Risk Factors for Infection with Different Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Southern Brazil

Table 4

Proportional HCV genotype distribution according to Brazilian studies.

Study	𝑁	Region	Genotypes (%)
			1	2	3	4	5
Campiotto et al. [21]	85	North	74.1	1.2	24.7	0	0
	237	Northeast	66.6	2.9	30.4	0	0
	79	Center-west	57.0	11.4	31.6	0	0
	1111	Southeast	59.6	3.8	28.4	0.3	0.2
	176	South	51.2	8.0	40.3	0	0
	1688	Total	64.9	4.6	30.2	0.2	0.1
Focaccia et al. [22]	121	Northeast	71.0	2.0*	27.0	NI	0
	705	Southeast	72.0	2.0*	26.0	NI	0
	522	South	51.0	5.0*	44.0	NI	0
	1348	Total	64.0	1.3	33.0	1.7	0
Alves et al. [23]	400	Porto Alegre-RS	41.3	5.0	53.7	0	0
Wolff et al. [6]	173	Porto Alegre-RS	81.5	1.7	16.2	0	0

^∗Genotype 2 plus 4; NI: not informed.