Volume 2, Number 4—October 1996
Dispatch
Encephalitis Caused by a Lyssavirus in Fruit Bats in Australia
Table 1
Amino acid sequences of the virus designated pteropid lyssavirus (PLV) and those of rabies and rabies-like virusesa,b
PLVc | PV | 4FRA | POL | 8FRA | AS | FIN | HOL | NGA | Genotype | |
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PLV | - | |||||||||
PV | 92 | - | 1 | |||||||
4FRA | 93 | 99 | - | 1 | ||||||
POL | 93 | 94 | 94 | - | 5 | |||||
8FRA | 93 | 94 | 94 | 100 | - | 5 | ||||
AS | 89 | 90 | 91 | 95 | 95 | - | 4 | |||
FIN | 85 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 84 | - | 6 | ||
HOL | 85 | 88 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 83 | 98 | - | 6 | |
NGA | 82 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 76 | 77 | - | 2 |
MOK | 76 | 75 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 72 | 71 | 86 | 3 |
a Described in Ref. 13.
b Comparisons were made of cognate regions of the N protein (amino acids 298 to 426 inclusive). Genebank accession numbers are given in brackets. PV, PV rabies virus (X03673); 4FRA, fox rabies virus (U22844); POL, European bat virus (U22844, 8615POL, EBV1); 8FRA, European bat virus (U22845, 8918FRA, EBV1); AS, Duvenhage virus (U22848); FIN, European bat virus (U22846, 9007FIN, EBV2); HOL, European bat virus (U22847, 9018HOL, EBV2); NGA, Lagos bat virus (U22842), Mokola virus (U22843).
c PLV, the virus now reported, provisionally designated pteropid lyssavirus; PV, PV rabies virus (X03673); 4FRA, fox rabies virus (U22844); POL, European bat virus (U22844, 8615POL, ELB1); 8FRA, European bat virus (U22845, 8918FRA, EBV1); AS, Duvenhage virus (U22848); Fin, European bat virus (U22846, 9007FIN, EBV2); HOL, European bat virus (U22847, 9018HOL, EBV2); NGA, Lagos bat virus (U22842), Mokola virus (U22843).
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