Table 2.
Homology of the fragments of the eight HBV DNA standard genotype polymerase gene nucleotide sequences (%)
| Genotype | HBV A | HBV B | HBV C | HBV D | HBV E | HBV F | HBV G | HBV H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HBV A | *** | 95.4 | 93.5 | 91.2 | 92.0 | 89.3 | 96.6 | 91.6 |
| HBV B | 4.4 | *** | 95.8 | 92.3 | 94.6 | 92.3 | 96.6 | 93.9 |
| HBV C | 6.0 | 4.0 | *** | 94.3 | 94.6 | 90.8 | 93.9 | 92.0 |
| HBV D | 8.1 | 7.2 | 5.6 | *** | 92.7 | 91.6 | 92.0 | 92.0 |
| HBV E | 8.1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 6.4 | *** | 92.7 | 93.5 | 92.3 |
| HBV F | 10.3 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.2 | *** | 91.2 | 96.9 |
| HBV G | 3.5 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 8.1 | *** | 93.5 |
| HBV H | 8.5 | 6.4 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 3.1 | 6.4 | *** |
Bold numbers below *** indicate intergenotypic divergence of the two fragments of the P gene nucleotide sequences.