Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Dispatch
Novel Phlebovirus with Zoonotic Potential Isolated from Ticks, Australia
Table
Summary of genomic and sequence features of Hunter Island Group virus and other selected phleboviruses*
Virus | Large segment |
Medium segment |
Small segment |
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Segment size, nt | Polymerase protein size, aa† | Segment size, nt | Glycoprotein size, aa† | Segment size, nt | Nucleocapsid protein size, aa† | Nonstructural protein size, aa† | |||
HIGV | 6,368 | 2,085 | 3,328 | 1,063 | 1,694 | 233 | 267 | ||
HRTV | 6,368 | 2,084 (66) | 3,427 | 1,076 (53) | 1,772 | 245 (57) | 299 (28) | ||
SFTSV | 6,368 | 2,084 (65) | 3,378 | 1,073 (54) | 1,744 | 245 (58) | 293 (31) | ||
BHAV | 6,333 | 2,082 (35) | 3,304 | 1,068 (26) | 1,867 | 247 (39) | 313 (17) | ||
UUKV | 6,423 | 2,103 (35) | 3,229 | 1,008 (23) | 1,720 | 254 (27) | 273 (20) | ||
RVFV | 6,404 | 2,092 (34) | 3,885 | 1,197 (21) | 1,692 | 245 (35) | 265 (18) |
*HIGV, Hunter Island Group virus; HRTV, Heartland virus; SFTSV, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus; BHAV, Bhanja virus; UUKV, Uukuniemi virus; RVFV, Rift Valley fever virus.
†For proteins, the % amino acid sequence identity with cognate proteins of HIGV is shown in parentheses.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.