Table 2.

Number of alleles and HGDI values of Brucella melitensis strains isolated in China.

Variable-number tandem-repeat (VNTR) locus		Alleles number	Copy number of VNTR	HGDI	Confidence interval	Max (Pi)
Panel 1	Bruce06	1	1	0.000	0.000–0.064	1.000
	Bruce08	1	5	0.000	0.000–0.064	1.000
	Bruce11	1	3	0.000	0.000–0.064	1.000
	Bruce12	2	13, 14	0.018	0.000–0.053	0.991
	Bruce42	2	2, 3	0.071	0.006–0.136	0.964
	Bruce43	3	2, 3, 4	0.392	0.290–0.494	0.764
	Bruce45	1	3	0.000	0.000–0.064	1.000
	Bruce55	1	2	0.000	0.000–0.064	1.000
Panel 2A	Bruce18	2	4, 5	0.018	0.000–0.053	0.991
	Bruce19	2	41, 46	0.018	0.000–0.053	0.991
	Bruce21	1	8	0.000	0.000–0.064	1.000
Panel 2B	Bruce04	6	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8	0.743	0.702–0.783	0.382
	Bruce07	2	4, 5	0.054	0.000–0.111	0.973
	Bruce09	4	3, 7, 8, 9	0.106	0.027–0.184	0.945
	Bruce16	11	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13	0.777	0.733–0.822	0.318
	Bruce30	8	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11	0.738	0.679–0.797	0.436