Volume 19, Number 1—January 2013
Dispatch
Characterization of Full Genome of Rat Hepatitis E Virus Strain from Vietnam
Tian-Cheng Li
, Yasushi Ami, Yuriko Suzaki, Shumpei P. Yasuda, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Jiro Arikawa, Naokazu Takeda, and Wakita Takaji
, Yasushi Ami, Yuriko Suzaki, Shumpei P. Yasuda, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Jiro Arikawa, Naokazu Takeda, and Wakita Takaji
Table 2
Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence identities between human, wild boar, rabbit, rat, and avian HEV strains, compared with Vietnam rat HEV V-105 strain*
| Entire genome |
Nucleotides, % | Amino acids, % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORF1 |
ORF2 |
ORF3 |
ORF1 |
ORF2 |
ORF3 |
|||
| Genotype 1 (NC_001434) | 53.5 | 50.7 | 60.8 | 51.0 | 54.1 | 55.5 | 33.3 | |
| Genotype 2 (M74506) | 53.3 | 51.2 | 59.1 | 51.4 | 53.1 | 54.6 | 30.6 | |
| Genotype 3 (AF060668) | 53.3 | 50.8 | 59.2 | 53.8 | 51.6 | 57.1 | 26.5 | |
| Genotype 4 (AJ272108) | 53.1 | 50.9 | 58.9 | 52.6 | 50.7 | 55.4 | 24.5 | |
| Wild boar HEV (AB573435) | 53.7 | 51.5 | 59.6 | 53.4 | 50.3 | 56.3 | 28.2 | |
| Wild boar HEV (AB602441) | 54.0 | 51.5 | 59.6 | 53.4 | 50.3 | 56.3 | 28.2 | |
| Rabbit HEV (FJ906895) | 53.6 | 51.3 | 59.3 | 51.5 | 52.1 | 56.2 | 26.2 | |
| Rat HEV (GU345042)/R63 | 76.9 | 75.7 | 79.6 | 80.6 | 87.0 | 91.6 | 66.7 | |
| Rat HEV (GU345043)/R68 | 76.8 | 75.5 | 79.8 | 80.9 | 86.4 | 92.1 | 66.7 | |
| Avian (chicken) HEV (AY535004) | 50.5 | 49.7 | 54.2 | 47.0 | 44.7 | 47.4 | 33.9 | |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus; ORF, open reading frame.
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