Table 2. Interstrain redundancy in amino acid sequences within seven V regions of the tprK gene in the primary and secondary samples.
| Primary syphilis* | Secondary syphilis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V regions | A sum of distinct sequences in single strain from 14 samples | No. case of synonymous mutations | Total sequences unique to 14 samples (%) | A sum of distinct sequences in single strain from 14 samples | No. case of synonymous mutations | Total sequences unique to 14 samples (%) |
| V1 | 21 | 0 | 11 (52.4) | 29 | 0 | 14 (48.3) |
| V2 | 55 | 6 | 25 (45.5) | 62 | 8 | 23 (37.1) |
| V3 | 40 | 0 | 34 (85.0) | 69 | 0 | 54 (78.3) |
| V4 | 26 | 0 | 9 (34.6) | 44 | 0 | 14 (31.8) |
| V5 | 51 | 2 | 31 (60.8) | 79 | 4 | 46 (58.2) |
| V6 | 76 | 0 | 71 (93.4) | 116 | 0 | 110 (94.8) |
| V7 | 66 | 0 | 55 (83.3) | 92 | 0 | 66 (73.9) |
* the data were previously published [17].