Wild type mumps viruses circulating in China establish a new genotype.
By analysing the nucleotide sequence of the SH genes of five mumps virus strains derived from the clinical specimens collected during the 1995/96 mumps epidemic in China a new genotype has been established. The circulating viruses showed divergence ranging from 0.8-4.5% at the nucleotide level and 3.5-12.3% at the amino acid level. In addition, a more rational approach has been taken in proposing genotype groupings to MuV strains.
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Research Department of Virology, Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products, People's Republic of China.
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D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009107:Mumps / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D019213:Rubulavirus / Q000235:genetics*; D012463:Saliva / Q000821:virology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid