Table 5

Ribotypes of non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae (Belarus, 1996–2005)

Ribotype/BstE II

1996–2000 period

2001–2005 period


International designation

Former designation (London)

total strains

%

total strains

%


Sankt-Peterburg

D1

1

1.1

-

-

Rossija

D4

4

4.5

22

30.1

Moskva

44

48.9

8

11.0

Cluj

D10

33

36.7

36

49.3

Erlabrunn

D15

1

1.1

-

-

Schwarzenberg

D13

-

-

1

1.4

Ras-el-Ma

2

2.2

-

-

Thailand

D19

1

1.1

-

-

Prahova

D17

1

1.1

-

-

Dagestan

D9

1

1.1

-

-

Gatchina

D5

1

1.1

-

-

Close to Pakistan

D12/D31

-

-

2

2.7

Close to Versailles

D44/54/55

1

1.1

-

-

Neamt

D22

-

-

1

1.4

New 9–11

-

-

3

4.1


Total

90

100.0

73

100.0


Kolodkina et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:129   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-129

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