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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Dispatch

Enzootic Transmission of Yellow Fever Virus, Venezuela

Albert J. Auguste, Philippe Lemey, Nicholas A. Bergren, Dileyvic Giambalvo, Maria Moncada, Dulce Morón, Rosa Hernandez, Juan-Carlos Navarro, and Nikos VasilakisComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (A.J. Auguste, N.A. Bergren, S.C. Weaver); Rega Institute, Leuven, Belgium (P. Lemey); Ciudad Universitaria, Caracas, Venezuela (D. Giambalvo, M. Moncada, D. Morón, R. Hernandez); Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas (J.-C. Navarro)

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Table 2

Nucleotide and amino acid divergence among individual YFV genes of 9 representative YFV strains compared to the TVP11767* strain†

Genes Strain, nucleotide (amino acid) divergence, %
BeH622205 (B, 2000) BeAR513008 (B, 1992) BeH423602 (B, 1984) BeH413820 (B, 1983) BeH394880 (B, 1981) BeH655417 (B, 2002) 6A (V, 2005) 9A (V, 2007) 10A (V, 2010)
Capsid 98.3 (100) 98.0 (100) 97.2 (100) 91.2 (97.4) 96.3 (100) 97.2 (99.1) 97.2 (99.1) 97.2 (99.1) 96.6 (100)
PreM/M 97.7 (99.4) 96.7 (100) 91.2 (98.1) 97.3 (100) 97.3 (100) 96.2 (99.4) 97.7 (100) 97.7 (100) 97.7 (100)
E 98.2 (100) 96.3 (100) 89.6 (98.6) 96.9 (100) 97.5 (100) 96.6 (100) 97.2 (100) 97.0 (100) 97.6 (100)
NS1 97.9 (99.7) 97.3 (100) 90.5 (99.4) 97.5 (99.7) 98.1 (100) 96.8 (99.7) 98.7 (100) 98.4 (100) 98.6 (100)
NS2A&B 97.4 (100) 96.2 (99.4) 90.4 (99.4) 96.8 (100) 97.6 (100) 95.8 (99.1) 97.2 (100) 96.9 (99.4) 97.6 (100)
NS3 97.4 (100) 96.7 (100) 88.4 (100) 97.4 (100) 97.4 (100) 96.3 (100) 97.4 (100) 97.4 (100) 96.7 (100)
NS4A&B 98.2 (100) 96.8 (99.7) 90.3 (98.7) 97.1 (99.7) 97.8 (100) 97.1 (99.7) 98.1 (99.7) 98.0 (99.7) 98.2 (100)
NS5 98.3 (99.8) 96.6 (99.8) 91.1 (99.1) 96.8 (99.8) 98.0 (100) 96.6 (100) 98.4 (100) 98.1 (100) 98.2 (100)

*First South American complete genome sequence to be published. TVP11767 was isolated in 2009 from an Alouatta seniculus specimen in Trinidad.
†YFV, yellow fever virus; B, Brazil; V, Venezuela; M, membrane; E, envelope; NS, nonstructural.

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