High prevalence and diversity of species D adenoviruses (HAdV-D) in human populations of four Sub-Saharan countries

Table 2 Comparison of the minimum genetic distance values of HAdV-D types

Sample	Observed genetic distances						Estimated genetic distances
	pV-hexon gene			Hypervariable loops			pV-hexon gene			Hypervariable loops
	minGD study	n minGD Genbank	% minGD Genbank	minGD study	n minGD Genbank	% minGD Genbank	minGD study	n minGD Genbank	% minGD Genbank	minGD study	n minGD Genbank	% minGD Genbank
		<	<		<	<		<	<		<	<
		minGD study	minGD study		minGD study	minGD study		minGD study	minGD study		minGD study	minGD study
Hu4751_CI	0.02	4	9.30	0.00	6	13.95	0.02	4	9.30	0.00	0	0.00
Hu4806_CI	0.02	13	30.23	0.03	11	25.58	0.02	10	23.26	0.02	11	25.58
Hu4719_CI	0.02	13	30.23	0.04	13	30.23	0.02	10	23.26	0.04	11	25.58
Hu4787_CI	0.03	15	34.88	0.06	18	41.86	0.03	13	30.23	0.07	13	30.23
Hu4152_DRC	0.03	16	37.21	0.04	13	30.23	0.03	13	30.23	0.06	13	30.23
Hu4813_CI	0.03	16	37.21	0.02	10	23.26	0.03	13	30.23	0.01	11	25.58
Hu4882_CI	0.03	16	37.21	0.07	18	41.86	0.04	17	39.53	0.11	19	44.19
Hu4746_CI	0.03	16	37.21	0.07	18	41.86	0.03	16	37.21	0.25	22	51.16
Hu4109_DRC	0.04	22	51.16	0.12	20	46.51	0.05	22	51.16	0.26	22	51.16
Hu4108_DRC	0.05	26	60.47	0.11	20	46.51	0.05	22	51.16	0.13	20	46.51
Hu4564_UG	0.05	31	72.09	0.12	20	46.51	0.06	29	67.44	0.29	22	51.16
Hu4214_DRC	0.06	37	86.05	0.17	33	76.74	0.07	34	79.07	0.67	35	81.40
Hu4555_UG	0.06	37	86.05	0.16	26	60.47	0.07	37	86.05	0.50	31	72.09

minGD study: minimum genetic distance determined for the 13 HAdV-D sequences of this study in relation to 43 HAdV-D types from Genbank; minGD Genbank: minimum genetic distance determined for every HAdV-D type from Genbank in relation to the other 42Genbank types; CI: Côte d`Ivoire; DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo; UG: Uganda.

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