Table 2 – Unassigned complete coding region sequences (March 2022)

Genotype1         Locus/Isolate(s)2             Accession no(s)               Reference

Genotype 1

1_AJ851228                 AJ851228                     AJ851228                     (Bracho et al., 2006)

1_KC248195                160526                         KC248195                    (Li et al., 2013)

1_HQ537007                CYHCV025                  HQ537007                    (Demetriou & Kostrikis, 2011)

1_KJ439780                 QC60                           KJ439780                     (Lu et al., 2014)

1_KJ439776                 QC152                         KJ439776                     (Lu et al., 2014)

1_KJ439777                 QC180                         KJ439777                     (Lu et al., 2014)

1_KY348757                G1_bcn_new                KY348757                    (Ordeig et al., 2018)      

1_MH921830               G1                                MH921830                   (von Massow et al., 2019)

 

Genotype 2

2_JF735119                  QC331                         JF735119                      (Li et al., 2012)

2_JF735110                  QC114                         JF735110                      (Li et al., 2012)

2_JF735117                  QC297                         JF735117                      (Li et al., 2012)

2_JF735116                  QC289                         JF735116                      (Li et al., 2012)

2_JF735118                  QC302                         JF735118                      (Li et al., 2012)

2_KC197236                MRS41                         KC197236                    (Jordier et al., 2013)

2_KC197237                MRS117                       KC197237                    (Jordier et al., 2013)

2_KC197239                PTR9203                      KC197239                    (Jordier et al., 2013)

2_MW041294               116-04                          MW041294, MW041296            (Rajhi et al., 2021)

 

Genotype 3

3_JF735124                  QC115                         JF735124                      (Lu et al., 2013)

 

Genotype 4

4_JX227964                 BID-G1253                   JX227964                     (Newman et al., 2013)

4_FJ0258543                 P026                             FJ025854                      (Koletzki et al., 2009)

4_JF735127                  QC108                         JF735127                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735132                  QC215                         JF735132                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735131                  QC147                         JF735131                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735130                  QC132                         JF735130                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735129                  QC127                         JF735129                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735138                  QC58                           JF735138                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735135                  QC352                         JF735135                      (Lu et al., 2015)

4_JF735134                  QC253                         JF735134                      (Lu et al., 2015)

 

Genotype 5

5_KT595242                 BF16                            KT595242                    (Henquell et al., 2016)

5_PQ899567                  QC510                        PQ899567                    (Murphy et al., 2025)

 

Genotype 6

6_JX183550                 QC273                         JX183550                     (Wang et al., 2013)

6_JX183551                 TV257, VN139             JX183551, KJ567644    (Li et al., 2014; Wang et al., 2013)

6_JX183553                 TV533                          JX183553                     (Wang et al., 2013)

6_JX183554                 L349                            JX183554                     (Wang et al., 2013)

6_JX183558                 QC271                         JX183558                     (Wang et al., 2013)

6_KJ470620                 HKP7                           KJ470620                     (An et al., 2014)

6_KJ470621                 HKP16                         KJ470621                     (An et al., 2014)

6_KJ470622                 HK25                           KJ470622                     (An et al., 2014)

6_KJ470623                 HK26                           KJ470623                     (An et al., 2014)

6_KJ470624                 HK38                           KJ470624                     (An et al., 2014)

6_KJ470625                 HK43                           KJ470625                     (An et al., 2014)

6_KC844039                ZS96                            KC844039                    (Xu et al., 2013)

6_KC844040                ZS202                          KC844040                    (Xu et al., 2013)

6_KJ567652                 TV566                          KJ567652                     (Li et al., 2014)

6_KJ567648                 TV453                          KJ567648                     (Li et al., 2014)

6_KJ567650                 TV548, TV443              KJ567650, KJ567649    (Li et al., 2014)

6_MG878999               1316-1                          MG878999                   (Wu et al., 2018)

6_MN240359               HVH-HCV334              MN240359                   (Pedersen et al., 2019)

 

 

Footnotes                                                     

1 Classification of sequences into genotypes but without subtype assignments using the format “genotype_Accession number”

2 Locus (or isolate name if locus is the same as the accession number). 

3 Previously described as 4b (Koletzki et al., 2009)

4 Previously described as 6k (Lu et al., 2006)

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