Table 1. Details of the M. tuberculosis isolates studied herein.
Isolate/batch identity (Numbers) | Geographical origin | Selection criteria | Source centre type | Important genogroups |
AP01 to AP59 (59) | Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district (urban group) | Pulmonary TBMDR isolates | Hyderabad urban DOTS | CASEAIBeijing |
AP60 to AP101 (42) | Chittoor district (rural group) | Pulmonary TBRandom selection/cross sectional(No resistotyping data) | RNTCP rural microscopy centres | EAIMANUCAS |