Table S1: Genotype D strains with mutations in the reverse transcriptase domain that may lead to drug resistance HBV reverse transcriptase domain Codon 173 180 181 184 191 194 202 204 207 213 214 215 233 236 V L A T V A S M V S V Q /P/H I N GU456682 . . . . . V . . . . . S . . GU456646 . . . . . . . . . . . . V . GU456638 M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . GU456645 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . GU456639 . . . . . . . . M . E . . . GU456637 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . JF754633 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . . . . A S . . Subgenotype Accession numbers GU456647 Country Iran D1 JF754631 JF754629 Turkey JF754623 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . JF754619 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . JF754599 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . JF754614 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . JF754598 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . FJ904431 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . FJ904446 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . JN642155 . . . . I . . . . . . . . . JN642153 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . JN642149 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . JN642137 . . . . . . . . . . E . . . JN642129 . . . . . . . . . . E . . . JN642158 . . . . . . . . M . . . . . JN642154 . . . . . . . . . T . . . . Tunisia JN642145 Lebanon JN642150 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . JN642140 . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . M . . . . . . . . . . . . . AF121242 Sweden GQ477453 Poland EU594398 Russia . . . . . . . . . . . S . . JN642163 Lebanon . . . . . T . . . T . . . . AF043594 Germany . . . . . . . . . . . S . . AB109478 Japan . . . . . . . . . T . . . . X80925 UK . . . . . . T . . . . . . . GQ922003 Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . V . FJ904441 . . . . . . . . . . E . . . FJ904433 . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . . . FJ904430 . . . . . . . . . . E . . . FJ904414 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . D2 D4 D7 FJ904395 Tunisia D6 FJ904404 . . . . . . . . . T D . . . AB493848 . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . . AB493845 Papua AB554024 D8 FN594769 Niger Dots indicate amino acids identity and the mutations are highlighted in grey. Only sequences, which had mutations, are shown. All other sequences were wild-type. Table S2: Genotype D strains with mutations in the HBsAg that may lead to vaccine, detection and/or immune escape HBsAg Subgenotype D1 D2 Accession numbers Country 120 133 144 145 153 158 P M D G P F GU456682 Iran . . . . . L FJ904427 Tunisia . . E R . . JN642133 . S . . . . JN642166 S . . . . . JN642134 Lebanon T . . . . . AF151735 Germany . . E . . . AY945307 India . . . . . L EU594433 Russia T . . . . . . . . E . . GQ205389 D5 D8 GQ205385 India . . . E . . FN594770 Niger . T . . . . Dots indicate amino acids identity and the mutations are highlighted in grey. Only sequences, which had mutations, are shown. All other sequences were wild-type.