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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Research

Mammarenaviruses of Rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Jocelyn Jardine1, Felicity J. Burt2, Alasdair J. Shepherd, Susan P. Shepherd, Patricia A. Leman, Alan Kemp, Lawrence E.O. Braack3, Jacqueline WeyerComments to Author , Janusz T. Paweska, and Robert Swanepoel3
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (A.A. Grobbelaar, J. Jardine, F.J. Burt, A.J. Shepherd, S.P. Shepherd, P.A. Leman, A. Kemp, J. Weyer, J.T. Paweska, R. Swanepoel); South African National Parks Board, Skukuza, South Africa (L.E.O. Braack).

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Table 2

Pairwise comparison of partial nucleocapsid protein amino acid sequence (299–304 aa) percentage difference between 5 selected southern Africa Old World mammarenavirus isolates from current study and closest relatives, South Africa and Zimbabwe*

Isolate name MOPV AN20616 IPPYV DakAn B188 LASV Josiah MOBV 3080 LCMV WE LUJO ZAM LUNK NKS1 LUNA NMW1 MRTV NR27 OKAV NR73 BITU ANG 0070 SPU 86/ 415/ 2 SPU 86/ 415/ 4 SPU 86/ 485 SPU 84/ 491/ 406 SPU 85/ 353
SPU 86/415/2 30 29 29.6 31.3 37.7 43.4 34.7 30 33 15.5 14.2 0 3.7 15.2 32 19.9
SPU 86/415/4 30 28.3 29 31.3 37 43.3 34.3 29.6 32 15.2 14.2 3.7 0 14.8 31.3 19.2
SPU 86/485 27.6 27.6 29.6 29.3 33 39.4 31 28.3 29.3 8.4 9.3 15.2 15 0 29.3 20.5
SPU 84/491/ 106 24 22 25 25 34 44 35 26 13 30 35.3 32 31.3 29.3 0 27.3
SPU 85/353 26.6 27.6 28.3 29.6 33 42.8 32 28.3 28.3 20.9 19.4 19.9 19.2 20.5 27.3 0

*BITU, Bitu virus; IPPYV, Ippy virus; LASV, Lassa virus; LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; LUJO, Lujo virus; LUNA, Luna virus; LUNK, Lunk virus; MRTV, Mariental virus; MOBV, Mobala virus; MOPV, Mopeia virus; OKAV, Okahandja virus.

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1Current affiliation: EduVos, Midrand, South Africa.

2Current affiliation: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

3Current affiliation: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

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