Volume 15, Number 8—August 2009
Research
Slave Trade and Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes and Subgenotypes in Haiti and Africa
Iris E. Andernach, Claudine Nolte, Jean W. Pape, and Claude P. Muller
Table 1
Number of serum samples investigated, including suspected mixed and recombinant strains of HBV, Haiti*
| Samples | No. samples (no. partial sequences) |
|---|---|
| No. serum samples (HBsAg positive) available | 320 |
| No. serum samples PCR positive | 247 |
| No. serum samples for which sequences were obtained† | 182 |
| Full-length genome | 68 |
| Full preS fragment | 57 (37) |
| Full S fragment | 67 (19) |
| Full X fragment | 67 (20) |
| Full C fragment | 20 (34) |
| No. serum samples of suspected mixed strains | 25 |
| Full-length genome | 10 |
| Full preS fragment | 8 (3) |
| Full S fragment | 12 (2) |
| Full X fragment | 10 (2) |
| Full C fragment | 3 (3) |
| No. serum samples of suspected recombinant strains | 6 |
| preS fragment | 3 |
| S fragment | – |
| X fragment | 3 |
| C fragment | – |
*HBV, hepatitis B virus; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen.
†No. serum samples includes 3 outliers and excludes mixed or recombinant strains.
