Prevalence of hepatitis G virus infection and homology of different viral strains in Southern China

Table 1 Samples for sequencing

Sample	Sex	Age (yrs)	Origin	Diagnosis	Regions for sequencing
GD1	F	58	Guangdong	non A-E hepatitis	5’UTR
GD3027	M	47	Guangdong	hepatitis B	5’UTR, NS5A
GD3040	M	76	Guangdong	hepatitis B	5’UTR
GD3064	F	20	Guangdong	non A-E hepatitis	5’UTR
GDCA	M	26	Guangdong	hepatocellular carcinoma	5’UTR
YN1	M	26	Yunnan	intravenous drug user	5’UTR
YN2	M	38	Yunnan	intravenous drug user	5’UTR
YN3	M	45	Yunnan	intravenous drug user	5’UTR
HKC9	F	42	Hong Kong	hepatitis C	5’UTR
HKC16	M	38	Hong Kong	hepatitis C	5’UTR
HK8	M	56	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK9	M	42	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK10	M	38	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK11	M	42	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK12	M	42	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK24	F	42	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK80	M	40	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK108	M	18	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK116	M	42	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
HK120	M	40	Hong Kong	recipient of bone marrow	5’UTR
A132	M	20	Hong Kong	blood donor	NS5A
A711	M	25	Hong Kong	blood donor	NS5A

HK9 and HK12 were derived from the same patient after a 3-month interval; HK11 and HK116 were also from a patient after a 3-month interval