Sequence analysis of the capsid gene of Aichi viruses detected from Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam

• Main Authors: Ngan Thi Kim Pham, Duy Trinh Quang, Pattara Khamrin, Anh Nguyen Tuan, Kanti Dey Shuvra, Gia Phan Tung, Phuc Hoang Le, Niwat Maneekarn, Shoko Okitsu, Masashi Mizuguchi, Hiroshi Ushijima
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=43949087529&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60470
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Sequence analysis of the capsid gene of Aichi viruses was performed on 12 strains detected in Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam during 2002-2005. The phylogenetic tree constructed from 17 nucleotide sequences of the capsid gene of the strains studied and reference strains demonstrated that Aichi virus strains clustered into two branches. A classification of Aichi viruses based on the capsid gene was proposed, in which lineage I consists of the Aichi virus strains detected from Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Germany, and lineage II includes Bangladeshi strains and a Brazilian strain. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.