Table 3.

Global distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes

Genotype	Prevalent regions
A	Sub-Saharan Africa (A1); Northern Europe (A2); North America (A2); Northern and Western Europe
B	Eastern and Southeast Asia; Oceania; North America
C	North, East, and Southeast Asia; Oceania; North America
D	Southern and Eastern Europe; South-Central Asia; Western Asia; North Africa; Oceania
E	West Africa
F	North America; Latin America; the Caribbean
G	Western Europe; North America
H	Latin America; the Caribbean

Regions based on the United Nations Population Dictionary (United Nations Statistics Division 2013). (Adapted from data in Kramvis et al. 2005, McMahon 2009, and Trépo et al. 2014.)