Volume 7, Number 4—August 2001
THEME ISSUE
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus
The Relationships between West Nile and Kunjin Viruses
Jacqueline H. Scherret*, Michael Poidinger†, John S. Mackenzie*, Annette K. Broom‡, Vincent Deubel§, W. Ian Lipkin¶, Thomas Briese¶, Ernest A. Gould#, and Roy A. Hall*
Table 1
West Nile and Kunjin virus isolates and nucleotide sequences used in this study
| Year of | Source of | Place of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virus ID | isolation | isolation | isolation | GenBank Accession Number |
| KUN35911 | 1984 | Horse brain | Hunter Valley, NSW,a AU | AF196511 (E gene) |
| KUNP1553b | 1994 | Culex sp. | Marble Bar, WA, AU | AF297856 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196495 (E gene) |
| KUNCH16465C | 1974 | Cx. ann. | CH, Qld, AU | AF297841 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196504 (E gene) |
| KUNCH16514C | 1974 | Cx. ann. | CH | AF297842 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196501 (E gene) |
| KUNCH16532C | 1974 | Cx. ann. | CH | AF297843 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196513 (E gene) |
| KUNCH16549E | 1974 | Cx. ann. | CH | AF297844 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196520 (E gene) |
| KUNM695 | 1982 | Cx. ann. | Victoria, AU | AF297852 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196496 (E gene) |
| KUNM1465 | 1983 | Cx. ann. | Victoria, AU | AF297851 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196522 (E gene) |
| KUNMRM5373 | 1966 | Oriolus flavocintus (bird) | MRM, Qld, AU | AF297859 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196509 (E gene) |
| KUNMRM16 | 1960 | Cx. ann. | MRM | AF196505 (E gene) |
| KUNMRM61C | 1960 | Cx. ann. | MRM | AF196516 (E gene) |
| KUNOR130 | 1973 | Cx. ann. | OR, East Kimberley, WA, AU | AF297857 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196492 (E gene) |
| KUNOR134 | 1973 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF196506 (E gene) |
| KUNOR166 | 1973 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF196499 (E gene) |
| KUNOR205 | 1973 | Aedes tremulus | OR | AF297858 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196515 (E gene) |
| KUNOR354 | 1974 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF297855 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196518 (E gene) |
| KUNOR393 | 1974 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF196503 (E gene) |
| KUNOR4 | 1972 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF196523 (E gene) |
| KUNCX255 | 1982 | Cx. ann. | Wyndham, East Kimberley | AF297845 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196514 (E gene) |
| KUNCX238 | 1982 | Cx. ann. | Wyndham, East Kimberley | AF196502 (E gene) |
| KUNBoort | 1984 | Horse spinal cord | Boort, Victoria, AU | AF297840 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196519 (E gene) |
| KUNFC15 | 1986 | Cx. ann. | West Kimberley, WA, AU | AF297846 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196510 (E gene) |
| KUNHu6774 | 1991 | Human | Southern NSW, AU | AF297847 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196493 (E gene) |
| KUNK6547 | 1991 | Cx. ann. | SE Kimberley, WA, AU | AF196521 (E gene) |
| KUNK1738 | 1989 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF297848 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196494 (E gene) |
| KUNK5374 | 1989 | Cx. ann. | SE Kimberley, WA, AU | AF297849 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196517 (E gene) |
| KUNK2499 | 1984 | Cx. ann. | OR | AF196498 (E gene) |
| KUNK6590 | 1991 | Cx. ann. | Broome, West Kimberley, WA, AU | AF297850 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196500 (E gene) |
| KUNSH183 | 1991 | Chicken | Victoria, AU | AF297853 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196491 (E gene) |
| KUNWK436 | 1979 | Cx. ann. | Camballin, West Kimberley, WA, AU | AF297854 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196507 (E gene) |
| KUNV407 | 1983 | Cx. ann. | Jabiru, NT, AU | AF196508 (E gene) |
| KUNMP502-66 | 1966 | Cx. pseudovishnui | Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia | AF196534 (E gene) |
| HB6343 | 1989 | Human | CAR | AF196542 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196528 (E gene) |
| ArTB3573 | 1982 | Tick | CAR | AF196541 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196527 (E gene) |
| MgAn798 | 1978 | Coracopsis vasa (bird) | Madagascar | AF196543 (NS5-3'UTR) |
| 63134Ent 280 | <1963 | Human | Uganda | AF196539 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196530 (E gene) |
| ArA1Dj | 1968 | Mosquito | Algeria | AF196536 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196529 (E gene) |
| ArNa1047 | unknown | Mosquito | Kenya | AF196535 (NS5-3'UTR) |
| G2266 | 1955 | Cx. vishnui | Sathuperi, India | AF196537 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196525 (E gene) |
| G22886 | 1958 | Cx. vishnui | Sathuperi, India | AF196538 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196524 (E gene) |
| 804994 | 1980 | Human brain biopsy | Bangalore Field Station, Karnataka, India | AF196540 (NS5-3'UTR) AF196526 (E gene) |
| Sarafend | unknown | unknown | unknown | AF196533 (E gene) |
| KOU DakAad 5443 | 1968 | Tatera kempi (rodent) | Senegal, Africa | AF196532 (E gene) |
aNSW = New South Wales; AU = Australia; WA = Western Australia; Cx. ann. = Culex annulirostris; CH = Charleville; Qld = Queensland; MRM = Mitchell River Mission; OR = Ord River; NT = Northern Territory; CAR = Central African Republic; UTR = untranslated region.
bP1553 was isolated from a culture of C6/36 cells inoculated with culture fluid derived from a mosquito pool from which Edge Hill (EH) virus had also been isolated (Annette Broom, pers. comm.).
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