Hepatitis B virus infection in immigrant populations

Table 3 Prevalence of hepatitis B virus genotype in immigrant populations n (%)

Ref.	No. of HBV-DNA-positive patients (%)	HBVgenotype A	HBVgenotype B	HBVgenotype C	HBVgenotype D	HBVgenotype E	HBVgenotype F	HBVgenotype G
Toro et al[16]	43 (81)	15 (34.9)	-	-	16 (37.2)	10 (23.2)	-	1 (2.3)
Scotto et al[11]	144 (75.4)	12 (8.3)4	22 (15.3)	19 (13.2)	26 (18.1)	65 (45.13)
Rivas et al[15]	40 (52.6)2	22 (64.7)3	-	-	2 (5)	10 (25)	-	-
Zuure et al[38]	5 (100)	-	-	-	5 (100)	-	-
Mixson-Hayden et al[23]	331 (12.1)1	9 (2.7)	164 (49.5)	137 (41.4)	-	-	-	1 (0.3)
El-Hamad et al[17]	45 (27)	8 (18)	5 (11)	5 (11)	27 (60)

¹Twenty specimens could not be genotyped;

²Six specimens could not be genotyped;

³Five subjects presented mixed genotypes (A/D);

⁴Four subjects presented mixed genotypes (2 A/D; 2 A/F). HBV: Hepatitis B virus.