Table 2 Levels of nucleotide and amino acid identitya of sequences within the two major HMPV groups. This analysis included the new sequences from Kenya and Zambia plus the global sequences retrieved from GenBank
| Â | Average % nucleotide identity | Average % amino acid identity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | |
N | 90.3 | 91.3 | 97.6 | 98.4 |
P | 86.6 | 87.4 | 90.0 | 91.1 |
M | 90.1 | 90.7 | 97.8 | 98.5 |
F | 88.6 | 88.9 | 94.8 | 96.0 |
M2 | 89.0 | 89.9 | 94.2 | 95.7 |
SH | 75.8 | 76.5 | 72.5 | 73.8 |
G | 63.0 | 66.9 | 50.1 | 57.8 |
L | 89.8 | 90.3 | 96.5 | 97.6 |