Volume 18, Number 7—July 2012
Dispatch
Calicivirus from Novel Recovirus Genogroup in Human Diarrhea, Bangladesh
Saskia L. Smits
, Mustafizur Rahman, Claudia M.E. Schapendonk, Marije van Leeuwen, Abu S.G. Faruque, Bart L. Haagmans, Hubert P. Endtz, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
, Mustafizur Rahman, Claudia M.E. Schapendonk, Marije van Leeuwen, Abu S.G. Faruque, Bart L. Haagmans, Hubert P. Endtz, and Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
Table 1
Percentage amino acid identity of calicivirus Bangladesh/289/2007 with representative caliciviruses of other genera*
| Calicivirus genus | Strain | GenBank accession no. | NS polyprotein† | VP1 | VP2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norovirus | Norwalk | M87661 | 27.7 | 30.4 | 24.7 |
| Southampton | L07418 | 29.0 | 31.2 | 23.3 | |
| Sapovirus | Manchester | X86560 | 20.1 | 18.6 | 4.1 |
| PEC Cowden | AF182760 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 6.8 | |
| Vesivirus | FCV CFI68 | U13992 | 18.4 | 16.3 | 15.1 |
| SMSV 1 | U15301 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 5.5 | |
| Lagovirus | RHDV FRG | M67473 | 18.0 | 19.6 | 9.6 |
| EBHSV GD | Z69620 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 5.5 | |
| Nebovirus | BEC NB | AY082891 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 11.0 |
| Newbury 1 | DQ013304 | 19.0 | 16.8 | 11.0 | |
| Recovirus‡ | Tulane | EU391643 | 57.7 | 49.5 | 53.1 |
| Valovirus‡ | AB104 | FJ355930 | 35.8 | 43.5 | 26.0 |
*NS, nonstructural; VP, viral protein.
†All polyprotein sequences were aligned without the capsid protein encoding sequences.
‡Tentative genus not yet accepted by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
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