TABLE 3.

Variation of VNTR loci in 558 H. influenzae strains obtained in The Netherlands

No. of repeats	No. of occurrencesa
	VNTR5-2	VNTR6-1	VNTR12-1	VNTR12-2
0	1	59	3	27
1	24	8	15	300
2	518	465	46	123
3	4	19	489	54
4	6		4	27
5		1	1	16
6	2	2		4
7				3
8		4		4
9	1
14	1
16	1

^aThe diversity indices for VNTR5-2, VNTR6-1, VNTR12-1, and VNTR12-2 are 13.6, 29.4, 22.5, and 64.9%, respectively.