Table 1 Orthopoxvirus HA genes compared by sequence analysis to sequence recovered from human tissue presumed to be infected with Variola virus.

From: Detection and identification of Variola virus in fixed human tissue after prolonged archival storage

Virus strain

Location

Year

Accession no.

Variola major-SOM

Somalia

1977

AF375143

Variola major-SLN

Sierra Leone

1968

AF375142

Variola major-NIG

Nigeria

1961

AF375138

Variola major-RAT

Pakistan

1969

AF375141

Variola major-MAD

India

1962

AF375137

Variola major-BOM

India

1958

AF375128

Variola major-HAR

Unknown

Unknown

None

Variola major-CNG

Dem. Rep. Congo

1970

AF375131

Variola major-ABA

Bangladesh

1974

AF375125

Variola minor-GAR

Garcia

1966

X72086

Variola minor-BUT

United Kingdom

1952

AF375129

Vaccinia-WR

Western Reserve

Unknown

M93956

Vaccinia-TT

China

Unknown

M57773

Vaccinia-LST

United Kingdom

Unknown

AF375124

Vaccinia-LEN

Unknown

1975

AF375123

Vaccinia-IHDW

Unknown

Unknown

AF375121

Vaccinia-CPN

Denmark

Unknown

AF375122

Vaccinia-81

India

1985

AF375078

Vaccinia-3906

India

1985

AF375077

Monkeypox-CPN

Denmark

1958

AF375108

Monkeypox-CNCR

Denmark

Unknown

AF375106

Gerbilpox (Taterapox)

Benin

1968

AF375093

Camelpox

Somalia

1978

AF375081

Cowpox-58

Unknown

Unknown

AF375083

Cowpox-BRT

United Kingdom

1939

AF375089

Skunkpox

United States

1978

AF375120

Ectromelia-MOS

Russia

Unknown

AF375092

Rabbitpox-REV

Netherlands

Unknown

AF375118

Rabbitpox-U23

Netherlands

Unknown

AF375119