Table 1. Comparison of human CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte epitope sequences between respiratory syncytial virus Memphis-37 and A2 strains.

	RSV protein	Amino acid position	Peptide sequence*			% Homology between peptides
			RSV-Memphis-37		RSV-A2
CD4	G	162−175		DFHFEVFNFVPCSI	DFHFEVFNFVPCSI		100
	F	7−30		KTNAITTILAAVTLCFASSQNITE	KANAITTILTAVTFCFASGQNITE		83
	F	25−42		SQNITEEFYQSTCSAVSK	GQNITEEFYQSTCSAVSK		94
	F	43−60		GYLSALRTGWYTSVITIE	GYLSALRTGWYTSVITIE		100
	F	49−72		RTGWYTSVITIELSNIKENKCNGT	RTGWYTSVITIELSNIKENKCNGT		100
	F	55−72		SVITIELSNIKENKCNGT	SVITIELSNIKENKCNGT		100
	F	73−90		DAKVKLIKQELDKYKNAV	DAKVKLIKQELDKYKNAV		100
	F	85−102		KYKNAVTELQLLMQSTPA	KYKNAVTELQLLMQSTPP		94
	F	109−132		RELPRFMNYTLNNTKNNNVTLSKK	RELPRFMNYTLNNAKKTNVTLSKK		88
	F	175−192		NKAVVSLSNGVSVLTSKV	NKAVVSLSNGVSVLTSKV		100
	F	193−210		LDLKNYIDKQLLPIVNKQ	LDLKNYIDKQLLPIVNKQ		100
	F	229−252		RLLEITREFSVNAGVTTPVSTYML	RLLEITREFSVNAGVTTPVSTYML		100
	F	265−288		PITNDQKKLMSNNVQIVRQQSYSI	PITNDQKKLMSNNVQIVRQQSYSI		100
	F	295−318		EVLAYVVQLPLYGVIDTPCWKLHT	EVLAYVVQLPLYGVIDTPCWKLHT		100
	F	337−360		TDRGWYCDNAGSVSFFPQAETCKV	TDRGWYCDNAGSVSFFPQAETCKV		100
	F	391−408		YDCKIMTSKTDVSSSVIT	YDCKIMTSKTDVSSSVIT		100
	F	409−426		SLGAIVSCYGKTKCTASN	SLGAIVSCYGKTKCTASN		100
	F	427−444		KNRGIIKTFSNGCDYVSN	KNRGIIKTFSNGCDYVSN		100
	F	457−486		YYVNKQEGKSLYVKGEPIINFYDPLVFPSD	YYVNKQEGKSLYVKGEPIINFYDPLVFPSD		100
	F	493−516		SQVNEKINQSLAFIRKSDELLHNV	SQVNEKINQSLAFIRKSDELLHNV		100
	F	517−534		NVGKSTTNIMITTIIIVI	NAGKSTTNIMITTIIIVI		94
	F	541−558		LIAVGLFLYCKARSTPVT	LIAVGLLLYCKARSTPVT		94
CD8	F	8−17		TNAITTILAA	ANAITTILTA		80
	F	93−102		LQLLMQSTPA	LQLLMQSTPA		100
	F	106–113		RARRELPRF	RARRELPRF		100
	F	109–118		RELPRFMNYT	RELPRFMNYT		100
	F	260–269		LINDMPITND	LINDMPITND		100
	F	273–282		LMSNNVQIVR	LMSNNVQIVR		100
	F	285–294		SYSIMSIIKE	SYSIMSIIKE		100
	F	374–383		TLPSEVNLCN	TLPSEVNLCN		100
	F	388–397		NPKYDCKIMT	NPKYDCKIMT		100
	F	519–528		GKSTTNIMIT	GKSTINIMIT		90
	F	521–530		STTNIMITTI	STINIMITTI		90
	F	542–550		IAVGLFLYC	IAVGLLLYC		89
	N	46–59		KLCGMLLITEDANH	KLCGMLLITEDANH		100
	N	232–245		STRGGSRVEGIFAG	STRGGSRVEGIFAG		100
	N	250–263		AYGAGQVMLRWGVL	AYGAGQVMLRWGVL		100
	N	253–266		AGQVMLRWGVLAKS	AGQVMLRWGVLAKS		100
	N	256–269		VMLRWGVLAKSVKN	VMLRWGVLAKSVKN		100
	N	298–311		AGFYHILNNPKASL	AGFYHILNNPKASL		100
	N	306–314		NPKASLLSL	NPKASLLSL		100
	M	195–203		IPYSGLLLV	IPYSGLLLV		100
	M	229–237		YLEKESIYY	YLEKESIYY		100
	M2-1	64–72		AELDRTEEY	AELDRTEEY		100
	M2-1	151–159		RLPADVLKK	RLPADVLKK		100
	NS1	41–49		LAKAVIHTI	LAKAVIHTI		100

Legend: *Differences between Memphis-37 and RSV A2 are bolded.