TABLE 1.

Intercluster patristic distance and interclade patristic distance for each segment of viruses from the 2014-15 and 2016-17 HPAI A(H5N8) outbreaks

Clade	Segment	Median of the mean intercluster patristic distance distribution	Grand mean of intercluster patristic distance distribution	SD of the mean interclade patristic distance distribution
2014-15	HA	0.062	0.062	0.001
2016-17	HA	0.063	0.062	0.002
2014-15	PB2	0.238	0.238	0.001
2016-17	PB2	0.238	0.238	0.001
2014-15	PB1	0.128	0.128	0.001
2016-17	PB1	0.128	0.128	0.001
2014-15	PA	0.111	0.111	0.001
2016-17	PA	0.112	0.111	0.004
2014-15	NP	0.115	0.115	0.001
2016-17	NP	0.115	0.115	0.001
2014-15	MP	0.136	0.137	0.003
2016-17	MP	0.136	0.137	0.001
2014-15	NS	0.091	0.091	0.002
2016-17	NS	0.090	0.091	0.002
2014-15	NA	0.041	0.041	0.001
2016-17	NA	0.041	0.041	0.001