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Volume 21, Number 10—October 2015
Research

Evolutionary and Ecological Characterization of Mayaro Virus Strains Isolated during an Outbreak, Venezuela, 2010

Albert J. Auguste, Jonathan Liria, Naomi L. Forrester, Dileyvic Giambalvo, Maria Moncada, Kanya C. Long1, Dulce Morón, Nuris de Manzione, Robert B. Tesh, Eric S. Halsey, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Rosa Hernandez, Juan-Carlos Navarro, and Nikos VasilakisComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (A.J. Auguste, N.L. Forrester, K.C. Long, R.B. Tesh, S.C. Weaver); Universidad de Carabobo, Naguanagua-Valencia, Venezuela (J. Liria); Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas, Venezuela (D. Giambalvo, M. Moncada, D. Morón, R. Hernandez); Centro de Investigaciones de Virosis Hemorrágicas y Enfermedades Transmisibles, Guanare, Portuguesa State, Venezuela (N. de Manzione); US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru (E.S. Halsey, T.J. Kochel); Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas (J.-C. Navarro)

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Table 3

Nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities among 9 major genes of the MAYV VZ2010 outbreak strain and 10 representative MAYV strains, Venezuela, 2010*

Genotype D Genotype L
Ohio
FSB 1131
ARV 0565
BeAn 337622
MAYLC
BeH 186258
TRVL 15537
FMD 3213

BeH 256
BeAr 505411
nsp1 99.4 (99.1) 98.9 (99.1) 98.6 (99.1) 98.1 (98.7) 98.4 (98.9) 97.6 (99.1) 97.3 (98.1) 95.6 (98.7) 88.6 (97.0) 88.6 (97.0)
nsp2 99.5 (99.7) 98.7 (99.5) 98.6 (99.6) 98.4 (99.5) 98.1 (99.1) 96.8 (99.1) 96.9 (98.9) 93.7 (99.0) 86.2 (97.4) 86.2 (97.4)
nsp3 99.7 (100.0) 98.6 (100.0) 97.8 (99.0) 98.1 (99.2) 97.7 (98.8) 96.2 (98.5) 96.7 (98.3) 93.3 (78.4) 82.7 (76.9) 82.5 (76.9)
nsp4 99.2 (100.0) 98.3 (99.7) 98 
(99.8) 97.8 (99.8) 97.5 (99.8) 97.1 (99.3) 97.1 (99.2) 92.5 (98.2) 86 (97.2) 86.2 (97.2)
C 99 (100.0) 98.7 (99.6) 98.7 (100.0) 98.1 (99.6) 97.9 (100.0) 96.5 (99.6) 97.0 (100.0) 93.5 (98.8) 87.1 (96.1) 88 
(96.9)
E3 99.5 (100) 98.5 (100.0) 96.5 (100.0) 97 (100.0) 96.5 (100.0) 97.5 (100.0) 97.0 (100.0) 93.4 (98.5) 83.8 (90.9) 84.8 (90.9)
E2 99.3 (99.8) 98.4 (99.8) 97.9 (99.1) 98.3 (100.0) 97.5 (99.5) 96.1 (99.8) 96.4 (98.8) 93.3 (98.8) 86.3 (97.4) 86.2 (96.9)
6K 100 (100.0) 98.3 (98.3) 98.9 (100.0) 98.3 (100) 98.9 (100.0) 98.3 (100.0) 97.8 (100.0) 97.8 (100.0) 87.8 (95.0) 88.3 (96.7)
E1 99.5 (99.8) 99.1 (99.8) 98.7 (99.5) 98.5 (99.8) 98.4 (99.8) 97.9 (99.3) 97.6 (97.7) 94.3 (98.4) 88 (96.1) 87.6 (96.3)

*Values in parentheses are amino acid identities. MAYV, Mayaro virus; nsp, nonstructural protein; C, capsid; E3, envelope small polypeptide; E2, envelope glycoprotein 2; 6K, envelope small polypeptide; E1, envelope glycoprotein 1.

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1Current affiliation: Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA.

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