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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2015; 21(42): 11941-11953
Published online Nov 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i42.11941

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.

Citation: Zampino R, Boemio A, Sagnelli C, Alessio L, Adinolfi LE, Sagnelli E, Coppola N. Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(42): 11941-11953
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i42/11941.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i42.11941

Zampino R, Boemio A, Sagnelli C, Alessio L, Adinolfi LE, Sagnelli E, Coppola N. Hepatitis B virus burden in developing countries. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(42): 11941-11953 [PMID: 26576083 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i42.11941]

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