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. 2018 Aug;73:30–42. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.05.014

Table 2b.

Clustering analysis stratified by study setting and lineages/major sub-lineage populations of MTBC.

Lineage Isolates (n)
Clustered cases (c)
Clustered strains (nc)
Single cases (s)
Total strain types (s + c)
Clustering ratea (%)
Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural
Lineage 1 34 4 3 0 7 0 27 4 30 4 11.8 0
Lineage 2 51 14 5 1 33 4 18 10 23 11 54.9 21.4
Lineage 3 25 1 2 0 4 0 21 1 23 1 8 0
Lineage 4 1588 153 183 10 907 25 681 128 864 138 45.6 9.8
Cameroonb 969 77 112 5 575 10 394 67 506 72 47.8 6.5
Ghanab 326 50 32 4 182 12 144 38 176 42 46 16
Haarlemb 144 12 20 1 81 3 63 9 83 10 42.4 16.7
LAMb 43 7 6 0 25 0 18 7 24 7 44.2 0
Ugandab 39 1 5 0 16 0 23 1 28 1 28.2 0
Lineage 5 274 15 49 0 137 0 137 15 186 15 32.1 0
Lineage 6 136 14 10 0 43 0 93 14 103 14 24.3 0
Summaryc 2108 201 252 11 1131 29 977 172 1229 183 41.7 9

MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

a

The clustering rate was used to estimate the recent transmission rate.

b

Major lineage 4 sub-population.

c

The summary was calculated using only the items in cells corresponding to the six main lineages.