Table 4. Pairwise identity comparisons of a 327-nt fragment amplified from ORF1 of rat HEV, Los Angeles, California, USA*.

Strain	% Identity
	Rat B350	Ger 715	Ger 719
Rat B350		87.5	85.3
Ger 715	96.3		86.2
Ger 719	96.3	95.4

*Values above the diagonal are nucleotide identities; values below the diagonal are amino acid identities. ORF, open reading frame; HEV, hepatitis E virus. Rat B350, GenBank accession no. JF516246; Ger 715, accession no. GQ504009.1; Ger 719, accession no GQ504010.1.