Discussion: In addition to the three IEMs identified, several
surface protein mutations were identified (
sP56Q,
sT57I,
sN59S,
sP62L,
sI110L,
sS140T,
sE164G,
sS207N, and
sL216*), which have also been reported in previous studies (Mello et al.,; Lin et al.,; Munshi et al.,; Qin and Liao,).