Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2018

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Table 27. Five Most Frequently Reported GENTypes1 Among Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases: United States-Affiliated Areas2, 2016–2018

Table 27. Five Most Frequently Reported GENTypes Among Genotyped Tuberculosis Cases: United States-Affiliated Areas, 2016-2018
GENType PCRType3 Spoligotype 24-locus MIRU-VNTR TB Cases with GENType4 Reporting Areas
with GENType
No. (%) No.
G00017 PCR00803 000000000003771 222325173533 445644423328 110 (21.2) 5
G01284 PCR00002 000000000003771 223325173533 44474442334A 10 (1.9) 2
G00016 PCR00041 677777477413771 254326223432 14a843263217 9 (1.7) 3
G04942 PCR00041 677777477413771 254326223432 149843263217 8 (1.5) 3
G03200 PCR07291 600777477413771 254326223432 146743263217 8 (1.5) 2

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1GENType is defined as a unique combination of spoligotype and 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) type.
2The 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.
3PCRType is defined as a unique combination of spoligotype and 12-locus MIRU-VNTR; every GENType has a corresponding PCRType.
4Among culture-positive genotyped TB cases during 2016–2018 (n=526).

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