TABLE 2.
Characteristics of the VNTRs of the two MLVA-15 assays
| MLVA-15NAU VNTR characteristics
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MLVA-15IGM VNTR characteristics
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VNTR | Genomic location in B. melitensis 16Ma | Repeat size (bp) | No. of alleles | Simpson's DI | VNTR | Genomic location in B. melitensis 16Ma | Repeat size (bp) | No. of alleles | Simpson's DI |
| BruceVNTR 16 | 339714-339950 | 8 | 4 | 0.49 | Bruce 18 | 339785-339930 | 8 | 6 | 0.79 |
| BruceVNTR 3 | 1249996-1250345 | 8 | 19 | 0.93 | Bruce 07 | 1250093-1250250 | 8 | 8 | 0.77 |
| BruceVNTR 28 | 1543941-1544121 | 8 | 9 | 0.79 | Bruce 04 | 1543967-1544118 | 8 | 6 | 0.64 |
| BruceVNTR 30 | 588314-588862 | 8 | 12 | 0.89 | Bruce 09 | 588256-588681 | 8 | 9 | 0.82 |
| BruceVNTR 27 | 548529-548905 | 8 | 9 | 0.84 | Bruce 16 | 548571-548722 | 8 | 7 | 0.64 |
| BruceVNTR 1 | 1938531-1938766 | 8 | 16 | 0.91 | Bruce 21 | 328936-329083 | 8 | 2 | 0.18 |
| BruceVNTR 2 | 1940192-1940778 | 8 | 17 | 0.92 | Bruce 30 | 1505073-1505223 | 8 | 2 | 0.32 |
| BruceVNTR 7 | 275628-275961 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Bruce 06 | 1322650-1323057 | 134 | 2 | 0.20 |
| BruceVNTR 21 | 574937-575041 | 6 | 2 | 0.06 | Bruce 08 | 1134883-1135230 | 18 | 3 | 0.25 |
| BruceVNTR 29 | 1915916-1916471 | 8 | 2 | 0.02 | Bruce 11 | 211361-211617 | 63 | 1 | 0 |
| BruceVNTR 31 | 344488-344993 | 5 | 6 | 0.77 | Bruce 12 | 73619-74010 | 15 | 2 | 0.26 |
| BruceVNTR 33 | 18596-19246 | 8 | 19 | 0.93 | Bruce 42 | 424317-424855 | 125 | 4 | 0.25 |
| BruceVNTR 14 | 396453-396581 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Bruce 43 | 379369-379550 | 12 | 2 | 0.37 |
| BruceVNTR 20 | 542226-542683 | 12 | 7 | 0.27 | Bruce 45 | 233374-233524 | 18 | 2 | 0.37 |
| BruceVNTR 25 | 216642-217140 | 15 | 1 | 0 | Bruce 55 | 2066378-2066650 | 40 | 3 | 0.25 |
a
Determined by NCBI nucleotide primer BLAST.