Table 3.

Cumulative HGDI of each MIRU-VNTR locus (n = 149).

VNTR alias	Individual HGDI	Number of patterns	Number of clusters	Number of clustered isolates	Clustering rate (%)	Number of isolates in each cluster	Cumulative HGDI
QUB11b	0.6738
MIRU26	0.6393	26	19	142	95.30	2-39	0.8637
Mtub21	0.5553	43	21	127	85.23	2-30	0.9221
Mtub04	0.5279	62	22	109	73.15	2-22	0.9521
QUB26	0.4861	81	19	87	58.39	2-16	0.9711
MIRU10	0.4333	89	19	79	53.02	2-15	0.9769
Mtub39	0.3444	96	18	71	47.65	2-13	0.9817
MIRU24	0.3272	102	18	65	43.62	2-9	0.9881
ETRA	0.2887	107	17	59	39.60	2-9	0.9896
QUB4156	0.2495	108	18	59	39.60	2-9	0.9912
MIRU31	0.2188	111	17	55	36.91	2-8	0.9923
MIRU39	0.2042	112	17	54	36.24	2-8	0.9926
MIRU40	0.1834	116	14	47	31.54	2-8	0.9931
Mtub30	0.1452	118	14	45	30.20	2-8	0.9934
ETRC	0.1231	119	13	43	28.86	2-8	0.9935
MIRU16	0.0978	120	12	41	27.52	2-8	0.9936
MIRU04	0.0856	121	11	39	26.17	2-8	0.9937
MIRU27	0.0593	121	11	39	26.17	2-8	0.9937
ETRB	0.0466	121	11	39	26.17	2-8	0.9937
Mtub34	0.0466	121	11	39	26.17	2-8	0.9937
MIRU02	0.0332	121	11	39	26.17	2-8	0.9937
MIRU23	0.0201	121	11	39	26.17	2-8	0.9937
MIRU20	0.0068	122	11	38	25.50	2-7	0.9943
Mtub29	0.0000	122	11	38	25.50	2-7	0.9943

HGDI = Hunter-Gaston discriminatory index, MIRU-VNTR = mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat typing.