Volume 15, Number 8—August 2009
Research
Slave Trade and Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes and Subgenotypes in Haiti and Africa
Table 2
Prevalence of HBV genotypes and subgenotypes, excluding mixed or recombinant strains and untypeables, Haiti*
Genotype or subgenotype | No. (complete genomes; partial strains) of genotypeable or subgenotypeable strains | Genotypeable or subgenotypeable strains, % |
---|---|---|
A | 128 (63; 65) | 71.5 |
A1 | 77 (36; 41) | 43.0 |
A2 | 1 (1; 0) | 0.6 |
A5 |
35 (21; 14) |
19.6 |
D | 40 (5; 35) | 22.4 |
D3 | 7 (2; 5) | 3.9 |
D4 |
29 (3; 26) |
16.2 |
E |
11 (1; 10) |
6.1 |
Total | 179 (69; 110) | 100 |
*HBV, hepatitis B virus.