Table 2.

Percentage nucleotide identity between WNV isolates available in Genebank and Tana River WNV strains

WNV STRAINS	Lineage	KX189174_R.b.quelea_2D_2016_Bura_Kenya	KX189175_Dove_4A_2016_Bura_Kenya	KX189176_Dove_4B_2016_Bura_Kenya
DQ118127_goose-Hungary/03	I	96.9	95.2	96.9
KJ786934_NY2001-6263_Homosapiens	I	97.6	95.9	96.9
KT163243_68856-ICDC-4_2015_India	I	95.9	94.1	95.2
JX442279_XJ11129_C.pipiens_2011_China	I	100.0	97.9	99.3
JX442281_XJ11141_C.pipiens_2011_China	I	100.0	97.9	99.3
DQ374650_Ast02-3-717_P.carbo_2006_Russia	I	99.7	97.9	99.0
DQ411031_Ast01-187_C.corone_2006_Russia	I	99.7	97.9	99.0
DQ411030_Ast01-182_H.Marginatum_2006_Russia	I	99.7	97.9	99.0
KJ501417_WNV-1/US/BID-V6684/2006	I	98.3	96.2	97.6
EF631149_CpWw21_CpWw21_Cx.pipiens_2006_USA	I	98.3	96.2	97.6
HM538818_4893_2007_USA_linaege 2	I	98.3	96.2	97.6
DQ786573_France407/04_C.magpie_2004_France	I	96.2	94.5	95.5
AY712947_Bird1461_2004_Tx_USA	I	97.9	96.2	97.2
AY052409_Goose_ISR98-GooKha_1998_Israel	I	97.2	95.5	96.6
KC243146_tick_ATH002316_2006_Kenya	I	92.8	91.0	92.1
KX189174_R.b.quelea_2D_2016_Bura_Kenya	I	100.0	97.9	99.3
KX189175_Dove_4A_2016_Bura_Kenya	I	97.9	100.0	97.2
KX189176_Dove_4B_2016_Bura_Kenya	I	99.3	97.2	100.0
DQ318019_WNV_ArD76104_2006_Senegal	II	75.5	73.8	75.5
HM147822_WNV_1958_SAfrica_lineage2	II	75.2	73.8	75.2
EF429199_human_SA381/00_2000_S.Africa	II	76.9	75.2	76.9
GQ903680_Q3574-5_1968_Cyprus	II	75.3	73.9	75.3
HM147824_1958_DRCongo	II	76.6	74.8	76.6
AY688948_Sarafend_2005_Israel	II	76.2	74.8	76.2
AY765264_Rabensburg_C.pipiens_Czech_lineage 3	III	77.2	75.2	77.2
AY277251_LEIV-Krnd88-190_D.marginatus_1998_Russia_Lineage 4	IV	71.7	70.0	71.0
JN638336_Denguevirus1_KD86-035_1986_outgroup		53.0	51.6	52.3

In bold are sequences obtained from this particular study. Other sequences used in generating the identity matrix were obtained from the genebank