Table 1.
Sequence types of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Funing, Taiwan and Japan
| Beijing sublineage | No. (%) of strains | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Funing | Taiwan | Japan | |
| ST11 | 17 (10·4) | 4 (1·2) | 4 (1·1) |
| ST3 | 4 (2·5) | 13 (3·9) | 84 (22·7) |
| ST26 | 9 (5·5) | 27 (8·0) | 28 (7·9) |
| ST19 | 19 (11·7) | 50 (14·8) | 111 (31·3) |
| ST25 | 0 (0·0) | 7 (2·1) | 2 (0·6) |
| ST10 | 87 (53·4) | 180 (53·3) | 61 (17·2) |
| ST22 | 17 (10·4) | 49 (14·5) | 14 (3·94) |
| STK | 1 (0·6) | 4 (1·2) | 51 (14·4) |
| NEW | 9 (5·5) | 0 (0·0) | 0 (0·0) |
| STN | 0 (0·0) | 4 (1·2) | 0 (0·0) |
| Ancient* | 35 (21·6) | 88 (26·0) | 280 (78·9) |
| Modern | 128 (78·5) | 250 (73·4) | 75 (21·1) |
| Total | 163 | 338 | 355 |
* The proportions of ancient and modern Beijing strains were calculated by determining the presence of the RD181 deletion in strains from Funing and an IS6110 insertion in the NTF chromosomal region in strains from Taiwan and Japan.