Table 3.
Characteristics of clusters identified by RFLP IS6110 and spoligotyping in Paraguay, 2003
| RFLP Cluster | Size | Spoligotype | Country region (n) | Likely link (n) | |
| SIT | Lineage | ||||
| A* | 9 (8) | 2643 | Haarlem | Metropolitan Area (7) | Tacumbu Jail inmates (6) |
| Oriental (1) | - | ||||
| B | 2 | 49 | Haarlem | Oriental (2) | Undetermined |
| C* | 10 (8) | 34 | S | Metropolitan Area (2) | Undetermined |
| Oriental (6) | Neighbor towns (5) | ||||
| D | 3 | 34 | S | Chaco (3) | Aboriginal community (3) |
| E | 2 | 34 | S | Oriental (2) | Undetermined |
| F | 2 | 1356 | S | Metropolitan Area (1) | - |
| Oriental (1) | - | ||||
| G | 5 | 42 | LAM | Metropolitan Area (4) | Household (3) |
| Chaco (1) | - | ||||
| H | 3 | 42 | LAM | Metropolitan Area (1) | Tacumbu Jail |
| Oriental (2) | Undetermined | ||||
| I | 2 | 42 | LAM | Metropolitan area (2) | Tacumbu Jail (2) |
| J* | 2 (0) | 42 2648 |
LAM | Oriental (2) | Same town (2) |
| (3) | 42 | LAM | Metropolitan Area (1) | - | |
| K* | 5 | Oriental (2) | Same department (2) | ||
| (2) | 753 | LAM | Oriental (2) | Undetermined | |
| L | 3 | 177 | LAM | Oriental (3) | Same community (2) |
| M | 3 | 391 | LAM | Metropolitan Area (2) | Undetermined |
| Chaco (1) | - | ||||
| N | 2 | 391 | LAM | Chaco (2) | Aboriginal communities (2) |
| O | 3 | 2647 | LAM | Oriental (2) | Undetermined |
| Chaco (1) | - | ||||
| P | 2 | 2650 | LAM | Oriental (2) | Same town (2) |
| Q | 2 | 93 | LAM | Chaco (2) | Aboriginal community (2) |
| R | 3 | 52 | T | Chaco (3) | Aboriginal communities (3) |
| S | 2 | 521 | T | Chaco (2) | Aboriginal communities (2) |
* RFLP clusters marked with an asterisk contain one or more strains with different spoligopattern(s) and numbers in brackets indicate cluster size after subtraction of strains with different spoligopattern.