TABLE 3.

Percent conservation of the potential glycosylation sites in HCV envelope protein E2 in the most represented genotypes

Genotype	na	% Conservation at site:
		417 (N1)	423 (N2)	430 (N3)	448 (N4)	476 (N5)	532 (N6)	540 (N7)	556 (N8)	576 (N9)	623 (N10)	645 (N11)
1	294	99.7	100	98.3	98.0	39.1	97.6	98.3	99.3	98.6	99.7	99.7
1a	77	100	100	98.7	98.7	97.4	90.9	100	100	100	100	100
1b	213	99.5	100	98.1	97.7	17.8	100	97.7	99.5	98.6	99.5	99.5
2	51	100	100	98.0	100	88.2	100	100	96.1	100	100	98.0
2a	21	100	100	95.2	100	90.5	100	100	95.2	100	100	100
2b	25	100	100	100	100	92.0	100	100	96.0	100	100	96.0
3	68	100	98.5	100	100	98.5	97.1	0	86.8	98.5	98.5	100
3a	66	100	98.5	100	100	100	97.0	0	86.4	98.5	98.5	100
4	9	100	100	100	100	88.9	100	100	100	100	100	100
4a	8	100	100	100	100	87.5	100	100	100	100	100	100
5	2	100	100	100	100	0	100	50	100	100	100	100
6	27	100	100	96.3	100	85.2	100	3.7	100	96.3	100	100
6a	15	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	100	100	100	100
Total	451	99.8	99.8	98.4	98.7	57.2	98.0	77.8	97.1	98.7	99.6	99.6

^an, number of sequences.