Table 1. Distribution of microsatellite complexes (MCs) between different countries.

MCs	Chinan (%)	Japann (%)	Indian (%)	Indonesian (%)	Thailandn (%)	Kuwaitn (%)	Qatarn (%)	Total number of isolatesn (%)
MC1	0	0	14 (23)	0	0	0	0	14 (2.8)
MC2	102 (88.7)	14 (37.8)	1 (1.6)	0	30 (13.3)	2 (20)	2 (40)	151 (30.6)
MC3	2 (1.7)	0	30 (49.2)	9 (22.5)	0	1 (10)	0	42 (8.5)
MC8	0	0	3 (4.9)	17 (42.5)	183 (81.3)	2 (20)	1 (20)	206 (41.8)
MC12	8 (7)	0	2 (3.3)	0	3 (1.3)	0	0	13 (2.6)
MC15	0	0	6 (9.8)	0	1 (0.5)	2 (20)	2 (40)	11 (2.2)
MC16	0	20 (54.1)	0	0	1 (0.5)	0	0	21 (4.3)
MC17	0	0	0	12 (30)	3 (1.3)	0	0	15 (3.1)
None MCs	3 (2.6)	3 (8.1)	5 (8.2)	2 (5)	4 (1.8)	3 (30)	0	20 (4.1)
Total	115	37	61	40	225	10	5	493

The predominant MCs in each country are indicated in bold.