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Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Dispatch

Novel Human Bufavirus Genotype 3 in Children with Severe Diarrhea, Bhutan

Takaaki Yahiro, Sonam Wangchuk, Kinlay Tshering, Purushotam Bandhari, Sangay Zangmo, Tshering Dorji, Karchung Tshering, Takashi Matsumoto, Akira Nishizono, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, and Kamruddin AhmedComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan (T. Yahiro, T. Matsumoto, A. Nishizono, K. Ahmed); Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan (S. Wangchuk, S. Zangmo, T. Dorji, K. Tshering); Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital, Thimphu (K. Tshering); Mongar Regional Referral Hospital, Mongar, Bhutan (P. Bandhari); University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (M. Söderlund-Venermo)

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Table 2

Comparison of the length of the nucleotide sequences of nearly complete genome, 5′ UTR, NS1, VP1, VP2, and 3′ UTR of strains of different bufavirus genotypes, Bhutan, 2010-2012*†

Strain Genotype Total 5′ UTR NS1 VP1 VP2 3′ UTR TAGTTGATAAGT TAGTTTATAAGT TAGTTTATAAAT
BTN-63 BuV3 4,733 ND 2,022 2,133 1,719 224 0 3 0
BTN-109 BuV3 4,734 ND 2,022 2,133 1,719 225 0 6 0
BTN-310
 BuV3
 4,766
 ND
 2,022
 2,133
 1,719
 259
 0
 3
 1
BF.96 BuV1 4,912 18 2,016 2,124 1,710 400 3 1 1
BF.86 BuV1 4,822 1 2,016 2,124 1,710 327 2 1 1
BF.7
 BuV1
 4,822
 1
 2,016
 2,124
 1,710
 327
 3
 1
 1
BF.39 BuV2 4,562 ND 2,022 2,124 1,710 62 ND ND ND

*NS, nucleotide sequence; UTR, untranslated region; VP, viral protein; ND, no data:sequence could not be determined.
†Only partial sequence of 3′ UTR regions have been achieved in all strains. Nucleotide sequence of 5′ UTR of BuV strains from samples from Bhutan could not be determined.

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