Table 1. Nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence identities between the Guangdong EV-B84 strain (AFP452), the EV-B84 prototype strain, and other prototype strains belonging to EV-B.

Region	% nucleotide identity (% amino acid identity)
	EV-B84 strain AFP452
	Prototype of EV-B84	Prototypes of other EV-B
5′ UTR	90.42	82.15–90.16
VP4	79.71 (88.41)	68.12–82.61 (76.81–95.65)
VP2	78.59 (95.83)	71.16–78.21 (78.03–89.77)
VP3	78.25 (95.42)	65.51–74.38 (68.33–85.00)
VP1	81.03 (94.48)	67.70–77.24 (72.76–90.34)
2A	81.11 (93.33)	73.78–82.00 (84.67–95.33)
2B	78.11 (94.95)	75.76–81.82 (92.93–97.98)
2C	80.45 (98.48)	79.53–84.19 (96.35–98.78)
3A	76.78 (96.63)	75.66–83.90 (91.01–98.88)
3B	84.85 (100.0)	74.24–87.88 (90.91–100.0)
3C	79.78 (97.27)	77.05–86.16 (95.08–99.45)
3D	80.66 (97.40)	77.63–83.62 (95.24–98.27)
3′ UTR	86.41	84.47–94.17