TABLE 3.

Predicted population coverage of HBV vaccine epitopes

HBV epitope	Population	Level	Population epitope recognition (%)	No. of epitopes
CTL	Caucasian	Allele	87	≥6
		Supertype	97	≥6
	Asian	Allele	83	≥6
		Supertype	97	≥6
HTL	Caucasian	Allele	82	≥4
		DR level	83	≥7
	Asian	Allele	65	≥3
		DR level	86	≥4