Table 3.

Agreement between the results of sequencing, 6 HCV Genotyping 9G test, and LiPA 2.0 assay for discrepant samples (n = 39)

HCV Genotype	No. of subtypes
	Sequencing	6 HCV Genotyping test	LiPA 2.0 assay
1a	0	0	0
1b	24a,b	23	0
2	0	0	0
3	0	0	0
4	0	0	0
6	1 (6f)c 12 (6i)d	1 (3 & 6a or 6f) 12 (6i or 6n)	0
Negative	2e	2	0

^a6 HCV Genotyping test detected 1 sample as 1a; LiPA 2.0 assay genotyped 39 samples as, ^b6 samples as HCV1a and 18 samples as HCV 6(c-l), ^c1 sample as HCV 3, ^d2 samples HCV 1a and 10 samples as HCV 1b, ^e2 samples as HCV 6(c-l)