TABLE 1.
Type of pattern | Spoligotype | Laboratory | Sourceb |
---|---|---|---|
Vole | ....................................——.....c | RIVM | Vole (5), human (4), ferret (1), pig (1) |
....................................——..... | CVL | Cat (1) | |
...—................................——..... | CVL | Badger (1), cat (1), cow (1) | |
Llama | ...————...............——.—..........——.....c | RIVM | Llama (1) |
...————...............——............——..... | CVL | Cat (5), human (1) | |
...————...............——.—..........—...... | CVL | Cat (1) |
The spoligotypes from the RIVM represent 12 recently characterized M. microti strains (5). The remaining spoligotypes were of 11 previously uncharacterized M. tuberculosis complex strains whose patterns are in the CVL database.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of isolates.
Spoligotype present in the database.