Table 2.
Range and HGDI for individual or combined VNTR loci
| VNTR(s) | Minimum allele size (no. of repeats, expected size [bp]) | Maximum allele size (no. of repeats, expected size [bp]) | No. of alleles or no. of genotypes | HGDI | 95% confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lpms01 | 6, 404 | 10, 584 | 6 | 0.6501 | {0.5821,0.7181} |
| Lpms03 | 7, 846 | 8, 942 | 2 | 0.5054 | {0.4928,0.5179} |
| Lpms13 | 3, 601 | 17, 937 | 10 | 0.7790 | {0.7152,0.8428} |
| Lpms19 | 4, 128 | 5, 149 | 2 | 0.2936 | {0.1788,0.4084} |
| Lpms31 | 6, 548 | 20, 1,178 | 12 | 0.8563 | {0.8061,0.9066} |
| Lpms33 | 1, 317 | 5, 817 | 6 | 0.7020 | {0.6196,0.7844} |
| Lpms34 | 1, 265 | 3, 515 | 4 | 0.6649 | {0.6203,0.7096} |
| Lpms35 | 3, 205 | 32, 727 | 17 | 0.8815 | {0.8416,0.9215} |
| Lpms38 | 3, 264 | 19, 392 | 4 | 0.2710 | {0.1389,0.4031} |
| Lpms39 | 6, 79 | 26, 199 | 12 | 0.8301 | {0.7699,0.8902} |
| Lpms40 | 4, 198 | 5, 204 | 2 | 0.5054 | {0.4928,0.5179} |
| Lpms44 | 6, 155 | 18, 227 | 6 | 0.5391 | {0.4512,0.6269} |
| MLVA-12Orsay | 39 | 0.9534a | {0.9234,0.9833} |
a
Calculated from typing results obtained with the 74 L. pneumophila strains included in panel 1 of the EWGLI collection.