Table 2.

MST and MLVA genotyping of C. burnetii DNA from domestic ruminants in central Italy

Farm IDa	Province	Specimen	MST	MLVA 6 panel						Study MLVA genotype
				Ms23	Ms24	Ms27	Ms28	Ms33	Ms34
G1	Pescara	brain	ST55			4	5	6		1
G2	Pescara	placenta	ST32	9	10	2	3	5 (IS1111)b	3	2
G3	Caserta	lung	ST32		12	2	3		3	3
G4	L’Aquila	brain	ST32		10	2	3		3
C1	Chieti	individual milk	ST32	5	10	2	3		3
S1	L’Aquila	brain	ST8c			4	5	8	2	4
S2	Pisa	vaginal swab	ST32		10	2	3		3
S3	Rieti	spleen	ST32	10		2	3		3
S4	Viterbo	lung	ST32			2	3		3
G5	Roma	vaginal swab	ST32		10	2	3		3
G6	Roma	spleen	ST32		10	2	3		3
G7	Latina	liver	ST32	8	11	2	3	5 (IS1111)b	3	5
G8	Latina	spleen	ST32		10	2	3	9	3	6
G9	Roma	lung	ST32		10	2	3	5 (IS1111)b	3
S5	Livorno	spleen	ST8		7	4	3	8	2	7
S6	Grosseto	lung	ST12
S7	Grosseto	spleen	ST12
S8	Firenze	vaginal swab	ST12
S9	Grosseto	placenta	ST12		11	2	3		3
G10	Rieti	lung	ST12		12				3
Di Domenico et al. 2014 (C2) [14]	Pescara	individual milk	ST20c	6	12	2	7	6	9	8
Di Domenico et al. 2014 (G11) [14]	L’Aquila	individual milk	ST55	9	22	4	1	3	1	9
Di Domenico et al. 2014 (G12) [14]	L’Aquila	brain	ST8c	9	8	4	1	5	2	10

^aFarm ID designation according to animal species host: G goat, S sheep, C cattle

^bThe presence of the Insertion Sequence IS1111 was confirmed by sequencing

^cNew genotypes described by Di Domenico et al. [14]