Research Article
Eleven-Year Distribution Pattern of Hepatitis C Virus in Southern Italy
Table 2
HCV genotype/subtype distribution in the studied population (,153), stratified by gender.
| HCV genotypes/subtypes | No. of isolates | Percentage (%) | Gender | Male | (%) | Female | (%) |
| 1b | 1059 | 49.2 | 525 | 49.6 | 534 | 50.4 | 2a/2c | 482 | 22.4 | 232 | 48.1 | 250 | 51.9 | 3 | 160 | 7.4 | 133 | 83.1 | 27 | 16.9 | 4 | 134 | 6.2 | 78 | 58.2 | 56 | 41.8 | 1a | 90 | 4.2 | 58 | 64.4 | 32 | 35.6 | 1* | 90 | 4.2 | 49 | 54.4 | 41 | 45.6 | 1a/1b | 70 | 3.3 | 44 | 62.9 | 26 | 37.1 | 2* | 65 | 3.0 | 27 | 41.5 | 38 | 58.5 | 5 | 3 | 0.1 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Total | 2153 | | 1148 | 53.3 | 1005 | 46.7 |
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