Table 3 Estimated transmission rate by strain family (2014–2018)
From: Distribution and Clonality of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa
Family | No. of isolates | No. of cases clustered* n | No. of clusters | Estimated proportion of cases likely due to recent transmission % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Beijing | 1495 | 1096 | 136 | 64.2 |
X | 212 | 122 | 25 | 45.8 |
EAI | 208 | 106 | 18 | 42.3 |
LAM | 329 | 146 | 38 | 32.8 |
H | 88 | 28 | 4 | 27.3 |
S | 172 | 64 | 24 | 23.3 |
T | 271 | 80 | 21 | 21.8 |