Table 2. Genetic diversity of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus strains*.
Diversity |
RNA, nt |
|
Proteins, aa | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L |
S |
Z |
L |
GPC |
N |
||
Overall | 22 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 6 | |
Within lineage I | 19 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 4 | |
Within lineage II | 25 | 15 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 3 | |
Within lineage III† | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
Within lineage IV‡ | NA | 18 | NA | NA | 13 | 5 | |
Between lineages I and II | 27 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 6 | |
Between lineages I and III | 28 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 8 | |
Between lineages I and IV | NA | 24 | NA | NA | 19 | 9 | |
Between lineages II and III | 27 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 6 | |
Between lineages II and IV | NA | 24 | NA | NA | 18 | 10 | |
Between lineages III and IV | NA | 25 | NA | NA | 19 | 11 |
*nt, nucleotide; aa, amino acid; GPC, glycoprotein precursor; NA, not applicable. Pairwise genetic distances (uncorrected p values) were measured eliminating all positions containing alignment gaps and missing data. †Only 1 sequence in lineage III. ‡No available L sequence in lineage IV.