TABLE 5.
Results of MLST analysis
| Countrya | No. of isolates
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serotype
|
Clonal complexb
|
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| 19A | 19F | 23F | Taiwan19F | Spain23F | Others | |
| Korea (8) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| China (9) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Thailand (5) | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Taiwan (7) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Sri Lanka (2) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Singapore (3) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Malaysia (9) | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Vietnam (11) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Hong Kong (14) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Total (68) | 2 | 37 | 29 | 30 | 33 | 5 |
a
The number of isolates used in MLST analysis is shown in parentheses.
b
Clonal complex as defined by McGee et al. (21) and the Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network (www.pneumo.com).