Table 3. Genotype 1 subtype distribution among continents.

Continent	No. of subtypes (name of subtypes)*	No. of isolates (n = 228)	Percentage of isolates
Africa	7 (1c, 1d, 1e, 1g, 1h, 1l, 1m)	108	47.4
Asia	2(1c, 1e)	85	37.3
East Mediterranean	1(1g)	2	0.877
Europe	6 (1c, 1d, 1f, 1g, 1h, 1i)	13	5.70
North America	8 (1c, 1d, 1e, 1g, 1h, 1i, 1j, 1k)	19	8.33
South America	1 (1g)	1	0.439
Total	11(1c–1m)	228	100

^*All HCV-1 subtypes except for 1a and 1b were retrieved (see main text).