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Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Dispatch

Sympatry of 2 Hantavirus Strains, Paraguay, 2003–2007

Yong-Kyu Chu, Douglas Goodin, Robert D. Owen1, David Koch, and Colleen B. JonssonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, USA (Y.-K. Chu, C.B. Jonsson); Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (D. Goodin, D. Koch); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA (R.D. Owen); University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA (C.B. Jonsson)

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Table 1

Nucleotide and amino acid sequence similarities of small gene segments among hantaviruses identified in Paraguay and nearby countries, 2003–2007*

Virus LANV RIOMV ALPA JABV JABV Akmo_006 AAI ANDV BMJV-NEBU IPV37 JUQV Olfo_777 JUQV PRGV ARAV
LANV – 83 78 75 75 76 79 80 80 80 80 78 78
RIOMV 93 – 81 77 78 77 80 80 79 79 78 79 79
ALPA 92 96 – 77 77 78 78 78 78 77 77 77 78
JABV 85 89 88 – 88 89 76 77 78 77 78 75 77
JABV Akmo_006 86 88 88 99 – 96 76 75 77 76 76 75 76
AAIV 88 90 90 99 99 – 77 76 77 77 77 76 76
ANDV 90 90 89 86 86 88 – 83 82 81 82 82 82
BMJV-NEBU 89 90 88 86 85 88 98 – 84 83 84 82 81
IPV37 90 90 89 86 86 88 96 95 – 95 95 83 81
JUQV_Olfo_777 89 88 87 86 86 87 96 94 100 – 96 82 80
JUQV 90 90 89 86 85 88 96 95 100 100 – 82 81
PRGV 90 90 89 85 84 87 96 95 93 92 93 – 83
ARAV 91 91 90 90 89 90 96 94 94 94 94 96 –

*Values above the diagonal are percentage nucleotide sequence similarities, and values below the diagonal are percentage amino acid sequence similarities. LANV, Laguna Negra virus; RIOMV, Rio Mamore virus; ALPA, Alto Paraguay virus; JABV, Jaborá virus; AAIV, Ape Aime virus; ANDV, Andes virus; BMJV-NEBU, Beremjo virus from Ñeembucú; IPV37, Itapúa virus strain 37; JUQV, Juquitiba virus; PRGV, Pergamino virus; ARAV, Araraquara virus.

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1Current affiliation: Martín Barrios 2230 c/ Pizarro, Barrio Republicano, Asunción, Paraguay.

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