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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Research Letter

Outbreaks of Tilapia Lake Virus Infection, Thailand, 2015–2016

Win SurachetpongComments to Author , Taveesak Janetanakit, Nutthawan Nonthabenjawan, Puntanat Tattiyapong, Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, and Alongkorn Amonsin
Author affiliations: Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand (W. Surachetpong, P. Tattiyapong); Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (T. Janetanakit, N. Nonthabenjawan, A. Amonsin); Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok (K. Sirikanchana); Ministry of Education, Bangkok (K. Sirikanchana)

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Phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences of RNA polymerase of TiLVs from Thailand (triangles) and reference viruses of the families Orthomyxoviridae, Arenaviridae, and Bunyaviridae. Genus and family groups are indicated; GenBank accession numbers are provided for reference viruses. The phylogenetic tree was constructed by using MEGA 6.0 (10) and applying a neighbor-joining bootstrap analysis (1,000 replications) with the Poisson model and gamma distribution. Human respiratory syncytial

Figure. Phylogenetic analysis of the nucleotide sequences of RNA polymerase of TiLVs from Thailand (triangles) and reference viruses of the families Orthomyxoviridae, Arenaviridae, and Bunyaviridae. Genus and family groups are indicated; GenBank accession numbers are provided for reference viruses. The phylogenetic tree was constructed by using MEGA 6.0 (10) and applying a neighbor-joining bootstrap analysis (1,000 replications) with the Poisson model and gamma distribution. Human respiratory syncytial virus was used as an outgroup. ISAV, infectious salmon anemia virus; PUUV, Puumala virus; TiLV, tilapia lake virus. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.

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