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Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch

Novel Arenavirus Isolates from Namaqua Rock Mice, Namibia, Southern Africa

Peter T. WitkowskiComments to Author , René Kallies, Julia Hoveka, Brita Auste, Ndapewa L. Ithete, Katarína Šoltys, Tomáš Szemes, Sung Sup Park, Wolfgang Preiser, Boris Klempa, John K.E. Mfune, and Detlev H. Kruger
Author affiliations: Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany (P.T. Witkowski, B. Auste, B. Klempa, D.H. Kruger); Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (R. Kallies); University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany (R. Kallies, C. Drosten); University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia (J. Hoveka, J.K.E. Mfune); Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Services Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa (N.L. Ithete, W. Preiser); Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (K. Šoltys, T. Szemes); Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (B. Klempa)

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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
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.

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