Table 1.

HGDI values of MLVA-11 loci for Brucella strains

Locus	Diversity Index (n = 600)	Confidence Interval	K	Max (pi)
Bruce19	0.867	0.843 – 0.892	16	0.200
Bruce12	0.758	0.713 – 0.802	10	0.333
Bruce18	0.703	0.646 – 0.760	7	0.457
Bruce06	0.62	0.548 – 0.692	6	0.552
Bruce11	0.567	0.465 – 0.669	8	0.638
Bruce08	0.533	0.441 – 0.624	5	0.648
Bruce21	0.513	0.424 – 0.603	6	0.657
Bruce43	0.512	0.424 – 0.600	4	0.657
Bruce42	0.503	0.406 – 0.601	6	0.676
Bruce55	0.395	0.290 – 0.501	4	0.762
Bruce45	0.364	0.271 – 0.458	4	0.771

Hunter Gaston Diversity Index (HGDI) was used to measure the variation of multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat locus, which ranges from 0.0 (no diversity) to 1.0 (complete diversity); Confidence Interval is Precision of the Diversity Index and expressed as 95% upper and lower boundaries; K: Number of different repeats present at this locus in this sample set; Max (pi): Fraction of samples that have the most frequent repeat number in this locus (ranging from 0.0 to 1.0); n: The number of the isolates according to the considered locus