Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Iran

Table 9 Global distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes[4,229,230]

Region/country	Predominant genotype/subtype	Uncommon genotype/subtype
Latin America
Peru	1a	2
Chile and Colombia	1b	2, 1a
Brazil	1b, 1a, 3	4, 2
Argentina	1b, 2, 1a	4
North America
United States	1a, 1b, 2	4, 3
Canada	1a, 3, 1b	4
Central Europe
Albania	1b, 2, 4	1a, 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic and Croatia	1b, 3	4, 2, 1a
Hungary	1b, 1a	2, 4
Romania	1b	3, 4
Western Europe
Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Spain and France	1b, 3, 1a	5, 2, 4
Italy	1b, 2	5, 3, 4
United Kingdom and Denmark	3, 1a	2
Eastern Europe
Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia	1b, 3	1a, 2
Central Africa	4	2
South Africa	5	2
West Africa
Guinea-Bissau, Ghana and Burkina Faso	2	1
East Africa
Ethiopia	4, 2	1
North Africa
Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria	1b, 2	4
Middle East
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait, Qatar, Iraq and Egypt	4	1, 3, 2
Jordan	1a, 1b, 4	-
Iran	1a, 3a, 1b	4, 2
Turkey	1b	4, 2, 3, 1a
Asia Pacific
Japan and Korea	1b, 2	1a
Asia, Central
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Georgia	1b	1a
East Asia
China, Taiwan	1b, 2	1a, 3, 6
South East Asia
Laos	6	1
Philippines	1a, 2	6, 4
Thailand	3	2
Myanmar	6	2
Malaysia	3	4
South Asia
Pakistan and India	3	1b, 2, 4
Australasia
Australia and New Zealand	3, 1a, 1b	4, 2