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Table 6 Comparative analysis of genotyping methods applied to Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (n = 260)

From: Molecular typing of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in Jiangsu Province, China

Typing method,

strain groups

Genotypes

in total

Unique genotypes

clusters

Strains

in cluster

HGDI value

Spoligotyping

     

All strains

34

27

7

2-199

0.409

Beijing family only

7

4

3

3-196

0.093

Non-Beijing strains

27

23

4

2-19

0.856

MIRU-VNTR analysis, All strains

     

24-VNTR analysis

224

204

20

2-8

0.998

12-VNTR analysis

204

177

27

2-9

0.996

Spoligo+24-VNTR

     

All strains

227

208

19

2-8

0.998

Beijing family only

178

160

18

2-8

0.997