Table 2. Nucleotide identity matrix obtained for the alignment of 5UTR′/VP2 region of EV68 identified from Thailand and reference strains of EV68 and other members of enterovirus species D (EV94 and EV70).
| Sequence | CU134 | CU54 | B2054 | B2060 | B1512 | B196 | EV94 | JPOC | FR3799 | Fermon |
| CU54 | 86.2 | |||||||||
| B2054 | 99.6 | 85.8 | ||||||||
| B2060 | 99.8 | 86.0 | 99.4 | |||||||
| B1512 | 88.0 | 92.3 | 87.7 | 87.9 | ||||||
| B196 | 99.1 | 85.3 | 98.7 | 98.9 | 87.5 | |||||
| EV94 | 68.6 | 70.7 | 68.6 | 68.4 | 69.6 | 67.9 | ||||
| JPOC | 93.5 | 86.9 | 93.2 | 93.4 | 88.7 | 93.0 | 67.7 | |||
| FR3799 | 93.9 | 89.7 | 93.5 | 93.7 | 91.8 | 93.0 | 68.6 | 94.6 | ||
| Fermon | 82.9 | 82.8 | 82.6 | 82.8 | 84.1 | 82.4 | 71.0 | 82.9 | 82.9 | |
| EV70 | 71.8 | 70.8 | 71.8 | 71.6 | 70.1 | 70.9 | 75.2 | 69.1 | 69.6 | 70.7 |