Volume 45, no. 3, p. 972-978. Recently, a mistake in comparative sequence analysis in our paper was recognized. One of the authors had unknowingly used accession number Q65669, which pertains to the bovine G8 genotype NCDV-cody strain, thinking that the number represented the G6 genotype NCDV strain, and concluded on that basis that the equine strain Erv99 represented a new genotype. Sequence analysis using the NCDV sequence revealed Erv99 to be highly related to the G6 genotype. Incorporation of this correction in the data presented in the article would require a change in the title as well as changes in some sections of the text. Hence, we retract the current version of the paper and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to readers.
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