Table 3 Degree of discrimination obtained with two typing methods individually and combined
From: Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosisin Taipei
Method | No. of different patterns | No. of unique isolates | No. of clustered isolates | No. of clusters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Spoligotyping alone | 87 | 63(18%) | 293(82%) | 24 |
MIRU-VNTR typing alone | 140 | 104(29%) | 252(71%) | 36 |
Spoligotyping+ MIRU-VNTR typing | 181 | 120(33%) | 236(67%) | 43 |