Table 1 HAPMs significantly associated with the HP phenotype of H5 and H7 virus subtypes.

From: Parallel evolution in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses

HAPM

Segment

HP clusters

Num. HP clusters

H7 numbering

Referencesa

λ [95% CI]

P value

Significanceb

H7NX

 R355Kc

PB2

C5 and C6

2

 

58

11.0 [6.8−16.7]

<0.0001

**

 A143Tc

HA

C2, C5, C6, C7 and C8

5

125

38, 68,69,70

7.1 [3.3, 13.2]

<0.0001

**

 V480I

PB2

C5 and C6

2

  

8.5 [5.2−13.2]

<0.0001

**

 M/L274I

HA

C4 and C8

2

256

 

6.2 [3.1, 11.5]

0.0024

**

 S152L

PB1

C6 and C9

2

  

5.4 [3.4−8.2]

0.0045

**

 V438I

HA

C3 and C8

2

423

 

4.6 [2.4, 8.3]

0.0093

*

 D384N

HA

C6 and C8

2

369

 

5.1 [2.6, 9.5]

0.018

*

H5NX

 V113I

PB1

C2, C4 and C8

3

  

2.6 [1.6−4.5]

0.0022

**

 K379R

HA

C1 and C8

2

363

 

14.8 [7.4, 27.5]

0.0040

**

 M242I

HA

C1 and C8

2

226

73

7.4 [3.7, 13.7]

0.0048

**

 S145L/deld

HA

C5 and C8

2

129

38, 63

See footnote

0.0059

*

 A674T

PB2

C2 and C6

2

 

66

5.8 [3.6−9.1]

0.0060

*

 N154I/L/Qc, e

HA

C6, C7 and C8

3

138

60

See footnote

0.022

*

 F127Lc

HA

C3, C7 and C8

3

111

60

6.5 [3.3, 12]

0.025

*

 I167T

HA

C6 and C8

2

151

62

5.8 [3.0, 10.4]

0.026

*

 T204I

HA

C2 and C8

2

188

 

2.7 [1.4, 4.7]

0.028

*

 E627K

PB2

C1 and C8

2

  

2.9 [1.8−4.6]

0.038

*

  1. aWhere such HAPMs had been previously mentioned.
  2. b‘*’ indicates a p value < 0.05, whilst ‘**’ indicates a p value < 0.01.
  3. cScored as positively selected site under different methods (see Supplementary Table 1 in the Supplementary Information).
  4. dIndividual lambda values for each site are as follows: for 145 L 77.5 [69.5, 100.0] with a p value of 0.00, and for 145del 7.0 [0.5, 14.7] with a p value of 0.04.
  5. eIndividual lambda values for each site are as follows: for 154I 1.7 [1.0, 2.7], for 154 L 3.2 [1.9, 5.2] and for 154Q: 3.4 [2.0, 5.8], all with a p value of 0.00.