Table 1. Characteristics of the representative positive samples collected from 1st May 2010 to 30th December 2012 in Iran*.
| NO | Strain Designation | Age(year) | Gender | Source ofspecimen | Genotype | Province oforigin | VaccineHistory | Accessionnumber |
| 1 | MVi/Bandarabas.IRN/5.10/1 | 9M† | F | Urine | D4 | South | None | HM440226 |
| 4 | MVi/Bandarlengeh.IRN/07.10/1 | 15 | F | Urine | D4 | South§ | Unknown | HM440228 |
| 6 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/10.10 | 4M | F | TS‡ | D4 | South East | None | HM998697 |
| 7 | MVs/Tehran.IRN/14.10 | 20 | M | TS | D4 | Center¶ | None | HM998698 |
| 8 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/16.10/1 | 2 | F | TS | D4 | South East | Yes | HM998699 |
| 10 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/17.10 | 6M | M | TS | D4 | South East | None | HM998701 |
| 11 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/18.10 | 4 | M | TS | D4 | South East | None | HM998702 |
| 12 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/19.10/1 | 4 | M | TS | D4 | South East | Yes | HM998703 |
| 14 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/20.10/1 | 2 | M | TS | D4 | South East | Yes | HM998705 |
| 16 | MVi/Tehran.IRN/21.10/1 | 23 | M | Urine | D4 | Center | None | HM998707 |
| 19 | MVs/Isfahan.IRN/22.10 | 5 | M | TS | D4 | Center | Yes | HQ395674 |
| 20 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/23.10/1 | 1 | F | TS | D4 | South East | None | HQ395675 |
| 23 | MVs/Isfahan.IRN/24.10 | 3 | M | TS | D4 | Center | Yes | HQ395677 |
| 24 | MVs/Isfahan.IRN/25.10/1 | 8M | M | TS | D4 | Center | None | HQ395678 |
| 26 | MVs/Ghom.IRN/27.10/1 | 16 | M | TS | D4 | Center | Unknown | HQ395680 |
| 28 | MVi/Hormozgan.IRN/28.10/1 | 31 | F | Urine | D4 | South | Unknown | HQ596506 |
| 30 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/29.10 | 11M | M | TS | D4 | South East | None | HQ395681 |
| 31 | MVs/Mashhad.IRN/30.10/1 | 8M | F | TS | D4 | North East | None | HQ395682 |
| 35 | MVs/BandarJask.IRN/31.10/1 | 6 | F | TS | D4 | South | Yes | HQ395684 |
| 37 | MVs/Fars.IRN/34.10 | 11M | F | TS | D4 | South West | Unknown | HQ596510 |
| 38 | MVs/Mashhad.IRN/35.10/1 | 8 | F | Urine | D4 | North East | Yes | HQ596511 |
| 41 | MVs/Mashhad.IRN/39.10/1 | 8M | M | TS | D4 | North East | Unknown | HQ596514 |
| 43 | MVs/Mashhad.IRN/40.10/1 | 10M | M | TS | D4 | North East | Unknown | HQ668019 |
| 45 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/42.10 | 1M | M | TS | D4 | South East¶ | Unknown | HQ668021 |
| 46 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/43.10 | 2 | M | TS | D4 | South East¶ | Unknown | HQ668022 |
| 47 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/45.10 | 2 | M | TS | D4 | South East | Unknown | HQ711619 |
| 48 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/1.11 | 7 | F | TS | D4 | South East | Unknown | JF327854 |
| 49 | MVs/Fars.IRN/5.11 | 7 | F | TS | D4 | South West | None | JF716447 |
| 50 | MVi/Tehran.IRN/14.11/1 | 21 | M | Urine | D4 | Center | Unknown | JN048663 |
| 52 | MVs/Hormozgan.IRN/18.11 | 1 | F | Urine | D4 | South | None | JN048665 |
| 53 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/52.11 | 7 | F | Urine | D4 | South East | Unknown | JQ687376 |
| 54 | MVi/Yazd.IRN/2.12 | 23 | M | Urine | D4 | Center | Unknown | JQ687377 |
| 55 | MVs/Tehran.IRN/9.12 | 28 | M | TS | B3 | Center | Unknown | JX183266 |
| 56 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/12.12/1 | 5 | M | TS | B3 | South East | Unknown | JX051516 |
| 58 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/14.12/1 | 17 | F | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX183259 |
| 60 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/15.12/1 | 11 | M | Urine | B3 | South East | None | JX183261 |
| 65 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/16.12/1 | 5 | M | TS | B3 | South East | Yes | JX183267 |
| 72 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/17.12/1 | 11M | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX183274 |
| 75 | MVs/Tehran.IRN/18.12/1 | 3 | M | Urine | B3 | Center | None | JX183276 |
| 81 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/19.12/1 | 10 | M | Urine | B3 | South East | Unknown | JX219961 |
| 89 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/20.12/1 | 5 | M | TS | D4 | South East | None | JX219968 |
| 100 | MVs/Tehran.IRN/21.12/1 | 33 | F | TS | B3 | Center | Unknown | JX418027 |
| 111 | MVi/Sistan.IRN/22.12/1 | 11M | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX486009 |
| 115 | MVs/Yazd.IRN/23.12/1 | 22 | M | TS | H1 | Center | Unknown | JX418032 |
| 119 | MVs/Ghom.IRN/24.12/1 | 22 | M | Urine | B3 | Center | Unknown | JX486013 |
| 122 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/25.12/1 | 14 | M | Urine | B3 | South East | Yes | JX486015 |
| 125 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/26.12/1 | 10M | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX631249 |
| 127 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/27.12/1 | 3 | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX631251 |
| 137 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/28.12/1 | 6M | F | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX857307 |
| 142 | MVs/Kerman.IRN/29.12/1 | 10 | M | TS | B3 | Center | Yes | JX857312 |
| 146 | MVs/Sistan.IRN/30.12/1 | 2 | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | JX857314 |
| 148 | MVs/Konarak.IRN/35.12/1 | 6M | M | Urine | B3 | South East | None | KC139052 |
| 155 | MVs/Chabahar.IRN/38.12/1 | 2.4 | M | TS | B3 | South East | Yes | KC139059 |
| 162 | MVs/Chabahar.IRN/42.12 | 1.2 | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | KC879273 |
| 167 | MVs/Iranshahr.IRN/43.12/1 | 1.2 | F | TS | B3 | South East | None | KF214765 |
| 168 | MVi/Zabol.IRN/45.12/1 | 7 | M | Urine | D4 | East | Yes | KC984305 |
| 169 | MVs/Chabahar.IRN/50.12/1 | 10M | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | KC737545 |
| 172 | MVs/Konarak.IRN/51.12 | 9M | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | KC794528 |
| 173 | MVs/Zahedan.IRN/52.12 | 1M | M | TS | B3 | South East | None | KC794532 |
*The nomenclature indicates the representative sample which is the first isolated strain during that week.
†
Month.
‡
Throat swab.
§
Pakistani who is imported cases.
¶
Afghanis who are imported cases.