TABLE 2.
Epidemiological and HOOF-print characteristics of clinical B. melitensis strains with identical MLVA typesa
| Setb (nc) | Geographical location | Yr of isolation | rpoB type panel 1 genotype | HOOF-print VNTR with differences | Genetic similarity index (%)/variantsd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A (2) | Girona | 2007 | 3/51 | None | 100 |
| B (2) | A Coruña | 2005-2006 | 2/42 | None | 100 |
| C (2) | León, Burgos | 2005-2007 | 2/42 | 1, 5, 7 | 62.5 |
| D (2) | Madrid | 2003 | 2/42 | 4, 5 | 75/DLVs |
| E (2) | Cáceres, Madrid | 1999-2001 | 2/42 | 1, 4, 5, 7 | 50 |
| F (2) | Cáceres, Ciudad Real | 2004, 2007 | 2/42 | 1, 4, 5, 7 | 49.7 |
| G (6) | Córdoba | 1999 | 2/42 | 1, 4, 5, 7 | 46.8-87.5/SLVs, DLVs |
| H (9) | Cáceres, Guipúzcoa, León, Córdoba | 1997, 2000, 2004-2005, 2008 | 2/42 | 1, 4, 5, 7 | 49.7-100/SLVs, DLVs |
| I (2) | Córdoba | 1999-2000 | 2/42 | 1, 5 | 75.0/DLVs |
| J (2) | Málaga, Teruel | 2000, 2004 | 2/42 | 1, 4, 5, 7 | 45.1 |
| K (2) | Valencia | 2004 | 1/53 | 1, 4, 5, 7 | 50.0 |
a
n = 32.
b
Set referred to in MLVA-16 UPGMA dendrogram (see Fig. 1).
c
n, no. of strains.
d
Detection of SLVs and DLVs.