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 3 HBV-A and HBV-G viral load in HBV double- or mono-infected MSM from 1985 to 1986 with or without HIV infection

1985-1986	N	HBV-A/G infected	HBV-A/G infected	N	HBV-A mono- infected
1985-1986	N	Mean HBV-G viral load log₁₀ (range)	Mean HBV-A viral load log₁₀ (range)	N	Mean HBV-A viral load log₁₀ (range)
HIV- negative samples	9	4.06 (2.96–5.74)	5.32 (3.73–8.76)	42	5.66 (1.30–9.46)
HIV- positive samples	17	2.94 (0.62–4.49)	3.69 (2.18–4.80)	44	4.53 (2.20–9.66)
p-value*		0.0063	0.0008		0.040

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