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. 2004 Jun;21(6):1074–1080. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msh109

Table 2.

Synonymous Substitution Rates for RNA Viruses.

Virus Species Synonymous Substitution Rate Natural Host Transmission Mode Acute Infection Persistent Infection Latent Infection
Enterovirus
    Human enterovirus A 1.00 × 10−2, (0.99–2.01) × 10−2 Human fecal-oral route
    Human enterovirus B 3.65 × 10−3, (3.60–7.82) × 10−3 Human fecal-oral route
    Human poliovirus 2.56 × 10−2, (2.56–2.57) × 10−2 Human fecal-oral route
    Swine vesicular disease virus 2.95 × 10−3, (2.85–8.65) × 10−3 Pig fecal-oral route
Hepatovirus
    Human hepatitis A virus 1.30 × 10−3, (1.27–1.33) × 10−3 Human fecal-oral route
Togaviridae
Alphavirus
    Eastern equine encephalitis virus 3.25 × 10−4, (3.03–3.51) × 10−4 Birds via vector (tick)
Rubivirus
    Rubella virus 2.64 × 10−3, (2.63–2.65) × 10−3 Human aerosol infection
Coronaviridae
Coronavirus
    Bovine coronavirus 1.20 × 10−3, (1.13–1.43) × 10−3 Cattle aerosol infection
Arteriviridae
Arterivirus
    Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 6.21 × 10−2, (6.01–7.81) × 10−2 Pig aerosol infection
    Equine arteritis virus 5.20 × 10−3, (4.80–7.20) × 10−3 Horse aerosol infection
Negative stranded ss RNA viruses
Arenaviridae
Arenavirus
    Junin virus* 5.06 × 10−3, (5.02–5.10) × 10−3 Rodents fecal-oral route
Bunyaviridae
Hantavirus
    Puumala virus 5.21 × 10−5, (5.19–7.30) × 10−5 Rodents fecal-oral route
Nairovirus
    Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus 1.23 × 10−3, (1.23–1.24) × 10−3 Human via vector (tick)

* Junin virus induces a latent infection in rodents. However, the virus does not induce such the infection mode in human. In fact, the data used here were the data of the virus strains isolated from human. Therefore, the infectious mode was used for human.