Table 5 Summaries of the studies conducted on prevalence of HBV genotypes in Pakistan.

Awan et al .[96]2010

All areas of Pakistan

300

43 (14.33%)

54 (18%)

83 (27.66%)

39 (13%)

2 (0.66%)

4 (1.33%)

31 (10.33%)

44 (14.66%)

Ahmed et al .[97]2009

Punjab and Sindh

236

2 (0.85%)

-

14

(5.93%)

220 (93.22%)

-

-

-

-

Baig et al .[98]2009

Karachi

315

65 (20%)

-

-

219 (70%)

-

-

-

31 (10%)

Noorali et al .[7]2008

Karachi

180

-

-

-

150 (83.33%)

-

-

-

30 (16.66%)

Hakim et al .[8]2008

Karachi

180

-

-

-

151 (83.89%)

-

-

-

29 (16.11%)

*Alam et al .[99]2007

Patients from All four Provinces

110

5 (4.55)

27(24.54%)

-

66 (60%)

-

-

9 (8.18%)

3 (2.73%)

Baig et al .[100]2007

Karachi

295

60 (20.34%)

-

-

208 (70.51%)

-

-

-

27 (9.15%)

Alam et al .[86]2007

KPK

56

15 (8.92%)

-

-

35 (62.5%)

-

-

-

16 (28.57%)

Abbas et al .[101]2006

Karachi

109

-

-

-

109 (100%)

-

-

-

-

Idrees et al .[1]2004

Patients from All four Provinces

112

24 (21.42%)

20 (17.86%)

46 (41.07%)

9 (8.03%)

-

-

5 (4.46%)

8 (7.14%)

Total

1893

190 (10.03%)

101 (5.335%)

143 (7.55%)

1206 (63.71%)

2 (0.105%)

4 (0.21%)

45 (2.377%)

188 (9.931%)