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Table 2 Allelic diversity and discriminatory power of different MIRU-VNTR loci among 29 MTB isolates

From: Genetic diversity of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Khuzestan province, Iran

Locus

Allelic polymorphism

Allelic diversity (HGDI)

Discriminatory power

24-locus VNTR

15-locus VNTR

12-locus VNTR

19-locus VNTRa

Modified 15-locusVNTRa

MIRU 02

2

0.067

Low

*

 

*

  

Mtub04

3

0.369

Moderate

*

*

 

*

*

ETRC

3

0.549

Moderate

*

*

 

*

*

MIRU 04

2

0.067

Low

*

*

*

  

MIRU 40

5

0.424

Moderate

*

*

*

*

*

MIRU 10

6

0.771

High

*

*

*

*

*

MIRU 16

4

0.613

High

*

*

*

*

*

Mtub21

7

0.855

High

*

*

 

*

*

MIRU 20

1

0.0

Low

*

 

*

  

QUB-11b

4

0.419

Moderate

*

*

 

*

*

ETRA

6

0.707

High

*

*

 

*

*

Mtub29

2

0.443

Moderate

*

  

*

 

Mtub30

3

0.360

Moderate

*

*

 

*

*

ETRB

4

0.569

Moderate

*

  

*

*

MIRU 23

5

0.470

Moderate

*

 

*

*

 

MIRU 24

2

0.318

Moderate

*

 

*

*

 

MIRU 26

6

0.611

High

*

*

*

*

*

MIRU 27

3

0.197

Low

*

 

*

  

Mtub34

2

0.468

Moderate

*

  

*

 

MIRU 31

2

0.512

Moderate

*

*

*

*

*

Mtub39

5

0.581

Moderate

*

*

 

*

*

QUB-26

5

0.820

High

*

*

 

*

*

QUB-4156

1

0.0

Low

*

*

   

MIRU 39

2

0.512

Moderate

*

 

*

*

*

  1. aAnalysis based on 19-locus and modified 15-locus MIRU-VNTR sets were performed explicitly in this study