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Sequence analysis of the capsid gene of Aichi viruses detected from Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam
Author(s) -
Pham Ngan Thi Kim,
Trinh Quang Duy,
Khamrin Pattara,
Nguyen Tuan Anh,
Dey Shuvra Kanti,
Phan Tung Gia,
Hoang Le Phuc,
Maneekarn Niwat,
Okitsu Shoko,
Mizuguchi Masashi,
Ushijima Hiroshi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.21193
Subject(s) - capsid , virology , phylogenetic tree , lineage (genetic) , biology , gene , virus , strain (injury) , sequence analysis , phylogenetics , nucleic acid sequence , sequence (biology) , genetics , anatomy
Sequence analysis of the capsid gene of Aichi viruses was performed on 12 strains detected in Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam during 2002–2005. The phylogenetic tree constructed from 17 nucleotide sequences of the capsid gene of the strains studied and reference strains demonstrated that Aichi virus strains clustered into two branches. A classification of Aichi viruses based on the capsid gene was proposed, in which lineage I consists of the Aichi virus strains detected from Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Germany, and lineage II includes Bangladeshi strains and a Brazilian strain. J. Med. Virol. 80: 1222–1227, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.