Table 1. Summary of RVFV sequence characteristics.
Country | L segment | M segment | S (NP) segment | S (NS) segment |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kenya | 10 | 2 | 14 | 14 |
Sudan | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 |
Central Africa Republic | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Madagascar | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Egypt | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
Angola | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
China | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 30 | 30 | 53 | 51 |
L segment: the large (approximately 6.4 kb) genomic segment encoding RNA polymerase, M segment: the medium (approximately 3.2 kb) genomic segment encoding glycoprotein, S segment: the small (approximately 1.7 kb) genomic segment encoding nucleoprotein (NP) and nonstructural protein (NS).