Table 1.

Primary sequence identity (%) of the 5′ noncoding region

	T-138	T-338	T-094	HGV-1	HGV-2	GBV-C
T-338	97
T-094	97	97
HGV-1	90	90	90
HGV-2	90	90	90	96
GBV-C	90	90	90	88	88
HCV	<30	<30	<30	<30	<30	<30

Nucleotide identities were determined by comparison of the nucleotides −1 to −400. T-138, T-338, and T-094 are the three isolates from Taiwan (this report). HGV-1 and HGV-2 are the American isolates PNF2161 and R10291, respectively (2). GBV-C is the West African isolate (3).