0 | 95.4 | 93.6 | 93.9 | |
| Prototype aHEV | 99.0 | 95.4 | 93.6 | 93.9 | |
| AaHEV | 94.3 | 96.6 | 93.5 | 93.9 | |
| EaHEV | 88.6 | 88.6 | 92.0 | 98.9 | |
| CaHEV |
88.6 |
88.6 |
92.0 |
97.7 |
|
| 3′ NCR | |||||
| “Avirulent aHEV” | 92.8 | 82.8 | 88.6 | 89.4 | |
| Prototype aHEV | 83.6 | 85.5 | 86.3 | ||
| AaHEV | 80.5 | 78.9 | |||
| EaHEV | 97.6 | ||||
| CaHEV |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus; ORF, open reading frame; NCR, noncoding region. Boldface indicates percentage identities of amino acid sequences. “Avirulent aHEV” and prototype aHEV are avian HEV isolates from the United States, GenBank accession nos. EF206691 and AM535004, respectively. AaHEV, EaHEV, and CaHEV are avian HEV isolates from Australia, Europe, and China, GenBank accession nos. AM943647, AM943646, and GU954430, respectively.
1Current affiliation: Northwest A&F University, Yangling, People’s Republic of China.
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