Widespread hepatitis B virus genotype G (HBV-G) infection during the early years of the HIV epidemic in the Netherlands among men who have sex with men

Table 1 HBV-A and HBV-G DNA detection in blood serum samples from Dutch MSM 1984-1999

HBV genotype amplified	No. of samples	No. of HIV-positive samples	No. of HIV-negative samples
HBV genotype amplified	N = 226 (100 %)	N = 152	N = 74
HBV-A	104	61	43
HBV-G	5	3	2
HBV-A and -G	40	31	9
Total no. of samples with HBV-A and/or HBV-G DNA	149 (66 %)	95 (63 %)	54 (73 %)

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