TABLE 1.

Patient characteristics

Patient ID	Genotype	Viral load (IU/ml)	Sequencea
			A	L	S	T	T	G	E	I	P	F	Y	G	K	A	I	P
138	1a	2,148,000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
154	1a	777,200	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
175	1a	2,200,000	.	.	P	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
251	1a	61,790	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
278	1a	3,015,000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	V	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
283	1a	2,422,000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
299	1a	275,700	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
324	1a	2,469,000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
348	1a	83,080	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
393	1a	5,282,000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
408	1a	1,562,000	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
423	1a	320,900	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
581	1a	3,942,000	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
084	1b	61,550	.	.	.	N	I	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
117	1b	1,033,000	.	.	.	N	I	.	.	V	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
332	1b	220,000	.	.	.	N	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
096	3a	247,700	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
113	3a	2258,000	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
122	3a	87,400	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
137	3a	1,046,000	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
176	3a	924,700	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
206	3a	368,000	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	L	.
240	3a	154,500	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
257	3a	3,642	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
274	3a	146,300	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	V	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
292	3a	80,690	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
466	3a	34,010,000	.	.	G	S	E	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
533	3a	511,500	.	.	G	S	D	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	R	.	.	.
042	RNA negb
062	RNA neg
110	RNA neg
161	RNA neg
196	RNA neg
242	RNA neg
264	RNA neg
286	RNA neg
344	RNA neg
365	RNA neg
417	RNA neg
418	RNA neg
474	RNA neg
574	RNA neg
587	RNA neg

^aThe H77 prototype sequence is indicated in the column subheadings. Differences from the prototype sequence are specified by the appropriate letter in the table. A period indicates no difference from the prototype sequence. –, Not done.

^bRNA neg, RNA negative.