TABLE 3.
Classification of R. prowazekii and louse amplicons with MST genotyping
| Strain or louse amplicon |
rpmE/tRNAfMet
|
serS/virB4
|
MST type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nucleotide substitution, position 111a | 81-bp repeat | Type | Nucleotide substitution, position 70a | Type | ||
| Breinl | T | − | A | A | B | 1 |
| Rw26862 | T | − | A | A | B | 1 |
| Rw26877 | T | − | A | A | B | 1 |
| Bur12727 | T | − | A | A | B | 1 |
| Bur12728 | T | − | A | A | B | 1 |
| Bur12729 | T | − | A | A | B | 1 |
| Madrid E | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| Evir | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| BatnaRp22 | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| Kuzina | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| Rw26875 | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| Rw26879 | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| Bur12726 | C | − | B | A | B | 2 |
| Rw26860 | T | − | A | T | A | 3 |
| Bur12749 | T | + | C | A | B | 4 |
a
Nucleotide substitutions are numbered with reference to the genome of R. prowazekii strain Madrid E (NC_000963).