Table 2.
Description of the M. tuberculosis clusters found in Venezuela.
| 1SIT | Spoligotyping patterns -Binary description | 2n | % | 3Clade | 4C-1 |
| 17 |  |
122 | 21.94 | LAM-2 | Ubiquitous |
| 42 |  |
66 | 15.47 | LAM-9 | Ubiquitous |
| 93 |  |
70 | 12.59 | LAM-5 | Ubiquitous |
| 53 |  |
26 | 4.6S | T-1 | Ubiquitous |
| 20 |  |
26 | 4.63 | LAM-1 | Ubiquitous |
| 605 |  |
18 | 3.24 | U | Loc (VEN/USA) |
| 1691 |  |
14 | 2.52 | LAM-2 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 60 |  |
13 | 2.39 | LAM-4 | Ubiquitous |
| 905 |  |
10 | 1.60 | U | Loc (VEN-USA-ARG) |
| 118 |  |
9 | 1.61 | T-2 | Ubiquitous |
| 50 |  |
9 | 1.61 | H-3 | Ubiquitous |
| 51 |  |
8 | 1.43 | T-1 | Ubiquitous |
| 333 |  |
7 | 1.25 | LAM-5 | Loc (GUP-GUF-HTI-VEN) |
| 960 |  |
5 | 0.90 | U | Loc (VEN-USA) |
| 34 |  |
5 | 0.90 | S | Ubiquitous |
| 194 |  |
5 | 0.90 | LAM-4 | Loc (USA-BRA-MEX-VEN) |
| 1696 |  |
5 | 0.90 | LAM-5 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 47 |  |
5 | 0.90 | H-1 | Ubiquitous |
| 130 |  |
4 | 0.71 | LAM-3 | Ubiquitous |
| 150 |  |
4 | 0.71 | LAM-9 | Ubiquitous |
| 397 |  |
4 | 0.71 | U | Loc (ITA-BRA-ARG-USA-VEN) |
| 1692 |  |
4 | 0.71 | U | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1700 |  |
4 | 0.71 | T-1 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 33 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-3 | Ubiquitous |
| 44 |  |
3 | 0.54 | T-4 | Ubiquitous |
| 58 |  |
3 | 0.54 | T-5 | Ubiquitous |
| 64 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-6 | Ubiquitous |
| 162 |  |
3 | 0.54 | U | Loc (ARG-VEN-USA-FIN-FXX-ITA) |
| 376 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-3 | Loc (VEN-USA) |
| 578 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-9 | Loc (USA-VEN) |
| 1698 |  |
3 | 0.54 | U | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1701 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-9 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1702 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-5 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1705 |  |
3 | 0.54 | T-1 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1713 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-1 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1718 |  |
3 | 0.54 | LAM-9 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 52 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T-2 | Ubiquitous |
| 62 |  |
2 | 0.36 | H-1 | Ubiquitous |
| 71 |  |
2 | 0.36 | S | Ubiquitous |
| 106 |  |
2 | 0.36 | U | Loc (CUB-ECU-M EX-USA-VEN) |
| 132 |  |
2 | 0.36 | U | Loc (ESP-AUS-BRA-VEN) |
| 167 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T | Ubiquitous |
| 178 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-4 | Loc (CUB-SEN-VEN) |
| 196 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T-1 | Ubiquitous |
| 386 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-9 | Ubiquitous |
| 389 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-1 | Loc (BRA-PRT-FIN-VEN) |
| 430 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T-4 | Loc (USA-VEN) |
| 1166 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T-1 | Ubiquitous (MWI-USA-VEN) |
| 1661 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-2 | Loc (VEN-BRA) |
| 1693 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-5 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1699 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-9 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1703 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-9 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1704 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-5 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1707 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T-1 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1711 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-2 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1714 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-9 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1715 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-4 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1716 |  |
2 | 0.36 | T-3 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1719 |  |
2 | 0.36 | LAM-2 | Endemic (VEN) |
| 1694 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-5 | Loc (VEN-USA)-Cluster inter-region |
| 1695 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-2 | Loc (VEN-BRA)-Cluster inter-region |
| 1697 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-9 | Loc (VEN-FXX)-Cluster inter-region |
| 1706 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-9 | Loc (VEN-USA)-Cluster inter-region |
| 1708 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-9 | Loc (VEN-LVA)-Cluster inter-region |
| 1709 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-5 | Loc (VEN-USA)-Cluster inter-region |
| 1710 |  |
1 | 0.18 | LAM-4 | Loc (VEN-NLD)-CIuster inter-region |
| 1717 |  |
1 | 0.18 | X-1 | Loc (VEN-AUS)-Cluster inter-region |
| Total | 556 | 100 | |||
1SIT, designation of the spoligotype in the international database [19]. 2n: Number of strains. 3Clade: defined mainly as described [20, 21] LAM: Latin American and Mediterranean, H: Haarlem, T (ill-defined T clade), S: S clade, X: X clade, U: Undesignated. 4C-1: qualifier that tentatively defines an SIT as Endemic, Loc: localized or ubiquitous, as defined in Filliol et al. [20]. Geographic distribution: VEN: Venezuela, USA: United States of America, BRA: Brazil, GUP: Guadeloupe, GUF: French Guiana, HTI: Haiti, ESP: Spain, ECU: Ecuador, ARG: Argentina, CUB: Cuba, MEX: Mexico, SEN: Senegal, PRT: Portugal, FIN: Finland, ITA: Italy, MWI: Malawi, FXX: Metropolitan France, LVA: Latvia, NLD: The Netherlands, AUS: Australia.