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	Human astrovirus (HAstV) 1-8  (find all human astroviruses on GenBank) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments HAstV-1 ? 3' terminal sequence RNA 1034 M87668 Willcocks and Carter, 1992   3' terminal sequence RNA 1034 Z11682, S38068 Willcocks and Carter, 1992, 1993   non-structural 827 Z16420 Willcocks et al., 1991   CG 6813 Z25771 Willcocks et al., 1994a   HAstV-1 A88/2 (Newcastle) capsid 2739 S68561 Willcocks and Carter, 1993   HAstV-1 Oxford CG 6771 L23513 Lewis et al., 1994   ? 283 L23511 Lewis et al., 1994   pol(p) 600 L23510 Lewis et al., 1994   HAstV-1 ? immunoreactive protein gene (p) 289 L08015 Matsui et al., 1993   immunoreactive protein gene (p) 434 L08014   HAstV-1 ? genome 3' end 118 S47249 Major et al., 1992   HAstV-1 Oxford RNA polymerase gene (p) 600 L23512 Lewis et al., 1994   HAstV-1 ? outer cp precursor gene 348 U49212 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-1 ? outer cp precursor gene 348 U49213 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-1 ? outer cp precursor gene 348 U49214 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-1 ? outer cp precursor gene 348 U49215 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-1 ? outer cp precursor gene 348 U49216 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-1 ? outer cp precursor gene 348 U49217 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-1 V1347 (Kolkata, India, 02 Sep 2004) CG 6673 AB308374 Bhattacharya et al., unpub.   HAstV-2 Oxford reference strain capsid 2484 L06802 Monroe et al., 1993   HAstV-2 Oxford RNA fragment 283 L23508 Lewis et al., 1994   pol(p) 600 L23509   HAstV-2 Oxford CG 6828 L13745 Jiang et al., 1993   HAstV-3 Oxford reference strain cp gene 348 L38505 Noel et al., 1995   HAstV-3 Berlin CG? 6815 AF141381 Schreier and Oh, unpublished   HAstV-3 ? capsid 2478 AF117209 Monroe, S.S. and Stine, S.E., unpublished   HAstV-4 Oxford UK vp1-3 2396 Z33883 Willcocks and Carter, unpublished   HAstV-4 Oxford reference strain cp gene 348 L38506 Noel et al., 1995   HAstV-4 ? outer cp precursor gene (p) 348 U49218 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-4 ? outer cp precursor gene (p) 348 U49219 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-4 Dresden CG 6723 AY720891 Barthel et al., unpub.   HAstV-4 Guangzhou, China CG 6721 DQ344027 Zhou et al., unpub.   HAstV-4 Goiania/GO/12/95/Brazil CG 6723 DQ070852 Silva et al., 2006   HAstV-5 Goiania/GO/12/94/Brazil CG 6762 DQ028633 Silva et al., 2006   HAstV-5 Oxford reference strain capsid 2382 U15136 Monroe et al., unpublished   HAstV-5 ? outer cp precursor gene (p) 348 U49220 Palombo and Bishop, unpublished   HAstV-5 Isolate: 96-146, Beijing, China; strain: CHN146 capsid+3'UTR 2514 AB037273 Wang et al., unpublished   HAstV-5 Isolate: 96-198, Beijing, China; strain: CHN198 capsid+3'UTR 2750 AB037274 Wang et al., unpublished   HAstV-6 ? capsid 2418 Z46658 Willcocks et al., 1994b   HAstV-6 Oxford reference strain capsid (p) 348 L38507 Noel et al., 1995   HAstV-6 ? capsid 2548 AB013618 Oishi et al., 1994   HAstV-6 Katano-23 (K-23) capsid(p) 357 AB005257 Oishi et al., unpublished HAstV-6 Katano CG 6772 HM237363 Nakanishi et al., unpub. HAstV-7 Oxford reference strain capsid(p) 348 L38508 Noel et al., 1995   HAstV-7 capsid 2484 Y08632 Monceyron et al., 1997; Jonassen et al., unpub. HAstV-8 ? orf2 gene for cp 2434 Z66541 Carter et al., unpublished   HAstV-8 Yuc-8 CG 6759 AF260508 Mendez-Toss et al., unpublished               Human astrovirus ? Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments HAstV-? V1182 (Kolkata, India, 2004) ORF1 4275 AB325804 Bhattacharya et al., unpublished                 Human astrovirus MLB1 Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments HAstV-MLB1 MLB1 (Australia, 1999) CG 6171 FJ222451 Finkbeiner et al., 2008   HAstV-MLB1 WD0016 (USA, 2008) CG 6169 FJ402983 Finkbeiner et al., 2009a                 Human astrovirus MLB2 Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments HAstV-MLB2 human/Stl/WD0559/2008 ORF1a+ORF1B+ORF2(p) 3980 GQ502192 Finkbeiner et al., 2009c                 Human astrovirus VA1 Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments HAstV-VA1 VA1 (USA, 2008) CG 6586 FJ973620 Finkbeiner et al., 2009b                 Human astrovirus SZ908/China/2008 Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments HAstV human/SZ908/China/2008 ORF1a(p)+ORF1b+ORF2 5977 GQ267696 Zhu et al., unpublished                 Bovine astrovirus  (BAstV) (find all bovine astroviruses on GenBank) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments BAstV B18/HK CG 6300 HQ916313 Tse et al., 2011   BAstV B170/HK CG 6317 HQ916314 Tse et al., 2011   BAstV B34/HK ORF1a(p)+ORF1b+ORF2 4771 HQ916315 Tse et al., 2011   BAstV B76/HK CG 6253 HQ916316 Tse et al., 2011   BAstV B76-2/HK CG 6301 HQ916317 Tse et al., 2011     Cheetah astrovirus (ChAstV) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments ChAstV FL-2007 (USA, 2007) ORF2(p) 628 EU650331 Atkins et al., 2009   ORF1b(p) 367 EU650332 Atkins et al., 2009                 Canine astrovirus (CaAstV) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments CaAstV dogfaeces/Italy/2005 (3/05) ORF1b(p)+ORF2 2756 FM213330 Toffan et al., unpublished   CaAstV dogfaeces/Italy/2005 (8/05) ORF1b(p)+ORF2 2754 FM213331 Toffan et al., unpublished   CaAstV dogfaeces/Italy/2005 (6/05) ORF2 2584 FM213332 Toffan et al., unpublished   CaAstV dogfaeces/Bari/2008 ORF1b(p)+ORF2 3120 HM045005 Martella, unpub.                 