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Table 4 Comparative analysis of the 2 ecological zones

From: Mycobacterium tuberculosisis the causative agent of tuberculosis in the southern ecological zones of Cameroon, as shown by genetic analysis

Distribution of the sample collected

 

Tropical rain forest zone

Savannah mosaic zone

P-value

(Central region)

(West and North West regions)

 

Number of clinically suspected cases

309

655

/

 

Number of positive sputum smears

71

98

0.0022

Relative prevalence of MTBC Spoligotypes

LAM10_CAM

24

33

0.98

Haarlem 3

8

5

0.137

T1

17

23

0.94

Uganda I

6

4

0.324

Orphan

10

20

0.282