Table 1.

MLVA-8 genotypes identified in 110 Chinese Brucella melitensis strains.

MLVA-8 genotype	Copy no. in each variable-number tandem-repeat locus	No. of strains	Percentage
42	1-5-3-13-2-2-3-2	82	75
63	1-5-3-13-2-3-3-2	13	12
N/A	1-5-3-13-2-4-3-2	11	10
43	1-5-3-13-3-2-3-2	3	2
N/A	1-5-3-14-2-2-3-2	1
Total		110