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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2009, p. 3735-3738, Vol. 47, No. 11
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01201-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phylogenetic Analysis of Human Parvovirus B19 Sequences from Eleven Different Countries Confirms the Predominance of Genotype 1 and Suggests the Spread of Genotype 3b{triangledown}

Judith M. Hübschen,1 Zefira Mihneva,2 Andreas F. Mentis,3 François Schneider,4 Yair Aboudy,5 Zehava Grossman,5 Hagit Rudich,5 Kalia Kasymbekova,6 Inna Sarv,7 Jasminka Nedeljkovic,8 Marc C. Tahita,9 Zekiba Tarnagda,9 Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo,9 A. G. Gerasimova,10 T. N. Moskaleva,10 Nina T. Tikhonova,10 Nazibrola Chitadze,11 J. C. Forbi,1,12 Adedayo O. Faneye,13 Jesse A. Otegbayo,14 Emilie Charpentier,1 and Claude P. Muller1*

Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé/Centre de Recherche Public-Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg,1 National Center of Infectious & Parasitic Diseases, Department of Virology, Measles/Rubella Laboratory, Sofia, Bulgaria,2 Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Institut Pasteur Hellenique, Athens, Greece,3 Division of Microbiology, Laboratoire National de Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg,4 Central Virology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel,5 National Virological Laboratory, Department of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Health of Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,6 Central Laboratory of Communicable Diseases, Health Protection Inspectorate, Tallinn, Estonia,7 Respiratory Department, TORLAK Institute of Immunology and Virology, Belgrade, Serbia,8 Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso,9 Gabrichevsky G.N. Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russian Federation,10 Measles/Rubella Group, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia,11 Virology Laboratory, Innovative Biotech-Keffi No. 1, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria,12 Department of Virology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria,13 Department of Medicine, University College Hospital & University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria,14

Received 19 June 2009/ Returned for modification 19 August 2009/ Accepted 1 September 2009

Phylogenetic analysis of 166 human parvovirus B19 sequences from 11 different countries attributed 91.57% to genotype 1, 5.42% to genotype 3b, and 3.01% to genotype 3a. Very similar viruses of genotype 1 circulated widely in Europe and Israel. Genotype 3b seems to show an increasing spread outside of Africa.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Immunology, Laboratoire National de Santé, 20A, Rue Auguste Lumière, L-1950 Luxembourg. Phone: 352-490604-220 or -221. Fax: 352-490686. E-mail: claude.muller{at}LNS.ETAT.LU

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 September 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2009, p. 3735-3738, Vol. 47, No. 11
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01201-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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