Field and experimental data indicate that the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) is susceptible to infection with European brown hare syndrome (EBHS) virus and not with rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) virus

Table 2 Genetic distances between the studied individual and published Sylvilagus, Oryctolagus and Lepus nucleotide sequences

	*Sylvilagus*	Sample	*Oryctolagus*	Genbank accession numbers
CCR5
Sylvilagus	----	----	----	DQ017768
Sample	0.009	----	----	KF620521
Oryctolagus	0.056	0.056	----	DQ142884
Lepus	0.047	0.045	0.059	DQ146763
CXCR4
Sylvilagus	----	----	----	EU258272
Sample	0.001	----	----	KF620522
Oryctolagus	0.009	0.010	----	EU258276
Lepus	0.011	0.012	0.011	EU258265
IGHG hinge region
Sylvilagus	----	----	----	DQ206979
Sample	0.015	----	----	KF620519
Oryctolagus	0.038	0.045	----	DQ206981
Lepus	0.068	0.075	0.060	DQ206976
IGHG CH2
Sylvilagus	----	----	----	AJ295223
Sample	0.017	----	----	KF620520
Oryctolagus	0.048	0.036	----	AJ430862
Lepus	0.043	0.031	0.038	AJ295217
Cyt B
Sylvilagus	----	----	----	HQ143462
Sample	0.002	----	----	KF620523
Oryctolagus	0.150	0.152	----	HQ596486
Lepus	0.144	0.146	0.144	AY745113

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