Table 2.

Different combinations of genotyping markers previously used for MAP typing.

Markers’ combination	No. of MAP isolates	No. of genotypes	DI value*	Reference
MIRU-VNTR + SSR	34	18	Not calculated	[78]
	38	22	0.94	[79]
	35	9	Not calculated	[80]
	91	25	0.93	[81]
MIRU-VNTR + IS900-RFLP	71	24	0.997	[44]
SSR + PFGE	268	37 (PFGE) 19 (SSR)	0.817	[40]
IS900-RFLP + PFGE + MIRU-VNTR	164	44	0.941	[42]
MIRU-VNTR + SSR + IS900-RFLP	53	17	0.95	[47]
MIRU-VNTR + SSR + IS1311-PCR-REA**	21	11	Not calculated	[82]
	200	38	0.88	[83]

^*Discriminatory index calculated according to Hunter and Gaston [84]. Values are those reported by the respective studies.

^**Restriction endonuclease analysis.