Table 3 Comparison of various diversity estimators across different MIRU-VNTR loci sets and spoligotyping.

From: Genetic diversity, transmission dynamics and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Angola

Estimator1

MIRU-VNTR Set

Spoligotyping

12-loci

15-loci

24-loci

D

0.973

0.993

0.996

0.915

No. of clusters

17

5

5

9

No. of clustered isolates

53

15

13

64

  1. 1D – Hunter-Gaston Index of diversity.
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