Submit data for the next version of SITVIT databases
If you wish to submit your data for the next version of our database (SITVITEXTEND), please download the following excel file and send it to Dr. Nalin Rastogi (nrastogi@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr), with copy to Dr. David Couvin (dcouvin@pasteur-guadeloupe.fr).
Excel model file
Open Document model file
How to fill the ModeleMIRU excel file :
Excel File FIELD |
Instructions |
Field Properties |
| Strain No. | Strain number only. If possible make it 5 digits long, e.g., write 00017 if your strain number is 17. | REQUIRED |
| Old Iso Number | Fill only if the same strain has already been submitted to the database (e.g. you are using it to submit new information on the same strain, such as MIRUs data for a strain for which only Spoligotyping data was submitted). | OPTIONAL |
| No. of isolates | If possible, mention only 1 isolate/patient (which means that if you have 15 isolates with the same pattern, but from different patients, please enter them separately, with individual isolate numbers for each). | REQUIRED |
| Year of isolation | As a 4 digit value, e.g. 1999, 2001 etc., if unknown let the cell empty | REQUIRED |
| Mycobacterial Species | Must be one of the M. tuberculosis complex sub-species e.g., M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. bovis, M. caprae etc., (leave empty if identification was not done further than "M. tuberculosis complex") | OPTIONAL |
| Isolation Country | Country of isolation of the isolate as a 3 letter code available at
ftp://ftp.ripe.net/iso3166-countrycodes.txt (this item may need a subscription). However, these 3 letter codes are freely available
at a link by Wikipedia :
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REQUIRED |
| Isolation City | The city of isolation (if not mentioned, the country capital will be used in the database). | OPTIONAL |
| Country of origin / Ethnic background of patient | If available, as a 3 letter code(same links as Isolation Country : for some countries, it may be considered unethical to give information on ethnic background. In this case, the country of origin may be a helpful indicator) | OPTIONAL |
| Sex / Age of patient | If available, sex as “M" or "F", age in "years" | OPTIONAL |
| HIV serology of patient | If available, HIV as "positive" or "negative" | OPTIONAL |
| Spoligotype 43 | Fill as follows |
AT LEAST ONE |
| 12-loci MIRU | 12 digits 12-loci MIRU order: MIRU 2-4-10-16-20-23-24-26-27-31-39- and 40 |
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| 15-loci MIRU | 15 digits 15-loci MIRU order: MIRU 4, 10, 16, 26, 31, and 40, ETR-A, ETR-C, QUB-11b, QUB-26, QUB-4156, Mtub04, Mtub21, Mtub30, and Mtub39. |
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| 24-loci MIRU | 24 digits 24-loci MIRU order: classical 12-loci pattern followed by ETR-A, ETR-B, ETR-C, QUB-11b, QUB-26, QUB-4156, Mtub04, Mtub21, Mtub29, Mtub30, Mtub34, and Mtub39. |
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| ETRs (A to E) | 5 digits VNTRs representing Exact Tandem Repeats A, B, C, D, E | |
| Investigator | name of the investigator (Name + initials, e.g. "Kremer, K.") | REQUIRED |
| Laboratory Code | leave empty (will be filled by us) | LEAVE EMPTY |
| Publication | publication(s) referring to the isolate, otherwise leave empty. | OPTIONAL |
| Drug susceptibility | Fill as follow :
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OPTIONAL |
| Comments | Specify drug resistances as asked above ; also provide any clinical and/or demographic information worth mentioning, e.g. HIV serology, any prevalent clusters, etc., this list is not exhaustive. | OPTIONAL |
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