Table 1. Nucleotide sequence comparison among Old World arenaviruses*.
| Strain | Lusaka | Namwala | MOBV | MORV | MOPV | LASV | LUJV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusaka | 0 | ||||||
| Namwala | 0.130 | 0 | |||||
| MOBV | 0.365 | 0.367 | 0 | ||||
| MORV | 0.372 | 0.365 | 0.392 | 0 | |||
| MOPV | 0.375 | 0.385 | 0.388 | 0.279 | 0 | ||
| LASV | 0.406 | 0.406 | 0.413 | 0.434 | 0.417 | 0 | |
| LUJV | 0.640 | 0.646 | 0.667 | 0.670 | 0.654 | 0.666 | 0 |
*MOBV, Mobala virus (GenBank accession no. NC_007903); MORV, Morogoro virus (NC_013057); MOPV, Mopeia virus (NC_006575); LASV, Lassa virus (NC_004296); LUJV, Lujo virus (FJ952384). The number of nucleotide substitutions per site is shown. The small segment nucleotide sequences from 7 arenavirus strains were analyzed. All positions containing gaps and missing data were eliminated. The final dataset comprised 3,130 positions.