Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Dispatch
New Hepatitis E Virus Genotype in Camels, the Middle East
Table
Comparison of genomic organization of HEV genotypes and isolates*
HEV (GenBank accession no.) |
Genome length, nt |
GC content, % |
5′ UTR, nt |
ORF1, aa |
ORF2, aa |
ORF3, aa |
3′ UTR, nt |
DcHEV-178C (KJ496143)† | 7,220 | 55.1 | 39 | 1,698 | 660 | 113 | 66 |
DcHEV-180C (KJ496144)‡ | 7,219 | 54.4 | 39 | 1,698 | 660 | 113 | 66 |
HEV1 (M73218) | 7,194 | 58.1 | 27 | 1,693 | 660 | 114 | 65 |
HEV2 (M74506)‡§ | >7,170 | 56.5 | NA | 1,691 | 659 | 114 | 74 |
HEV3 (AB089824) | 7,244 | 55.3 | 25 | 1,709 | 660 | 113 | 72 |
HEV4 (AJ272108) | 7,232 | 54.4 | 25 | 1,707 | 658 | 112 | 68 |
Rabbit HEV (FJ906895)‡ | 7,283 | 55.5 | 26 | 1,722 | 660 | 113 | 71 |
Germany rat HEV (GU345042) | 6,948 | 57.8 | 10 | 1,636 | 644 | 102 | 65 |
Vietnam rat HEV (JX120573) | 6,927 | 56.6 | 10 | 1,629 | 644 | 102 | 65 |
Ferret HEV (JN998606) | 6,841 | 53.8 | 12 | 1,596 | 654 | 108 | 65 |
Wild boar HEV novel unclassified genotype (AB602441) | 7,246 | 57.0 | 25 | 1,709 | 660 | 112 | 70 |
Bat HEV (JQ001749) | 6,767 | 51.8 | 33 | 1,580 | 637 | 137 | 77 |
Avian HEV genotype 1 (AM943647)§ | >6,627 | 55.1 | NA | >1,531 | 606 | 87 | 123 |
Avian HEV genotype 2 (AY535004) | 6,654 | 55.5 | 24 | 1,531 | 606 | 87 | 127 |
Avian HEV genotype 3 (AM943646§ | >6,631 | 55.6 | NA | 1,532 | 606 | 87 | 126 |
Avian HEV novel unclassified genotype (JN997392)§ | >6,543 | 55.7 | NA | >1,515 | 606 | 87 | NA |
Cutthroat trout HEV (HQ731075) | 7,269 | 49.7 | 100 | 1,707 | 634 | 225 | 76 |
*HEV, hepatitis E virus; UTR, untranslated region; ORF, open reading frame; DcHEV HEV from dromedary camel; NA, not available because of incomplete genome.
†Assuming the third AUG of ORF2 is the start codon.
‡Assuming the third AUG of ORF3 is the start codon.
§Near-complete genome.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.