TABLE 1.
Prevailing HCV genotypes in India based on 5′NCR sequence analysis
Type | Distribution (%) of samples by regiona
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North | South | West | East | |
1 | 30 (9) | 38.88 (14) | 43.66 (31) | 25 (3) |
3 | 66.66 (20) | 36.11 (13) | 53.52 (38) | 75 (9) |
4 | 25 (9) | |||
Nontypeable | 3.33 (1) | 2.82 (2) |
The numbers in parentheses indicate the sizes of the samples.