Table 2

Distribution of HIV-1 subtypes in MENA as extracted from the Los Alamos HIV database7

CountryNo of isolatesSubtype (%)*
Afghanistan435_AD (100)
Algeria478B (56.3), CRF02_AG (18.0), CRF06_cpx (17.2), G (2.7), 206 (2.7), D (1.3), other (1.9)
Djibouti92C (64.1), CRF02_AG (26.1), D (5.4), A (3.3), CRF01_AE (1.1)
Egypt24B (91.7), O (4.2), CRF01_AE (4.2)
Iran277A (65), B (32.9), C (2.2)
Israel/Palestine301C (85.4), B (8.6), CRF02_AG (1.7), A (1.3), other (3.0)
Kuwait2C (100)
Lebanon59A (40.7), B (35.6), D (6.8), U (5.1), C (3.4), G (3.4), CRF02_AG (1.7), AD (1.7), AG (1.7)
Libya68CRF02_AG (100)
Morocco2B (100)
Saudi Arabia169C (36.7), G (24.3), B (18.3), D (4.7), CRF43_02G (4.7), A (4.1), CRF02_AG (3.6), CRF25_cpx (2.4), other (1.2)
Somalia24C (87.5), AC (12.5)
Sudan40D (55), C (30), A (7.5), B (5), U (2.5)
Tunisia24B (95.8), CRF02_AG (4.2)
Yemen25B (48), C (28), D (16), A (4), U (4)
  • * Frequency in the HIV database and not necessarily in the respective population.

  • MENA, Middle East and North Africa.