Nucleotide (below diagonal) and protein (above diagonal) distance matrix in percentage obtained by the Kimura 2-parameters and the Dayhoff PAM method, respectively, between the NS5B sequences used in
The total number of HBV/C isolates examined for each subgenotype is shown in bracket. Other existing subgenotypes (C7, C9, C10, C15, and C16) were not included in the genetic distance calculation sinc
