Table 3. Hunter Gaston Discriminatory Index (HGDI) and cluster results based on MIRU-VNTR loci analysis of 189 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates from Assam.
| Typing Method | Total No. of patterns | No. of uniquetypes | Total no.of clusters | Total no. of isolates in clusters (%) | Maximum no. of isolates in a cluster | HGDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 loci MIRU-VNTR | 187(N = 189) | 185 | 2 | 4(2.11) | 2 | 0.9999 |
| 15 loci MIRU-VNTR | 187(N = 189) | 185 | 2 | 4(2.11) | 2 | 0.9999 |
| 12 loci MIRU-VNTR | 172(N = 189) | 161 | 11 | 28(14.81) | 5 | 0.9985 |