Table 4.
Distribution of strains and clustering rate in the Study Area (N = 281)
| Characteristics of the isolates | Number(%) of isolates in the study sites | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weliso | Atat | Fiche | ||
| Total spolygotyped isolates | 134 (47.7) | 50 (17.8) | 97 (34.5) | |
| Clustered isolates versus single | ||||
| Clustered | 112 | 41 | 70 | 0.163 |
| Single | 22 | 9 | 27 | |
| Clustering rate | 83.6% | 82% | 72.2% | |
| Major lineage by CBBN | ||||
| EA | 115 | 43 | 86 | 0.877 |
| EAI | 10 | 4 | 4 | |
| IO | 7 | 2 | 6 | |
| MA | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| The three dominant Strains | ||||
| SIT 53 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 0.109 |
| SIT 149 | 17 | 9 | 11 | |
| SIT 54 | 21 | 8 | 5 | |
| Orphan strains | 21 | 10 | 26 | |
EA Euro-American, EAI East-African Indian, IO Indo-Oceanic, MA M. africanum, MB Mbovis, CBN conformal Bayesian network