TABLE 3.
Comparison of HGI values of various MIRUs loci for typing of M. tuberculosis strains
| Marker | HGI value for:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing genotype (n = 243) | Non-Beijing genotypea
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| All strains (n = 112) | >5 bands (n = 88) | ≤5 bands (n = 24) | ||
| MIRU 2 | 0.0000 | 0.1182 | 0.1481 | 0.0000 |
| MIRU 4 | 0.0723 | 0.4903 | 0.3393 | 0.7899 |
| MIRU 10 | 0.2817 | 0.7734 | 0.7806 | 0.6304 |
| MIRU 16 | 0.0801 | 0.4410 | 0.4882 | 0.2355 |
| MIRU 20 | 0.0082 | 0.0861 | 0.1081 | 0.0000 |
| MIRU 23 | 0.1102 | 0.4202 | 0.4545 | 0.2899 |
| MIRU 24 | 0.0000 | 0.2106 | 0.1857 | 0.3043 |
| MIRU 26 | 0.3030 | 0.7851 | 0.7837 | 0.6884 |
| MIRU 27 | 0.1754 | 0.3470 | 0.2061 | 0.5543 |
| MIRU 31 | 0.1557 | 0.6662 | 0.7011 | 0.4674 |
| MIRU 39 | 0.3564 | 0.5481 | 0.5452 | 0.4203 |
| MIRU 40 | 0.4091 | 0.6977 | 0.7098 | 0.5833 |
| All MIRUs | 0.8827 | 0.9929 | 0.9932 | 0.9493 |
| IS6110 RFLP | 0.9979 | 0.9961 | 0.9987 | 0.9312 |
a
Non-Beijing strains are further divided into isolates with five or more IS6110 bands and isolates with fewer than five bands.