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Volume 9, Number 12—December 2003
Research

Global Distribution of Rubella Virus Genotypes

Du-Ping Zheng*1, Teryl K. Frey*Comments to Author , Joseph P. Icenogle†, Shigetaka Katow†‡, Emily S. Abernathy*†, Ki-Joon Song§, Wen-Bo Xu¶, Vitaly Yarulin#, R.G. Desjatskova#, Yair Aboudy**, Gisela Enders††, and Margaret Croxson‡‡
Author affiliations: *Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; ‡National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; §Korea University, Seoul, Korea; ¶Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China; #Institute of Viral Preparations, Moscow, Russia; **Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; ††Institute for Virology, Infectiology and Epidemiology, Stuttgart, Germany; ‡‡Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

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Table 1

“New” rubella virus E1 gene sequences used in this studya

Isolate Isolation site and y GenBank no.
China
AH2/AH-CHN99
 Anhui, China 1999
 AY326350
AH5/AH-CHN99
 Anhui, China 1999
 AY326351
Germany
BCM/-GER91
 Germany 1991
 AY326341
G696/-GER98
 Germany 1998
 AY326342
Israel
I11/TA-ISR68
 Tel Aviv, Israel 1968
 AY326335
I19/HF-ISR72
 Haifa, Israel 1972
 AY326338
I9/JS-ISR75
 Jerusalem, Israel 1975
 AY326334
I13/BB-ISR79
 Bene-Berak, Israel 1979
 AY326336
I15/JF-ISR78
 Jaffa, Israel 1978
 AY326337
I34/TB-ISR88
 Tiberias, Israel 1988
 AY326339
I76/EV-ISR92
 Ein-Vered, Israel 1992
 AY326340
India
MTS/-IND00
 India 2000
 AY326343b
Japan
J05/TK-JPN93
 Tokyo, Japan 1993
 AB072382
J91/GM-JAP94
 Gunma, Japan 1994
 AB072384
J86/ST-JAP95
 Saitama, Japan 1995
 AB072387
J13/HS-JAP97
 Hiroshima, Japan 1997
 AY397695
Korea
AN1/SO-KOR95
 Seoul, Korea 1995
 AY326345
AN3/SO-KOR96
 Seoul, Korea 1996
 AY326346
AN5/SO-KOR96
 Seoul, Korea 1996
 AY326347
AN6/SO-KOR96
 Seoul, Korea 1996
 AY326348
New Zealand
JC1/AL-NEZ81
 Auckland, NZ 1981
 AY326331
JC2/AL-NEZ91
 Auckland, NZ 1991
 AY326332
JC5C/AL-NEZ91
 Auckland, NZ 1991
 AY326333
Russia
C4/MO-RUS67
 Moscow, Russia 1967
 AY247015
C19/MO-RUS68
 Moscow, Russia 1968
 AY247016
C44/MO-RUS69
 Moscow, Russia 1969
 AY247017
C68/MO-RUS73
 Moscow, Russia 1973
 AY247018
C74/MO-RUS97 Moscow, Russia 1997 AY247019

aNew E1 gene sequences not previously reported in earlier studies (8-12) are listed in this Table. A complete list of sequences used in this study is available online (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol09no12/03-0242.htm#table1)
bIsolated in Seattle, WA, USA

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1Current address: Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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