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. 2010 Mar 3;84(10):5067–5077. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02265-09

TABLE 1.

Summary of median centripetal and centrifugal amino acid substitution rates in different regions during the 3 years of transition from acute to chronic infection

Time period (yr) Median amino acid substitution rate by site and type (10−3 substitutions/site/year)
Non-E1E2
E1E2
HVR1
E1E2-non-HVR1a
Centrifugal Centripetal Centrifugal Centripetal Centrifugal Centripetal Centrifugal Centripetal
0-1 2.3 3.2 7.2 4.5 55.6 74.1 3.8 0.9
1-2 1.8 1.4 6.3 9.0 92.6 92.6 1.9 3.8
2-3 2.7 2.3 10.8 10.8 92.6 129.6 6.6 3.8
a

The region of E1E2 excluding the HVR1 region.