Feline astrovirus (FAstV) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments FAstV Bristol capsid protein gene 2511 AF056197 Wilcocks et al., unpublished                 Ovine astrovirus 1 (OAstV-1) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments OAstV-1 ? CG 6440 Y15937 Jonassen et al., 1998; Jonassen et al., unpub.                 Porcine astrovirus 1 (PAstV-1)  (find all porcine astroviruses on GenBank) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments PAstV-1 Isolate: 83-74, Tokushima, Japan; strain: Tokushima83-74 capsid+3'UTR(p) 2459 Y15938 Jonassen et al., 1998; Jonassen et al., unpub.             capsid+3'UTR 2730 AB037272 Wang et al., unpublished   PAstV-? Austria ORF2(p) 391 DQ517523 Indik et al., 2006   PAstV-? PUJC3 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ154761 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJC33 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ154762 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP36 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ154763 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJC35 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ154764 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJC26 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ154765 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJC23 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ154766 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP38 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155801 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP65(Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155802 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP44 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155803 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP48 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155804 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP55 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155805 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP47 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155806 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP46 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155807 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP53 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155808 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP61 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155809 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP5 (Colombia) ORF2(p) 398 FJ155810 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP55V (Colombia) ORF2(p) 653 FJ160480 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP44V (Colombia) ORF2(p) 642 FJ160481 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJPP47V (Colombia) ORF2(p) 665 FJ160482 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? PUJP5V (Colombia) ORF2(p) 704 FJ160483 Ulloa & Gutierrez, unpublished   PAstV-? swine/PoAstV12-3/Canada/2006 ORF1(p)+ORF2 2909 HM756258 Luo et al., 2011   PAstV-? swine/PoAstV12-4/Canada/2006 ORF1(p)+ORF2 2889 HM756259 Luo et al., 2011   PAstV-? swine/PoAstV14-4/Canada/2006 ORF1(p)+ORF2 3030 HM756260 Luo et al., 2011   PAstV-? swine/PoAstV16-2/Canada/2006 ORF1(p)+ORF2 2931 HM756261 Luo et al., 2011                 Mink astrovirus (MAstV) (find all mink astroviruses on GenBank) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments MAstV ?  (Sweden) CG 6610 AY179509 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV SMS-AstV/Sweden CG 6614 GU985458 Blomstrom et al., 2010 from mink brain MAstV 3911 (Denmark) pol(p) 239 AY196095 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 3914 (Denmark) pol(p) 239 AY196096 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4070 (Denmark) pol(p) 239 AY196097 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4071 (Denmark) pol(p) 239 AY196098 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4072 (Denmark) pol(p) 239 AY196099 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4074 (Denmark) pol(p) 239 AY196100 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4220 (Sweden) pol(p) 239 AY196101 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4265 (Sweden) pol(p) 239 AY196102 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4539 (Sweden) pol(p) 239 AY196103 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4540 (Sweden) pol(p) 239 AY196104 Mittelholzer et al., 2003   MAstV 4589 (Sweden) pol(p) 239 AY196105 Mittelholzer et al., 2003                 Bat astrovirus 1 (BatAstV) (find all bat astroviruses on GenBank) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments BatAstV-1 AFCD337 (Hong Kong) 3' 5/7 of the genome 5083 EU847155 Chu et al., 2008                 California sea lion astrovirus 1 (CSLAstV-1) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments CSLAstV-1 CSL1 (USA/2006) pol(p)+capsid 3179 FJ890351 Rivera et al., unpub.                 California sea lion astrovirus 2 (CSLAstV-2) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments CSLAstV-2 CSL2 (USA/2008) pol(p)+capsid 3510 FJ890352 Rivera et al., unpub.                 California sea lion astrovirus 3 (CSLAstV-3) Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments CSLAstV-3 CSL3 (USA/2008) pol(p)+capsid(p) 1340 FJ890353 Rivera et al., unpub.                 Steller sea lion astrovirus 1 (SSLAstV-1)   Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments SSLAstV-1 Ssl1 (USA/2008) pol(p)+capsid(p) 1348 FJ890354 Rivera et al., unpub.                 Bottlenose dolphin astrovirus 1 (BDAstV-1)   Virus Strain Region Length Accession No. Reference Comments BDAstV-1 Bd1 (USA/2008) pol(p)+capsid 3990 FJ890355 Rivera et al., unpub.                 CG = complete genome; (p) = partial gene sequence
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