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Discriminatory power for the typing methods used in this study, based on 31 epidemiologically unrelated samples (panel B)
| Method | No. of loci | No. of variants | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| ompA genotyping | 1 | 9 | 0.78 |
| Modified MLST | 6 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Original MLSTa | 6 | 21 | 0.96 |
| MLVA | 4 | 21 | 0.96 |
| MLST + MLVA | 8 | 28 | 0.99 |
For comparison, ompA is included in the original MLST.
