Table 2.

Twelve MIRU loci analysis of CAS1 and 'unique' spoligotypes

MIRU Loci	HGDI values for				P- value
	CAS1 Strains (n = 178)	Conclusion	'unique' Strains (n = 189)	Conclusion
2	0.4953	Moderately discriminant	0.3859	Moderately discriminant	0.105
4	0.2676	Poorly discriminant	0.4540	Moderately discriminant	0.000*
10	0.7449	Highly discriminant	0.8190	Highly discriminant	0.004*
16	0.7503	Highly discriminant	0.7760	Highly discriminant	0.325
20	0.5993	Moderately discriminant	0.4242	Moderately discriminant	0.124
23	0.5211	Moderately discriminant	0.6099	Highly discriminant	0.126
24	0.5709	Moderately discriminant	0.4966	Moderately discriminant	0.436
26	0.8117	Highly discriminant	0.8511	Highly discriminant	0.000*
27	0.7588	Highly discriminant	0.6151	Highly discriminant	0.909
31	0.7772	Highly discriminant	0.7756	Highly discriminant	0.340
39	0.7090	Highly discriminant	0.6775	Highly discriminant	0.732
40	0.6970	Highly discriminant	0.7228	Highly discriminant	0.661
	Average: 0.6419		Average: 0.6339

Significantly different loci are indicated by '*' (P value < 0.05)