Table 2 Diversity of VNTR loci and their profiles in all M. tuberculosis strains and Beijing family strains from Beijing city, Jiangsu and Shanghai (references).
Locus | Hunter-Gaston Index (total strains) N=260 | No. of alleles (range) | Hunter-Gaston Index Beijing Family N=211 | No. of alleles (Beijing family) (range) | Locus diversity of Beijing family strains in area of isolation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beijing (Previous) [24] N=72 [alleles] | Jiangsu [23] N=209 | Shanghai [22] (Chongming) N=65 | |||||
VNTR3820 | 0.851 | 19 (2–22) | 0.789 | 15 (6–22) | 0.85 | ||
Qub11b | 0.747 | 10 (1–10) | 0.646 | 9 (1–10) | 0.651 [5(3–7)] | 0.625 | 0.65 |
Qub18 | 0.696 | 10 (1–11) | 0.613 | 10 (1–11) | 0.65 | ||
Qub11a | 0.675 | 9 (2–11) | 0.598 | 8 (3–11) | 0.61 | ||
Qub26 | 0.654 | 12 (1–14) | 0.57 | 11 (1–11) | 0.518 [8(3–10)] | 0.613 | 0.60 |
Mtub21 | 0.58 | 7 (1–7) | 0.393 | 6 (1–7) | 0.556 [5(1–6)] | 0.535 | 0.52 |
MIRU26 | 0.568 | 9 (1–9) | 0.373 | 7 (3–9) | 0.353 [6(3–9)] | 0.560 | 0.61 |
Qub4156c | 0.343 | 5 (1–5) | 0.297 | 4 (2–5) | 0.395 [5(1–5)] | 0.203 | 0.49 |
MIRU16 | 0.381 | 4 (1–4) | 0.265 | 3 (2–4) | 0.068 [3(2–4)] | 0.262 | 0.24 |
Mtub04 | 0.435 | 6 (1–6) | 0.265 | 5 (2–6) | 0.306 [4(2–5)] | 0.426 | 0.30 |
ETRE | 0.415 | 5 (2–6) | 0.229 | 5 (2–6) | 0.169 [3(4–6)] | 0.668 | 0.25 |
ETRA | 0.418 | 3 (2–4) | 0.224 | 2 (3–4) | 0.232 [3(2–4)] | 0.201 | 0.03 |
MIRU10 | 0.434 | 5 (1–5) | 0.21 | 4 (1–4) | 0.144 [3(1–3)] | 0.262 | 0.20 |
Mtub39 | 0.332 | 6 (2–7) | 0.204 | 6 (2–7) | 0.171 [5(1–6)] | 0.213 | 0.06 |
MIRU23 | 0.194 | 5 (2–6) | 0.179 | 5 (2–6) | 0.014 [2(5–6)] | 0.250 | 0.06 |
MIRU40 | 0.356 | 5 (1–5) | 0.171 | 5 (1–5) | 0.194 [4(1–4)] | 0.276 | 0.15 |
ETRD | 0.259 | 5 (1–5) | 0.152 | 4 (1–4) | 0.120 [4(0–3)] | 0.536 | 0.06 |
MIRU39 | 0.374 | 4 (1–4) | 0.127 | 4 (1–4) | 0.119 [3(2–4)] | 0.178 | 0.29 |
Mtub30 | 0.304 | 3 (2–4) | 0.065 | 3 (2–4) | 0.068 [4(2–5)] | 0.196 | 0.09 |
MIRU27 | 0.15 | 4 (1–4) | 0.056 | 4 (1–4) | 0.084 | 0.03 | |
ETRB | 0.182 | 3 (1–3) | 0.038 | 2 (1–2) | 0.014 [2(1–2)] | 0.056 | 0 |
ETRC | 0.03 | 3 (2–4) | 0.028 | 3 (2–4) | 0.094 [4(2–6)] | 0.066 | |