TABLE 2.
Diversity and divergence of nucleotide sequences of HIV-2 env gene obtained from Korean isolates and references
| Parameter and subject | C2 to C5
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V3
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD (%) | Range (%) | Mean ± SD (%) | Range (%) | |
| Diversity within HIV-2 subtype A isolates | ||||
| Korean (n = 8) | 8.4 ± 5.4 | 2.3-15.5 | 6.6 ± 3.3 | 2.0-11.9 |
| SPa subcluster (n = 6) | 3.8 ± 1.0 | 2.3-5.4 | 4.1 ± 1.4 | 2.0-6.3 |
| African (n = 19) | 14.1 ± 2.8 | 0.2-19.8 | 14.9 ± 6.0 | 0.0-31.6 |
| European (n = 6) | 12.8 ± 2.4 | 10.5-16.7 | 13.6 ± 5.2 | 6.2-21.8 |
| Divergence between HIV-2 subtype A isolates | ||||
| Korean/SP subcluster | 14.5 ± 0.7 | 13.3-15.5 | 9.9 ± 1.6 | 7.3-11.9 |
| Korean/African | 14.1 ± 2.0 | 10.1-19.0 | 13.2 ± 5.3 | 6.2-25.1 |
| Korean/European | 15.9 ± 1.5 | 12.5-18.5 | 13.1 ± 3.8 | 5.1-20.5 |
| African/European | 15.3 ± 2.3 | 7.8-20.5 | 15.9 ± 5.1 | 5.1-29.9 |
a
SP, southern part of Korea. City B and city D in Table 1 belong to SP.