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Table 1 Population density, PTB incidence and MTC isolates per sanitary jurisdiction (January 2006 to March 2010)

From: Genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in San Luis Potosí, México

Sanitary jurisdiction

Incidence rates and isolates analyzed*

Name

Municipalities

Area (km2)

Inhabitants

Inhabitants/km2

Cases (%)†

Incidence rate‡

MTC isolates (%)§

I

2

1,724.1

1,054,522

611.6

352 (26.3)

7.9

39 (16.5)

II

11

21,757.9

216,348

9.9

28 (2.1)

3.0

8 (3.4)

III

13

13,447.0

273,705

20.4

28 (2.1)

2.4

3 (1.3)

IV

12

12,410.1

239,800

19.3

122 (9.1)

12.0

39 (16.5)

V

9

8,900.0

372,945

41.9

329 (24.6)

20.8

53 (22.4)

VI

11

2,306.8

338,193

146.6

480 (35.8)

33.4

95 (40.1)

Total

58

60,545.9

2,495,513

41.2

1339 (100.0)

12.6

237 (100.0)

  1. *MTC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
  2. †PTB cases confirmed by positive acid-fast bacilli smear.
  3. ‡PTB cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
  4. §MTC cultures recovered and analyzed by spoligotyping.