Table 2. Hunter-Gaston Diversity Index (HGDI) for the 288 Brucella isolates (excluding vaccine strains).

	126 B. melitensis			157 B. abortus
Locus	No. of alleles	HGDIb	CI 95%c	No. of alleles	HGDIb	CI 95%c
MLVA-16	61	0.972	0.959–0.985	39	0.902	0.871–0.934
MLVA-11	13	0.342	0.235–0.450	7	0.693	0.645–0.740
Panel1	7	0.314	0.210–0.417	6	0.645	0.592–0.697
bruce06	2 (1,3)	0.291	0.204–0.377	2 (3,4)	0.109	0.044–0.173
bruce08	2 (4,5)	0.291	0.204–0.377	1 (5)	0.000	0.000–0.045
bruce11	1 (3)	0.000	0.000–0.056	2 (3,4)	0.295	0.218–0.372
bruce12	3 (11,13,14)	0.107	0.034–0.179	2 (12,13)	0.013	0.000–0.037
bruce42	4 (2–5)	0.307	0.208–0.406	2 (1,2)	0.422	0.365–0.480
bruce43	1 (2)	0.000	0.000–0.056	1 (2)	0.000	0.000–0.045
bruce45	1 (3)	0.000	0.000–0.056	1 (3)	0.000	0.000–0.045
bruce55	2 (2,3)	0.291	0.204–0.377	2 (1,3)	0.295	0.218–0.372
Panel 2A	8	0.326	0.230–0.423	2	0.097	0.036–0.159
bruce18	4 (4–7)	0.309	0.217–0.400	1 (6)	0.000	0.000–0.045
bruce19	3 (18,20,22)	0.293	0.205–0.382	2 (20,21)	0.097	0.036–0.159
bruce21	3 (5,6,8)	0.293	0.205–0.382	1 (8)	0.000	0.000–0.045
Panel 2B	55	0.970	0.957–0.982	32	0.832	0.780–0.884
bruce04-TR6a	7 (2–7,9)	0.759	0.712–0.807	3 (3–5)	0.448	0.377–0.518
bruce07	7 (4–10)	0.743	0.691–0.796	4 (4–7)	0.391	0.305–0.478
bruce09-TR8a	5 (3,5–8)	0.309	0.209–0.409	7 (0,3,5–8,12)	0.313	0.224–0.402
bruce16	6 (3–8)	0.773	0.726–0.820	6 (0,3–6,8)	0.557	0.481–0.633
bruce30-TR2a	5 (4–8)	0.401	0.301–0.502	6 (0,3–7)	0.631	0.567–0.694

^aMarkers from HOOF-print analysis described by Bricker et al., 2003.

^bHunter and Gaston index.

^cPrecision of the diversity index, expressed as 95% upper and lower boundaries.