Eleven-Year Distribution Pattern of Hepatitis C Virus in Southern Italy

Table 2

HCV genotype/subtype distribution in the studied population (𝑛=2,153), 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

^∗Unsubtypeable.