Table 1 Distribution of RFLP patterns in HBV isolates of HBsAg-positive blood donors living in different Brazilian geographic regions.
From: Hepatitis B virus genotypes circulating in Brazil: molecular characterization of genotype F isolates
| Â | RFLP patterns | Â | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brazilian regions | Genotype A | Genotype D | Genotype F | TOTAL | ||||||||||
| Â | AI | AII | AIII | AIV | DI | DII | DIII | DIV | DV | FI | FII | FIII | FV | Â |
South | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 15 | 13 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 38 |
Southeast | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 56 |
Central-West | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 14 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 103 |
Northeast | 5 | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 24 |
North | 31 | 19 | 2 | - | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 82 |
TOTAL | 94 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 53 | 39 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 303 |