Spoligotypes of <i>M. tuberculosis</i> strains from Pskov area in Russia.

*<p>according to SITVITWEB <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Demay1" target="_blank">[10]</a>.</p

Geographic distribution of the main spoligotypes and genetic families identified in <i>M tuberculosis</i> strains in Pskov region and other areas in Russia, former Soviet Union and northern Europe.

<p>Geographic distribution of the main spoligotypes and genetic families identified in <i>M tuberculosis</i> strains in Pskov region and other areas in Russia, former Soviet Union and northern Europe.</p

Discriminatory capacity of different VNTR typing schemes applied to the Beijing genotype strains from the Pskov region in the northwestern Russia.

*<p>Three hypervariable (HV) loci, namely, QUB3232, VNTR3820, VNTR4120.</p>**<p>Cluster is defined as a group of strains with identical multi-locus digital signature.</p

Geographic distribution of the main MIRU types of the Beijing genotypes identified in the Pskov region and other areas of the former Soviet Union and Asia.

<p>Geographic distribution of the main MIRU types of the Beijing genotypes identified in the Pskov region and other areas of the former Soviet Union and Asia.</p

Drug susceptibility and prevalence of drug resistance mutations in <i>M. tuberculosis</i> strains of Beijing, LAM and other genotypes isolated from TB patients in Pskov region of Russia.

*<p>RIF, rifampin; INH, isoniazid; STR, streptomycin; EMB, ethambutol; PZA, pyrazinamide; OFL, ofloxacin; ETH, ethionamide; KAN, kanamycin; CAP, capreomycin; MDR, multidrug-resistant; XDR, extremely drug resistant.</p

Global distribution of the MIRU profiles identified in <i>M. tuberculosis</i> Beijing genotype strains from Pskov.

*<p>according to the updated version (2400 strains) of the MIRU global database of Beijing genotype <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Mokrousov1" target="_blank">[14]</a>, <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Mokrousov2" target="_blank">[15]</a> updated with more recent raw data on Henan, Mongolia, Japan-Osaka <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Cowan1" target="_blank">[44]</a>, Laos <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Wada1" target="_blank">[45]</a>, Ukraine <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Nikolayevskyy1" target="_blank">[32]</a>, Kaliningrad <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Mokrousov4" target="_blank">[30]</a>, Kyrgyzstan <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041318#pone.0041318-Mokrousov3" target="_blank">[21]</a>.</p