Research Article

In Silico Identification of Highly Conserved Epitopes of Influenza A H1N1, H2N2, H3N2, and H5N1 with Diagnostic and Vaccination Potential

Table 1

Distribution of epitopes and sequences obtained for each subtype.

Viral strains
H1N1H2N2H3N2H5N1
(%) (%) (%) (%)

HA
Proteins E686 (50.7)43 (47.3)525 (52.2)384 (67.8)
 S8416 (55.7)175 (42.5)7313 (60.0)3024 (45.9)
NA
 E283 (20.9)0 (0)195 (19.4)126 (22.2)
 S4462 (29.6)129 (31.3)2909 (23.9)1981 (30.0)
NP
 E328 (24.3)47 (51.6)252 (25.0)45 (7.9)
 S1225 (8.1)78 (18.9)1096 (9.0)1019 (15.5)
M2
 E55 (4.1)1 (1.1)34 (3.4)12 (2.1)
 S999 (6.6)30 (7.3)868 (7.1)570 (8.6)

Note: S = sequences and E = epitopes.