Table 3.
Pairwise comparisons of the BbSBP-4 nucleotide gene sequences of South African Babesia bovis isolates and GenBank strains
| Isolate origin | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 01 | 100 | 100 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.2 | 94.4 | 94.4 | 93.7 | 94.4 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.8 | 94.8 | 98.3 | 98.1 | 98.3 | 98.1 | 98.3 | 98.8 | 100 | 100 |
| Ghana | 02 | 100 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.2 | 94.4 | 94.4 | 93.7 | 94.4 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 94.8 | 94.8 | 98.3 | 98.1 | 98.3 | 98.1 | 98.3 | 98.8 | 100 | 100 | |
| Brazil | 03 | 100 | 100 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.2 | 99.9 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.2 | 96.2 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 94.5 | ||
| Japan | 04 | 100 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.2 | 99.9 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.2 | 96.2 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 94.5 | |||
| Mongolia | 05 | 100 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.2 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 98.3 | 98.3 | 95.8 | 95.6 | 95.8 | 95.9 | 95.9 | 95.4 | 94.2 | 94.2 | ||||
| Syria | 06 | 100 | 99.7 | 99.0 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 95.9 | 95.8 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 94.4 | 94.4 | |||||
| Syria | 07 | 100 | 99.0 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 95.9 | 95.8 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 94.4 | 94.4 | ||||||
| Thailand | 08 | 100 | 99.0 | 99.2 | 99.2 | 99.2 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 95.2 | 95.1 | 95.2 | 95.4 | 95.4 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 93.7 | |||||||
| Thailand | 09 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 95.9 | 95.8 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.1 | 95.5 | 94.4 | 94.4 | ||||||||
| Thailand | 10 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.2 | 96.2 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 94.5 | |||||||||
| USA | 11 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.2 | 96.2 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 94.5 | ||||||||||
| USA | 12 | 100 | 98.6 | 98.6 | 96.1 | 95.9 | 96.1 | 96.2 | 96.2 | 95.6 | 94.5 | 94.5 | |||||||||||
| MP-C18 | 13 | 100 | 100 | 96.3 | 96.2 | 96.3 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 95.9 | 94.8 | 94.8 | ||||||||||||
| NW-C4 | 14 | 100 | 96.3 | 96.2 | 96.3 | 96.5 | 96.5 | 95.9 | 94.8 | 94.8 | |||||||||||||
| GP-C17 | 15 | 100 | 99.9 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 98.3 | 98.3 | ||||||||||||||
| INDIA | 16 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 99.3 | 98.1 | 98.1 | |||||||||||||||
| KZN-C1 | 17 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 98.3 | 98.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| NW-C2 | 18 | 100 | 99.9 | 99.3 | 98.1 | 98.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| GP-C7 | 19 | 100 | 99.5 | 98.3 | 98.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GP-C15 | 20 | 100 | 98.8 | 98.8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| KZN-C2 | 21 | 100 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC-10270 | 22 | 100 |
Accession numbers of BbSBP-4 sequences extracted from GenBank are (01 through 12): AB569303, AB569301, AB569300, AB594813, AB569302, AB617639, AB617641, AB571871, AB586125, AB594814, AF486506 and AF486507, respectively. Accession numbers of sequences generated in this study are (13 through 22): KF626632, KF626638, KF626636, KF626631, KF626629, KF626637, KF626634, KF626635, KF626630, KF626633