Table 2 Percentage nucleotide identity between genomes of norovirus GII.17 Kawasaki 2014 and other GII.17 strains.

From: Rapid emergence and predominance of a broadly recognizing and fast-evolving norovirus GII.17 variant in late 2014

Sequence name (GenBank accession number)

ORF1*

RdRp

VP1

VP2

Hu/GII.P17_GII.17/Kawasaki323/JP/2014 (AB983218)

98.1

98.5

96.4

97.7

Hu/GII.P16_GII.17/Saitama/T87/JP/2002 (KJ196286)

76.5

78.1

76.7

74.3

Hu/GII.17/C142/GF/1978 (KC597139)

76.9

79.2

77.0

74.2

  1. ORF1, open reading frame 1; RdRp, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase; VP1, viral protein 1; VP2, viral protein 2.
  2. *Excluding RdRp.