Table 8. The comparison of the discriminatory power combination of different VNTR loci in different country.

Typing methods	All strains
	HGDI*	No. of types	No. of unique types	No. of clusters	Percentage of clustering
15-locus(Supply)	0.990	291	269	22	17.2
24-locus (Supply)	0.999	303	287	16	11.7
12-locus (JATA)	0.999	302	284	18	12.6
16-locus (Gao)	0.9983	183	–	27	14.9
12-locus (this paper)	0.999	869	796	73	25.84

*Hunter-Gaston discriminatory index.