Subgenotype reclassification of genotype B hepatitis B virus

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 1 Mean nucleotide sequence divergences over the complete genome sequences of HBV between and within subgenotypes B6, B1, B4 and B2

Subgenotypes	B6	B1	B4	Within group sequence divergence
B6				0.027 ± 0.002
B1	0.062 ± 0.004			0.025 ± 0.001
B4	0.074 ± 0.005	0.055 ± 0.003		0.025 ± 0.001
B2	0.071 ± 0.004	0.047 ± 0.003	0.039 ± 0.003	0.017 ± 0.001

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