TABLE 1.

Hunter and Gaston diversity index (HGDI) for loci and MLVA panels for 1327 B. melitensis strains from human patients in Kazakhstan.

Locus	Diversity index	Confidence interval	Number of genotypes observed	Max(pi)*
Bruce06	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
Bruce08	0.025	0.020–0.031	3	0.987
Bruce11	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
Bruce12	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
Bruce42	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
Bruce43	0.142	0.130–0.153	4	0.924
Bruce45	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
Bruce55	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
MLVA8	0.163	0.150–0.175	7	0.913
Bruce18	0.049	0.041–0.056	3	0.975
Bruce19	0.052	0.044–0.059	6	0.974
Bruce21	0.000	0.000–0.006	1	1.000
MLVA11	0.242	0.228–0.256	16	0.868
Bruce04	0.770	0.764–0.775	11	0.349
Bruce07	0.292	0.277–0.306	6	0.835
Bruce09	0.016	0.012–0.021	4	0.992
Bruce16	0.786	0.782–0.791	12	0.320
Bruce30	0.632	0.624–0.640	6	0.503
MLVA16	0.989	0.988–0.989	310	0.050

^*Max(pi) = fraction of samples that have the most frequent repeat number in this locus (range 0.0–1.0).