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Volume 24, Number 4—April 2018
Dispatch

Lyssavirus in Japanese Pipistrelle, Taiwan

Shu-Chia Hu, Chao-Lung Hsu, Ming-Shiuh Lee, Yang-Chang Tu, Jen-Chieh Chang, Chieh-Hao Wu, Shu-Hwae Lee, Lu-Jen Ting, Kwok-Rong Tsai, Ming-Chu Cheng, Wen-Jane Tu, and Wei-Cheng HsuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Animal Health Research Institute, New Taipei City, Taiwan (S.-C. Hu, M.-S. Lee, Y.-C. Tu, J.-C. Chang, C.-H. Wu, L.-J. Ting, K.-R. Tsai, W.-J. Tu, W.-C. Hsu); National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan (C.-L. Hsu); Bat Conservation Society of Taipei, Taipei City (C.-L. Hsu); Animal Health Research Institute, Miaoli County, Taiwan (S.-H. Lee); National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Neipu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan (M.-C. Cheng)

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Table 2

Nucleotide identities for the N, P, M, G, L genes and the concatenated coding genes between Taiwan bat lyssavirus, a putative new lyssavirus found in 2 Japanese pipistrelles (Pipistrellus abramus) in Taiwan in 2016 and 2017, compared with other lyssaviruses*

Lyssavirus species (GenBank accession no.) Concatenated coding genes (N+P+M+G+L)
Identity, %
N P M G L
Rabies lyssavirus (NC001542) 75.2 62.8–63.1 74.6–74.8 61.6–62.3 71.7 70.0–70.1
Lagos bat lyssavirus (NC020807) 73.5–73.7 53.8–54.1 73.6 55.0–55.6 71.3–71.4 67.8–67.9
Mokola lyssavirus (NC006429) 72.7–73.3 52.2–52.4 72.0–72.6 56.7–56.9 70.6–70.7 67.3 −67.4
Duvenhage lyssavirus (NC020810) 77.7–77.9 67.5–67.6 78.4–79.2 63.9–64.0 74.8–74.9 73.2
European bat 1 lyssavirus (NC009527) 78.8–79.4 69.6–69.7 80.9–81.1 66.1 76.7–76.8 75.1
European bat 2 lyssavirus (NC009528) 75.3–75.6 66.0–66.3 79.2–79.5 64.5–64.6 73.7 72.2–72.3
Australian bat lyssavirus (NC003243) 76.3–76.5 62.2 72.1 61.7–62.0 72.3–72.5 70.4
Aravan lyssavirus (NC020808) 76.5 −76.7 65.6–66 80.3–80.6 64.4–64.5 74.6–74.9 72.9–73.1
Khujand lyssavirus (NC025385) 74.6–74.7 67.0–67.1 78.6–78.7 64.5–64.9 74.2–74.3 72.4–72.5
Irkut lyssavirus (NC020809) 79.0–79.1 68.3–68.6 80.3 65.3–65.8 75.3–75.4 74
Irkut lyssavirus-THChina12 (JX442979) 80.5–80.6 68.7–69.0 79.8–80.0 64–64.6 75.1–75.4 74
West Caucasian bat lyssavirus (NC025377) 72.3–72.7 51.2–51.5 71.4 52.0 68.3–68.4 65–65.2
Shimoni bat lyssavirus (NC025365) 74.1–74.5 54.9–55.1 74.2–74.6 56.2–56.4 71.1–71.2 68.2
Ikoma lyssavirus (NC018629) 69.7–69.8 51.9–52.3 69.3–69.6 50.9–51.2 65.4–65.6 62.9
Bokeloh bat lyssavirus (NC025251) 75.0–75.2 66.0–66.3 78.2 64.4–64.5 74.1–74.2 72.3–72.4
Lleida bat lyssavirus (NC031955) 69.2–69.5 50.8–50.9 70.4–70.9 51.2 66.2 63.2–63.3
Gannoruwa bat lyssavirus (NC031988)
 75.5–75.7
 62.8–63.1
 75.4–75.7
 63.7–64.3
 73.5–73.6
 71.5–71.6
*G, glycoprotein; L, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; M, matrix protein; N, nucleoprotein; P, phosphoprotein.

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