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. 2014 Nov;80(21):6771–6781. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01981-14

TABLE 3.

Strain designation, amount of viral genomes, and HAV genotype in samples from patients with the indicated week of HAV diagnosis in Gothenburga

Patient strain designation wk of diagnosis in 2013 No. of viral genomes/ml in patient sample Genotype Similar strain wk detected in sewage
861-13 3 5.9 × 104 IB Outbreak strain 9
Sewage strain w5 IB Strain from Iraq 5
985-13 10, 11c 0.7 × 104 IB Outbreak strain 7
2926-13 12 0.3 × 104 NDb Could not be sequenced
6033-13 13 123 × 104 IA Outbreak strain in Hungary/The Netherlands, 2012 Not found in sewage
8723-13 19 1 × 104 IB Outbreak strain 7
a

The designation, amount of viral genomes/ml sample, and genotypes of HAV in samples from patients with the indicated week for HAV diagnosis in Gothenburg are given, together with the genotype of one strain found only in sewage in week 5. In addition, the nucleotide similarity of the strains to other HAV strains is listed, along with the week when the strain was also found in sewage.

b

ND, not determined.

c

Last week of sampling.