Research Article
Risk Factors for Infection with Different Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Southern Brazil
Table 4
Proportional HCV genotype distribution according to Brazilian studies.
| Study | | Region | Genotypes (%) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2 plus 4; NI: not informed.
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