Table 3.

The comparison between the patterns of the current study and the previous sequences.

Codon		487	492	499	502	520	524	528	529	533	553	585	588	594
Pattern 1	T5	Val	Ser	Glu	Asn	Leu	Ile	Val	Pro	Ile	Pro	Thr	Ala	Lys
Pattern 2	T6	⋅	·	·	·	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Ile	⋅	⋅
Pattern 3	T77	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Ile	Gin	Leu	⋅	Ile	Pro	⋅
Pattern 4	T70	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Ile	Pro	⋅
Pattern 5	T75	⋅	•/Cys	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	Ile	Pro	⋅
Study 1	GC4	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅
Study 2		⋅	⋅	⋅	Thr	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅	⋅

NB: The EBNA-1 sequence variants in study 1 [19] and study 2 [16]. The dot (•) denotes the same nucleotide compared to each of the sequences.