TABLE 1.

Comparison of the HEV isolate from the patient in the present study (HE-JVN1) with 104 human and swine HEV isolates of genotype 4 whose common 326- or 412-nt sequence in ORF1 or common 241- to 412-nt sequence in ORF2 is known

Country	Host	ORF1			ORF2
		No. of isolates compared	nt length compared	Identity (%)	No. of isolates compared	nt length compared	Identity (%)
China	Human	2	412	87.4-89.8	22	301-412	83.4-94.0
	Swine	0	-a	-	5	300	85.3-96.3
India	Swine	0	-	-	12	241-263	85.4-88.7
Indonesia	Swine	0	-	-	1	412	90.8
Japan	Human	15	412	87.1-89.3	18	412	86.9-88.3
	Swine	2	412	88.1	10	412	87.1-87.9
Taiwan	Human	0	-	-	8	304-346	85.5-89.9
	Swine	0	-	-	3	304-346	87.2-90.5
Vietnam	Human	6	326	82.2-98.8	0	-	-

^a-, Not applicable.