Table 4. MLVA profiles identified in the study.

MLST	MLVA						Origin
ST	BHV-A	BHV-B	BHV-C	BHV-D	BHV-E	Profile1	Humans	Cats	Fleas
1	10	30	10	7	3	170	1	0	0
	10	31	10	7	3	171	1	0	0
	14	32	10	7	5	172	1	0	0
	15	20	10	8	2	862	2	0	0
	15	20	10	7	4	173	1	0	0
2	15	19	10	8	2	174	1	0	0
	10	32	8	11	2	175	0	1	0
3	14	15	6	5	5	202	1	0	0
	14	25	6	5	5	203	3	0	0
5	14	26	8	7	4	1672	1	0	0
	14	26	10	8	4	176	0	1	0
	14	25	13	8	4	177	0	1	0
	14	25	9	1	4	178	1	0	0
	14	25	8	7	4	1793	1	4	0
	14	31	8	7	4	1803	0	4	0
	14	32	8	7	4	722	11	6	2
	13	32	8	7	4	742	1	0	0
	14	33	8	7	4	181	0	3	1
	14	6	8	7	4	183	1	0	0
	14	31	8	2	4	184	0	1	0
	14	32	7	7	4	185	0	1	0
	14	32	1	7	4	186	0	1	0
	14	32	3	7	4	187	1	0	0
	14	25	10	7	4	188	1	0	0
	14	32	8	2	5	189	1	1	0
	14	32	8	2	1	190	2	0	0
	14	32	8	7	3	191	0	1	0
	14	32	8	7	6	192	1	0	0
	14	32	8	7	5	193	1	0	0
	14	29	8	7	1	194	1	0	0
	13	ND4	ND	ND	4	ND	1	0	0
6	10	32	3	1	1	195	0	5	0
	10	26	3	1	1	196	0	1	0
7	10	14	2	2	1	272	0	1	0
8	14	31	10	5	5	198	4	0	0
	14	31	6	5	5	199	4	0	0
	14	32	2	5	5	204	0	1	0
	14	31	3	5	6	201	1	0	0
	14	31	2	5	6	202	1	0	0
9	14	25	8	7	4	1793	0	2	0
	14	23	8	7	4	182	0	1	0
	14	31	8	7	4	1803	0	1	0
31	10	33	3	1	1	197	0	1	0
32	14	31	6	5	6	200	0	1	0
INC5	INC	INC	INC	INC	INC	ND	5	1	3
					Total		51	40	6

Reference strains: Houston (ST1, MLVA profile 1∶14,20,10,7,5) and Berlin2 (ST7, MLVA profile 27∶10,14,2,2,1).

¹Profiles numbered according with the public MLVA database in http://mlva.u-psud.fr/.

²Profiles found in other studies.

³Identical profiles that belong to different STs.

⁴ND: No determined.

⁵INC: Incomplete characterization.