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Table 6 Comparison of clustered and individual strains between the Beijing and non-Beijing family

From: Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Hebei, China: genotypes and drug susceptibility phenotypes

Genotyping

Genotype

Beijing family

Non-Beijing family

p-value

Spoligotyping

Individual strains, n

7

38

 
 

Clustered strains, n

913

59

<0.0001

 

Clusters, n

13

14

 
 

Clustering rate, %

97.8

46.4

 

MIRU-VNTR

Individual strains, n

669

93

 
 

Clustered strains, n

251

4

<0.0001

 

Clusters, n

82

2

 
 

Clustering rate, %

18.4

2.1

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