Volume 15, Number 8—August 2009
Research
Slave Trade and Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes and Subgenotypes in Haiti and Africa
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.