Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries

Table 2 Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and genotype distribution in some Asian countries

Countries	HBsAg-positive prevalence[16,85-92,96,99,105-108]	HBV genotype distribution[109-118,121,123,125]
Cambodia	4.6%	A: India
		A1 India
		B: China
China	7.18%	B2 southern China
Gaza Strip	3.5%	C: China
India	3.7%	C1 southern China, India
Iraq	0.6%	C2 northern China
Jordan	1.4%	D: Arabian countries and India
Kazakhstan	3.8%	D1 Persian Gulf (Iran, Syria, Turkey), India, Pakistan D2, D3, D4, D9 India
Kuwait	3.5%
Saudi Arabia	1.5%-2.6%
Singapore	3.6%	C/D1-CD2 western China
South Korea	4.0%
United Arab Emirates	2%-7%
Yemen	5.1%

HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV: Hepatitis B virus.