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Table 4 Toxigenic strains amongst C. diphtheriae ribotypes (Belarus, 1996–2005)

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

Ribotype/BstEII

1996–2000 period

2001–2005 period

International designation

Former designation (London)

Total strains

Toxigenic strains

Total strains

Toxigenic strains

   

no.

%

 

no.

%

Sankt-Peterburg

D1

63

62

98.4

4

4

100.0

Rossija

D4

65

61

93.8

85

63

74.1

Rossija derivation

 

-

-

-

8

8

100.0

Otchakov

D7

18

18

100.0

19

19

100.0

Lyon

D6

11

11

100.0

3

3

100.0

Bangladesh

D36

2

2

100.0

1

1

100.0

Erlabrunn

D15

2

1

50.0

-

-

-

Schwarzenberg

D13

2

2

100.0

1

-

-

Moskva

 

44

-

-

8

-

-

Cluj

D10

34

1

2.9

36

-

-

Minsk

D30

1

1

100.0

-

-

-

Gomel

 

1

1

100.0

-

-

-

Ras-el-Ma

 

2

-

-

-

-

-

Thailand

D19

1

-

-

-

-

-

Prahova

D17

1

-

-

-

-

-

Dagestan

D9

1

-

-

-

-

-

Gatchina

D5

1

-

-

-

-

-

Buzau

 

1

1

100.0

-

-

-

Close to Nan

D63

2

2

100.0

-

-

-

Close to Pakistan

D12/D31

-

-

-

2

-

-

Close to Versailles

D44/54/55

1

-

-

-

-

-

Neamt

D22

-

-

-

1

-

-

New 1–11

 

6

6

100.0

5

2

40.0

Total

 

259

169

65.3

173

100

57.8