TABLE 3.

Antigenic and genetic characterization of CPV-2 strains in Italy^a

Antigenic type	MboII site (nt 4062-4066)	Origin of the strain	Yr of isolation
CPV-2a
4-01		Abruzzo	2001
41-01		Apulia	2001
52-01		Apulia	2001
57-01		Apulia	2001
62-01		Apulia	2001
70-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
77-01		Apulia	2001
85-01		Apulia	2001
89-01 (B)		Apulia	2001
91-01 (D)		Apulia	2001
93-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
93-01 (B)		Apulia	2001
96-01		Apulia	2001
97-01 (B)		Apulia	2001
98-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
99-01		Apulia	2001
102-01 (C)		Apulia	2001
102-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
104-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
106-01		Apulia	2001
111-01 (B)		Apulia	2001
113-01		Apulia	2001
120-01		Apulia	2001
122-01		Apulia	2001
146-01		Apulia	2001
169-01		Apulia	2001
184-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
188-01 (B)		Apulia	2001
228-01		Apulia	2001
233-01		Apulia	2001
239-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
255-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
273-01 (I)		Apulia	2001
273-01 (2)		Apulia	2001
288-01		Apulia	2001
297-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
307-01 (A)		Apulia	2001
307-01 (B)		Apulia	2001
2-02		Apulia	2002
63-02		Apulia	2002
69-02		Apulia	2002
95-02 (A)		Apulia	2002
108-02 (8)		Abruzzo	2002
108-02 (32)		Abruzzo	2002
108-02 (44)		Abruzzo	2002
119-02 (A)		Apulia	2002
133-02		Apulia	2002
146-02		Apulia	2002
202-02 (3)		Apulia	2002
CPV-2b
42-01	No	Apulia	2001
281-01 (A)	No	Apulia	2001
281-01 (B)	No	Apulia	2001
61/02	No	Apulia	2001
198-02 (A)	No	Apulia	2002
205-02	No	Apulia	2002
56-00	Yes	Apulia	2000
136-00	Yes	Apulia	2000
161-01	Yes	Apulia	2001
189-01 (3)	Yes	Sicily	2001
189-01 (5)	Yes	Sicily	2001
125-02 (debbi)	Yes	Campania	2002
125-02 (leti)	Yes	Campania	2002
157-02 (2)	Yes	Apulia	2002
157-02 (5)	Yes	Apulia	2002
157-02 (5-bis)	Yes	Apulia	2002
202-02 (1)	Yes	Apulia	2002
202-02 (2)	Yes	Apulia	2002
231-02 (1)	Yes	Sicily	2002
231-02 (2)	Yes	Sicily	2002

^aThe Glu-426 CPV-2 mutants are boldfaced. nt, nucleotides.