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Table 3 C. diphtheriae ribotype prevalence in Belarus (1996–2005)

From: Molecular epidemiology of C. diphtheriaestrains during different phases of the diphtheria epidemic in Belarus

International designation

Former designation (London)

1996–2000 period

2001–2005 period

  

Total strains

%

Total strains

%

Sankt-Peterburg

D1

63

24.3

4

2.3

Rossija

D4

65

25.1

85

49.1

Rossija derivation

 

-

-

8

4.6

Otchakov

D7

18

6.9

19

11.0

Lyon

D6

11

4.2

3

1.7

Bangladesh

D36

2

0.8

1

0.6

Erlabrunn

D15

2

0.8

-

-

Schwarzenberg

D13

2

0.8

1

0.6

Moskva

 

44

16.9

8

4.6

Cluj

D10

34

13.1

36

20.8

Minsk

D30

1

0.4

-

-

Gomel

 

1

0.4

-

-

Ras-el-Ma

 

2

0.8

-

-

Thailand

D19

1

0.4

-

-

Prahova

D17

1

0.4

-

-

Dagestan

D9

1

0.4

-

-

Gatchina

D5

1

0.4

-

-

Buzau

 

1

0.4

-

-

Close to Nan

D63

2

0.8

-

-

Close to Pakistan

D12/D31

-

-

2

1.2

Close to Versailles

D44/54/55

1

0.4

-

-

Neamt

D22

-

-

1

0.6

New 1–11

 

6

2.3

5

2.9

Total

 

259

100.0

173

100.0