TABLE 2.
HGDI values of 29 B. melitensis isolates and 12 B. suis isolates.
| MLVA-16 |
B. melitensis |
B. suis |
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| Locus | HGDI a | Locus | HGDI a | |
| Panel 1 | bruce06 | 0.3103 | bruce06 | 0.3030 |
| bruce08 | 0.3128 | bruce08 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce11 | 0.3103 | bruce11 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce12 | 0.1995 | bruce12 | 0.5455 | |
| bruce42 | 0.5320 | bruce42 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce43 | 0.6158 | bruce43 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce45 | 0.0000 | bruce45 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce55 | 0.1330 | bruce55 | 0.0000 | |
| Panel 2A | bruce18 | 0.1921 | bruce18 | 0.0000 |
| bruce19 | 0.2537 | bruce19 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce21 | 0.1970 | bruce21 | 0.1667 | |
| Panel 2B | bruce04 | 0.7906 | bruce04 | 0.8030 |
| bruce07 | 0.6281 | bruce07 | 0.7727 | |
| bruce09 | 0.7340 | bruce09 | 0.9242 | |
| bruce16 | 0.8621 | bruce16 | 0.8788 | |
| bruce30 | 0.7734 | bruce30 | 0.8485 | |
| MLVA | