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J Clin Pathol 57:411-416 doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.012500
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Serological and genetic characterisation of a unique strain of adenovirus involved in an outbreak of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

Table 4

Hexon gene amino acid homologies (%) of Ad8I with the members of adenovirus subgenus D

Ad HVR1 HVR2 HVR3 HVR4 HVR5 HVR6 HVR6 Overall
Amino acid homologies were obtained using DNASIS (Hitachi) software.
Ad, adenovirus; HVR, hypervariable region.
Ad8 8.8 11.7 18.1 52.3 10.5 41.6 42.8 62.0
Ad9 61.7 94.1 81.8 23.8 71.4 41.6 77.2 83.3
Ad15 45.4 29.4 27.2 26.3 33.3 58.3 75.0 75.0
Ad19 41.1 11.7 45.4 38.0 33.3 41.6 65.9 70.9
Ad37 14.7 41.1 63.6 20.0 14.2 58.3 29.5 63.6

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