Table 1.

The repeat number of 15-loci VNTR for 325 MTB strains

VNTR loci	HGDI score	No. of repeats in H37Rv	Repeat Numbers of VNTR-loci in the Isolates
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
ETRA	0.585	3	1	35	73	193	9	12			2
ETRB	0.229	3	38	283	4
ETRC	0.163	4		9	14	297		2	3
ETRD	0.553	3	9	94	195	21	4		2
ETRE	0.665	3		2	16	63	152	91		1
MIRU10	0.679	3	14	102	143	55	7	4
MIRU16	0.591	2	11	193	61	45	15
MIRU23	0.242	6			1	7	281	34	2
MIRU26	0.726	3	2	4	11	8	21	53	143	72	11
MIRU27	0.471	3	2	30	225	67	1
MIRU39	0.598	2	5	42	172	106
MIRU40	0.577	1	4	49	202	61	9
Mtub21	0.785	2	12	8	32	85	93	75	15	5
Mtub30	0.622	2		67		163	95
Mtub39	0.477	5		27	19	229	43	7