Table 3.
C. diphtheriae ribotype prevalence in Belarus (1996–2005)
| International designation | Former designation (London) | 1996–2000 period | 2001–2005 period | ||
| Total strains | % | Total strains | % | ||
| Sankt-Peterburg | D1 | 63 | 24.3 | 4 | 2.3 |
| Rossija | D4 | 65 | 25.1 | 85 | 49.1 |
| Rossija derivation | - | - | 8 | 4.6 | |
| Otchakov | D7 | 18 | 6.9 | 19 | 11.0 |
| Lyon | D6 | 11 | 4.2 | 3 | 1.7 |
| Bangladesh | D36 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Erlabrunn | D15 | 2 | 0.8 | - | - |
| Schwarzenberg | D13 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.6 |
| Moskva | 44 | 16.9 | 8 | 4.6 | |
| Cluj | D10 | 34 | 13.1 | 36 | 20.8 |
| Minsk | D30 | 1 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Gomel | 1 | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Ras-el-Ma | 2 | 0.8 | - | - | |
| Thailand | D19 | 1 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Prahova | D17 | 1 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Dagestan | D9 | 1 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Gatchina | D5 | 1 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Buzau | 1 | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Close to Nan | D63 | 2 | 0.8 | - | - |
| Close to Pakistan | D12/D31 | - | - | 2 | 1.2 |
| Close to Versailles | D44/54/55 | 1 | 0.4 | - | - |
| Neamt | D22 | - | - | 1 | 0.6 |
| New 1–11 | 6 | 2.3 | 5 | 2.9 | |
| Total | 259 | 100.0 | 173 | 100.0 | |