Table 5.
Summaries of the studies conducted on prevalence of HBV genotypes in Pakistan.
| Authors | Region | Patients (n) | Genotype A | Genotype B | Genotype C | Genotype D | Genotype E | Genotype F | Untypable | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awan et al. [96] 2010 | All areas of Pakistan | 300 | 43 (14.33%) | 54 (18%) | 83 (27.66%) | 39 (13%) | 2 (0.66%) | 4 (1.33%) | 31 (10.33%) | 44 (14.66%) |
| Ahmed et al. [97] 2009 | Punjab and Sindh | 236 | 2 (0.85%) | - | 14 (5.93%) |
220 (93.22%) | - | - | - | - |
| Baig et al. [98] 2009 | Karachi | 315 | 65 (20%) | - | - | 219 (70%) | - | - | - | 31 (10%) |
| Noorali et al. [7] 2008 | Karachi | 180 | - | - | - | 150 (83.33%) | - | - | - | 30 (16.66%) |
| Hakim et al. [8] 2008 | Karachi | 180 | - | - | - | 151 (83.89%) | - | - | - | 29 (16.11%) |
| *Alam et al. [99] 2007 | Patients from All four Provinces | 110 | 5 (4.55) | 27(24.54%) | - | 66 (60%) | - | - | 9 (8.18%) | 3 (2.73%) |
| Baig et al. [100] 2007 | Karachi | 295 | 60 (20.34%) | - | - | 208 (70.51%) | - | - | - | 27 (9.15%) |
| Alam et al. [86] 2007 | KPK | 56 | 15 (8.92%) | - | - | 35 (62.5%) | - | - | - | 16 (28.57%) |
| Abbas et al. [101] 2006 | Karachi | 109 | - | - | - | 109 (100%) | - | - | - | - |
| Idrees et al. [1] 2004 | Patients from All four Provinces | 112 | 24 (21.42%) | 20 (17.86%) | 46 (41.07%) | 9 (8.03%) | - | - | 5 (4.46%) | 8 (7.14%) |
| Total | 1893 | 190 (10.03%) | 101 (5.335%) | 143 (7.55%) | 1206 (63.71%) | 2 (0.105%) | 4 (0.21%) | 45 (2.377%) | 188 (9.931%) |
KPK: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
*The percentage values are different in the original manuscript as the authors considered the untypable samples as negative for genotype.