Moreover, a previous spoligotyping study of 758 TB strains collected in patients presenting to the 6 largest TB centers in and around Port-au-Prince (2008-to-2009 MDR-TB survey [6]) revealed that H3 (10.4%, SIT 50), H2 (9.5%, SIT 2), LAM9 (7.1%, SIT42), T1 (6.1%, SIT 53) and LAM-1 (5.5%, SIT 20) were the 5 most prevalent clades circulating in Haiti during this period [13]. The gene discussed is SELL; the disease is tuberculosis.