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Table 27. Five Most Frequently Reported GENTypes1 Among Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases: United States-Affiliated Areas2, 2015–2017

Table 27. Five Most Frequently Reported GENTypes Among Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases: United States-Affiliated Areas, 2015-2017
GENType PCRType3 Spoligotype 24-locus MIRU-VNTR TB Cases with GENType4 Reporting Areas
with GENType
No. (%) No.
G00017 PCR00803 000000000003771 222325173533 445644423328 124 (23.0) 5
G04942 PCR00041 677777477413771 254326223432 149843263217 10 (1.9) 2
G01284 PCR00002 000000000003771 223325173533 44474442334A 8 (1.5) 2
G02340 PCR05804 361777607760771 123226153226 343224123226 8 (1.5) 2
G03200 PCR07291 600777477413771 254326223432 146743263217 8 (1.5) 2

1 GENType is defined as a unique combination of spoligotype and 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) type.
2 The U.S.-affiliated areas include: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
3 PCRType is defined as a unique combination of spoligotype and 12-locus MIRU-VNTR; every GENType has a corresponding PCRType.
4 Among culture-positive genotyped TB cases during 2015–2017 (n=547).

Page last reviewed: October 22, 2018
Content source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention