Table II.
Nucleotide similarity of 220-base-pair fragment of open reading frame 2 of the HEV genome of swine and human strains of different genotypes, as compared with 3 strains isolated in this study
| Type | Isolate | Country | Host | Nucleotide identity per cent (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEVS | HEVS1 | HEVS2 | ||||
| 4e* | EU003605 | India (North) | Pig | 97 | 97 | |
| 4e* | EU003604 | India (North) | Pig | 97 | - | 98.3 |
| 4e* | EU003603 | India (North) | Pig | 97 | 98.3 | - |
| 1a | AF124407 | India | Human | 72.8 | 72.6 | 71.6 |
| 1a | AF446093 | India | Human | 74.6 | 74.3 | 73.3 |
| 1a | AF058684 | Spain | Sewage | 73.2 | 73 | 72 |
| 1a | AF093906 | India | Human | 72.8 | 72.6 | 71.6 |
| 1a | U22532 | India | Human | 74.1 | 73.9 | 72.8 |
| 1a | AB116176 | Nepal | Human | 72.4 | 72.2 | 71.1 |
| 1b | AF141652 | China | Human | 74.6 | 74.3 | 73.3 |
| 1c | AB085965 | Nepal | Human | 73.7 | 74.8 | 73.7 |
| 1c | AY697427 | Kyrgyzstan | Human | 74.6 | 74.8 | 73.7 |
| 1d | AF065061 | Morocco | Human | 73.2 | 73 | 72 |
| 1e | AF051351 | Egypt | Human | 72.8 | 71.7 | 70.7 |
| 2a | M74506 | Mexico | Human | 72.0 | 71.8 | 70.8 |
| 2b | AF173231 | Nigeria | Human | 44.5 | 46 | 45.1 |
| 3a | AF466676 | US | Pig | 67.2 | 66.8 | 67.2 |
| 3a | AF466663 | US | Pig | 75.7 | 73.7 | 73.5 |
| 3a | AB082560 | Japan | Human | 77.2 | 75.2 | 75 |
| 3a | AB115543 | Japan | Human | 68.9 | 68 | 68.5 |
| 3a | AY641398 | Korea | Human | 75 | 73.9 | 72.8 |
| 3a | AF466667 | US | Pig | 77 | 74.6 | 74.8 |
| 3b | AB082567 | Japan | Human | 73.7 | 72.6 | 71.6 |
| 3b | AB112743 | Japan | Human | 68 | 67.2 | 67.6 |
| 3b | AB105898 | Japan | Pig | 74.3 | 72.8 | 71.8 |
| 3c | AF336290 | Netherlands | Pig | 67.9 | 67.9 | 68.7 |
| 3d | AF296167 | Taiwan | Pig | 72.2 | 71.1 | 70.1 |
| 3e | AF503512 | UK | Pig | 69.3 | 67.5 | 68.9 |
| 3e | AB093535 | Japan | Human | 67.6 | 66.7 | 67.2 |
| 3e | AB094231 | Japan | Pig | 67.6 | 66.7 | 67.2 |
| 3f | AF332620 | Netherlands | Pig | 68.9 | 67.6 | 68.5 |
| 3f | AF195061 | Spain | Human | 68.9 | 68.9 | 68.5 |
| 3f | AF195063 | Spain | Human | 69.7 | 68.7 | 69.3 |
| 3f | AY323506 | Spain | Pig | 68.9 | 68.5 | 68.9 |
| 4a | AF151963 | China | Human | 83.8 | 83 | 82.3 |
| 4a | AF296162 | Taiwan | Human | 81.6 | 80.9 | 80.2 |
| 4b | AJ344177 | China | Human | 87.3 | 86.5 | 84.9 |
| 4b | AB168096 | Japan | Human | 87.3 | 85.7 | 84.9 |
| 4b | AF103940 | China | Human | 87.3 | 85.7 | 84.9 |
| 4b | AB124818 | Indonesia | Pig | 85.1 | 84.3 | 82.8 |
| 4b | AJ428856 | China | Pig | 86.4 | 84.8 | 84.1 |
| 4b | AF117277 | Taiwan | Human | 86 | 84.3 | 83.6 |
| 4c | AB105895 | Japan | Human | 84.2 | 83.5 | 82.8 |
| 4c | AB107367 | Japan | Human | 84.2 | 83.5 | 82.8 |
| 4c | AB079762 | Japan | Human | 82.9 | 81.3 | 80.6 |
| 4c | AB105897 | Japan | Human | 84.6 | 83.9 | 83.2 |
| 4d | AY596320 | China | Pig | 81.1 | 82.2 | 80.6 |
| 4d | AJ428854 | China | Pig | 83.3 | 84.3 | 82.8 |
| 4e | AF324501 | India (West) | Pig | 97.4 | 97.8 | 96.1 |
| 4e | AF505861 | India (South) | Pig | 93.9 | 91.7 | 90.9 |
| 4f | AB082558 | Japan | Human | 83.3 | 81.7 | 81 |
*
Present study.
Source: The nucleotide sequences of above HEV isolates were retrieved from Genbank