Table 1.

Primer sequence of the MIRU-VNTR loci and Spoligotyping in this study

Locus of MIRU	Primer sequence (5′→3′)
2	TGGACTTGCAGCAATGGACCAACT F
	TACTCGGACGCCGGCTCAAAA‘ R
4	GCGCGAGAGCCCGAACTGC F
	GCGCAGCAGAAACGTCAGC R
10	GTTCTTGACCAACTGCAGTCGTCC F
	GCCACCTTGGTGATCAGCTACCT R
16	TCGGTGATCGGGTCCAGTCCAAGTA F
	CCCGTCGTGCAGCCCTGGTAC R
20	TCGGAGAGATGCCCTTCGAGTTAG F
	GGAGACCGCGACCAGGTACTTGTA R
23	CAGCGAAACGAACTGTGCTATCAC F
	CGTGTCCGAGCAGAAAAGGGTAT R
24	CGACCAAGATGTGCAGGAATACAT F
	GGGCGAGTTGAGCTCACAGAA R
26	CCCGCCTTCGAAACGTCGCT F
	TGGACATAGGCGACCAGGCGAATA R
27	TCGAAAGCCTCTGCGTGCCAGTAA F
	GCGATGTGAGCGTGCCACTCAA R
31	ACTGATTGGCTTCATACGGCTTTA F
	GTGCCGACGTGGTCTTGAT R
39	CGCATCGACAAACTGGAGCCAAAC F
	CGGAAACGTCTACGCCCCACACAT R
40	GGGTTGCTGGATGACAACGTGT F
	GGGTGATCTCGGCGAAATCAGATA R
Locus of Spoligotyping	Primer sequence (5′→3′)
DR a	Biotin- GGTTTTGGGTCTGACGAC
DRb	CCGAGAGGGGACGGAAAC

MIRU-VNTR: Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit Variable Number Tandem Repeat