Table 2. Measured within-host M. tuberculosis variation.
Per-sample and shared minority variants across pairwise comparisons with different epidemiological linkages, including minority variants ≥1% allele frequency, outside of the PE/PPE genes, and within an expected depth (defined in Methods).
| Comparison type | mean | median | lower | upper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colangeli | ||||
| Sample | 170.00 | 160 | 130 | 220.0 |
| Household | 98.00 | 95 | 64 | 130.0 |
| Unlinked | 9.80 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Guthrie | ||||
| Sample | 5.80 | 3 | 1 | 8.0 |
| Household | 0.80 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Unlinked | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Walker | ||||
| Sample | 7.10 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Household | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Unlinked | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |