Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch
Novel Arenavirus Isolates from Namaqua Rock Mice, Namibia, Southern Africa
Table 2
Nucleotide and amino acid identities of Mariental (MRTV) and Okahandja (OKAV) viruses compared with Old World representatives of the genus Arenavirus*
Virus species | S segment GenBank accession no. | GPC |
NP |
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nt | aa | nt | aa | |||
MRTV (N27)† | KM272987 | |||||
OKAV (N73)‡ | KM272988 | 64.6 | 68.9 | 64.9 | 66.1 | |
Gbagroube | GU830848 | 66.7 | 73.6 | 64.1 | 69.9 | |
Ippy | NC_007905 | 66.4 | 73.7 | 64.1 | 71.4 | |
Lassa | AY628203 | 67.4 | 73.2 | 65.5 | 69.8 | |
LCMV | AB261991 | 57.4 | 57.2 | 61.1 | 63.6 | |
Lujo | JX017360 | 47.7 | 38.2 | 60.1 | 56.7 | |
Luna | AB586646 | 66.4 | 73.2 | 64.2 | 69.5 | |
Lunk | NC_018710 | 57.4 | 54.1 | 61.2 | 62.5 | |
Menekre | GU830862 | 66.5 | 72.3 | 65.1 | 68.3 | |
Merino walk | GU078660 | 63.8 | 70.2 | 64.9 | 67.3 | |
Mobala | NC_007903 | 63.8 | 72.1 | 64.6 | 70.5 | |
OKAV (N73)‡ | KM272988 | |||||
Gbagroube | GU830848 | 62.0 | 66.3 | 61.1 | 65.7 | |
Ippy | NC_007905 | 62.9 | 69.4 | 62.3 | 66.2 | |
Lassa | AY628203 | 64.6 | 68.2 | 60.8 | 65.9 | |
LCMV | AB261991 | 58.9 | 57.1 | 62.0 | 63.6 | |
Lujo | JX017360 | 47.6 | 38.4 | 60.0 | 57.8 | |
Luna | AB586646 | 62.5 | 67.1 | 63.0 | 67.2 | |
Lunk | NC_018710 | 56.1 | 55.1 | 60.6 | 62.6 | |
Menekre | GU830862 | 63.7 | 70.4 | 62.9 | 65.9 | |
Merino walk | GU078660 | 64.7 | 76.1 | 68.2 | 75.7 | |
Mobala | NC_007903 | 62.0 | 66.5 | 63.6 | 64.5 |
*Identities are shown for glycoprotein and nucleocapsid open reading frames. Highest aa identity values are shown in boldface. S, small; GPC, glycoprotein; NP, nucleocapsid protein; nt, nucleotide; aa, amino acid; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; L, large segment.
†Genome composition of MRTV (N27): (Z: 69–371; RdRP: 6,820–473; GPC: 49–1,527; NP: 3,297–1,710). Accession numbers for MRTV (N27) virus sequences: L, KP867641; S, KM272987.
‡Genome composition of OKAV (N73): Z, 58–336; RdRP, 7,121–435; GPC, 51–1,553; NP, 3,315–1,627. Accession numbers for virus sequences for OKAV N73: L, KP867642; S, KM272988; for OKAV N80: L, KM234277; for OKAV N85: L, KM234278.