Objectives: To investigate hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype distribution detected in West China Hospital of Sichuan University.
Methods: We analyzed genotype distribution data on HCV infected patients who had information of HCV genotypes from January 2009 to December 2013 diagnosed in West China Hospital of Sichuan University.
Results: Five genotypes and 15 genetic subtypes of HCV were found among the 1 998 cases, and 4 of the patients were infected with mixed HCV subtype. Among those genotypes and genetic subtypes, genotype 1a was detected in 8 cases (0.40%), genotype 1b in 1 368 cases (68.47%), genotype 1c in 18 cases (0.90%), genotype 2a in 78 cases (3.90%), genotype 2b in 1 case (0.05%), genotype 2i in 16 cases (0.80%), genotype 3a in 291 cases (14.56%), genotype 3b in 154 cases (7.71%), genotype 3k in 4 cases (0.20%), genotype 5a in 1 case (0.05%), genotype 6a in 50 cases (2.50%), genotype 6b in 3 cases (0.15%), genotype 6h in 1 case (0.05%), genotype 6n in 1 case (0.05%), mixed-genotype 1b/1c in 1 case (0.05%), mixed-genotype 1b/6h in 1 case (0.05%), mixed-genotype 2c/2a in 1 case (0.05%), and mixed-genotype 3b/3k in 1 case (0.05%). The distribution of five main HCV genetic subtypes on gender had no statistical significance (P>0.05), and its distribution on people with different ages had statistical significance ( P<0.05).
Conclusions: The major genotypes of HCV were 1b (predominant), 3a, 3b, 2a, 6a in patients diagnosed in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, with the existence of single-genotype 1a, 1c, 2b, 2i, 3k, 5a, 6b, 6h, 6n and mixed-genotype 1b/1c, 1b/6h, 2c/2a, 3b/3k, indicating the diversity of HCV genotype.
Keywords: Distribution; Genotype; Hepatitis C virus.