Table 2. Characteristics of circulating HSV-2 genotypes with HSV-1 DNA inserts.

Gene	Strain1	5′ HSV-2 marker2	5′ HSV-1 marker3	3′ HSV-1 marker3	3′ HSV-2 marker2	Minimum HSV-1 insert length4	Sample origin
UL39	SD90e	A2370	NA5	NA	C2911	NA	N America
UL39	G19080	A2370	C2365	G2821	C2911	457	N America
UL39	HG52	A2370	C2365	C2536	C2617	172	Europe
UL39	2008_35742	A2554	A2548	G2821	C2911	274	N America
UL39	2010_29297	C2455	A2465	G2821	C2911	357	N America
UL29	2009_4556	G2181	NA	NA	C2451	NA	Kenya
UL29	SD90e	G2181	G2196	A2439	C2451	244	N America
UL30	5073_9333	C2859	NA	NA	G3444	NA	Kenya
UL30	SD90e	C2859	C2856	T3394	G3444	539	N America

¹Proposed index strain for subgroup. Representative strain if several have the same pattern.

²Nucleotide number of HSV-2-specific base in HSV-2 strain 186 numbered from ATG start in relevant gene.

³Nucleotide number of HSV-1-specific base in HSV-1 strain 17+ numbered from ATG start in relevant gene.

⁴Minimum number of HSV-1 nucleotides present in the indicated HSV-2 strain.

⁵Not Applicable.