Distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes: Phylogenetic analysis and virological characteristics of Genotype C circulating among HBV carriers in Kolkata, Eastern India

Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of 230 HBV carriers from Eastern India

	HBV carriers from		Total
	Kolkata (n = 200)	Rural areas (n = 30)
Age (yr)	32.56 ± 12.98	26.03 ± 14.14	31.71 ± 13.29
Sex (M/F)	173/27	21/9	194/36
Genotype (A/C/D)	57/40/103	0/2/28	57/42/131
ALT (IU/L)	83.24 ± 75.15	37.63 ± 21.73	77.29 ± 72.15
HBeAg positive	77	3	80
HBeAg negative	123	27	150

Table 2 Characteristics of 42 HBV/C isolates of Eastern India

	HBeAg positive (n = 23)	HBeAg negative (n = 19)
Age (yr)	32.67 ± 13.04	32.47 ±13.01
Sex (M/F)	19/4	15/4
ALT (IU/L)	75.13 ± 39.50	85.84 ± 54.14
Subtype adrq+/adw2	23/0	18/1
T1762/A1764	12 (52%)	17 (89%)
A1896	2 (9%)	4 (21%)