Table 1. HBV-specific primers for detection, genotyping, and mutational analysis.

N°	Name	Sequence 5′-3′	Position
1.	HBV-022	TGCTGCTATGCCTCATCTTC	414–433
2.	HBV-065	CAAAGACAAAAGAAAATTGG	822–803
3.	HBV-066	CACAGATAACAAAAAATTGG	822–803
4.	HBV-024	CAAGGTATGTTGCCCGTTTGTCCT	455–478
5.	HBV-041	GGACTCAMGATGYTGTACAG	786–767
6.	HBV-064	GGACTCAMGATGYTGCACAG	786–767
7.	HBV-069	CCTGCTGGTGGCTCCAGTTC	56–75
8.	HBV-070	CGCAGTATGGATCGGCAGAGG	1275–1255
9.	HBV-001	CTGCTGGTGGCTCCAGTTCAGGA	57–79
10.	HBV-017	GGGGTTGCGTCAGCAAACACT	1199–1179
11.	HBV-025	GGTATAAAGGGACTCACGATG	795–775

Nucleotide position is according to the HBV reference strain GenBank accession number HM011485.