Table 4. Allelic diversity of the 15 MIRU-VNTR loci among the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains (n=385).
| Locus | HGDI (all strains) | HGDI (cavitary tuberculosis) | HGDI (non-cavitary tuberculosis) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qub11b | 0.690 | 0.690 | 0.692 |
| 2 | Qub26 | 0.680 | 0.656 | 0.702 |
| 3 | Mtub21 | 0.506 | 0.467 | 0.544 |
| 4 | MIRU26 | 0.488 | 0.482 | 0.496 |
| 5 | MIRU31 | 0.372 | 0.361 | 0.383 |
| 6 | Mtub04 | 0.359 | 0.280 | 0.432 |
| 7 | MIRU40 | 0.330 | 0.368 | 0.293 |
| 8 | MIRU10 | 0.328 | 0.271 | 0.383 |
| 9 | Mtub39 | 0.292 | 0.320 | 0.305 |
| 10 | ETRA | 0.285 | 0.300 | 0.272 |
| 11 | Qub4156 | 0.228 | 0.203 | 0.252 |
| 12 | Mtub30 | 0.216 | 0.230 | 0.203 |
| 13 | MIRU04 | 0.177 | 0.140 | 0.212 |
| 14 | MIRU16 | 0.162 | 0.158 | 0.167 |
| 15 | ETRC | 0.056 | 0.051 | 0.061 |
Abbreviations: exact tandem repeat A, ETRA; Hunter–Gaston Discriminatory Index, HGDI; mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit variable number of tandem repeats, MIRU-VNTR.