“…As most recent Asian CPVs, the Nigerian strains displayed other three aa substitutions in the VP2 sequence (F267Y, Y324I and Q370R). While change at aa residue 324 is predominant in all three CPV variants in Asia (Geng et al, ; Yi, Tong, Cheng, Song, & Cheng, ; Zhao et al, ; Zhou et al, ), the other changes have been less frequently observed, mainly in China since 2013, and change Q370R has been detected only in CPV‐2c strains (Geng et al, ; Guo et al, ; Mira, Purpari, et al, ; Mira, Purpari, Lorusso, et al, ; Wang et al, ; Zhuang et al, ). These aa substitutions are located in the greatest variable VP2 GH loop, comprised between aa 267 and 498, but while residue 267 is not exposed on the capsid surface (Chiang, Wu, Chiou, Chang, & Lin, ) and may not affect the antigenicity of CPV (Xu et al, ), residues 324 and 370 could have immunological implications or biological relevance.…”