Table 4.

Information about period and regions of circulation, and the first detected strain for all the proposed taxonomic groups

Subgroup	Genotype	Subgenotype	Lineage	Period detecteda	Regions of circulationb	First detected strain
A	1			1956‐2003	North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	AY911262
	2	2.1		1984‐1998	North America, Europe	KP258733
		2.2		1984‐2005	Asia, North America, Europe	HQ731720
		2.3	2.3.0	1977‐2012	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe	KU316166
			2.3.1	1997‐2009	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	AF193324
			2.3.2a	1999‐2006	Africa, South America, Europe	AY343612
			2.3.2b	1999‐2008	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe	AY343603
			2.3.3	2004‐2015	Global	MF496446
			2.3.4	2003‐2016	Global	JX513373
			2.3.5	2010‐2016	Global	JN257693
			2.3.6a	2011‐2015	South America, Europe	JX513365
			2.3.6b	2013‐2015	Africa	KX453341
	3	3.0	3.0.0	1976‐1997	Asia, North America, Europe	HQ731715
			3.0.1	1982‐1990	North America, Europe	MG642031
			3.0.2	1989‐2003	Asia, North America, South America, Europe	AY343587
			3.0.3a	1998‐2011	Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	JX069802
			3.0.3b	2000‐2006	North America, South America, Europe	AY343561
			3.0.4a	1999‐2009	South America, Europe	EU025205
			3.0.4b	2000‐2013	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	AY343558
			3.0.5b	2006‐2015	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	JX645865
B	1			1960‐1985	North America, Europe	M73545
	2			1979‐1993	North America, Europe	KP258712
	3			1989‐1993	North America, South America	M73543
	4			1991‐1997	Asia, Africa, North America, Europe	AF193332
	5	5.0	5.0.0	1992‐2012	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe	KP258745
			5.0.1	1999‐2012	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe	AY333364
			5.0.2	2004‐2015	Global	JX489436
			5.0.3	2005‐2014	Global	JX576756
			5.0.4a	2008‐2015	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	MF496630
			5.0.4b	2004‐2011	Asia, Africa, America, Europe	DQ227395
			5.0.4c	2007‐2015	Global	KC297480
			5.0.5a	2013‐2016	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Oceania	KY249660
			5.0.5c	2010‐2016	Asia, Africa	KF246600
	6			1998‐2005	Africa, North America	JF704213
	7			2005‐2014	Asia	MF496621

^aPeriod detected up to February 2018.

^bThis may not represent the current real global circulation pattern of RSV due to bias in GenBank deposition practices.