TABLE 1.

Molecular typing of enterovirus A isolates collected in Madagascar

Isolatea	Locationb	EV type	Identity to the VP1 prototype sequence
			Nucleotide (%)	Amino acid (%)
MAD9745-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A4	84.2	98.4
MAD2940-MDG11	Mahatalaky	CV-A5	82.4	95.3
MAD3144-MDG11	Mahatalaky	CV-A5	82.7	95.6
MAD2628-MDG11	Toliara	CV-A6	81.8	93.8
MAD9828-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A6	82.7	93.4
MAD2986-MDG11	Mahatalaky	CV-A7	82.0	95.6
MAD3101-MDG11	Mahatalaky	CV-A7	82.1	95.6
MAD3127-MDG11	Mahatalaky	CV-A7	82.1	94.6
MAD3179-MDG11	Mahatalaky	CV-A7	82.0	95.3
MAD3956-MDG11	Mahajanga	CV-A7	81.6	94.9
MAD9700-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A7	82.3	94.6
MAD9750-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A7	82.1	95.3
MAD3995-MDG11	Mahajanga	CV-A10	76.2	92.0
MAD9506-MDG11	Mahajanga	CV-A10	76.1	91.6
MAD9802-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A10	76.1	93.0
MAD9856-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A10	77.0	93.0
MAD9937-MDG11	Antsiranana	CV-A10	76.9	96.6
MAD72-MDG07	Anjozorobe	CV-A14	84.2	99.0
MAD2718-MDG11	Toliara	CV-A14	84.7	99.0
MAD7842-MDG10	Tsaratanana	EV-A71	80.8	95.0
MAD72341-MDG04c	Mahatalaky	EV-A71	82.4	95.3
MAD3126-MDG11c	Mahatalaky	EV-A71	80.3	93.9
MAD2741-MGD11d	Toliara	EV-A120

^aIsolates were mostly from healthy children, with the exception of those in italics, which were obtained from two patients with acute flaccid paralysis. The laboratory name is followed by the country code (MDG) and the last two numbers of the year of isolation (e.g., 11 for 2011).

^bMap available in Fig. 6.

^cPreviously published (30).

^dPreviously published (72).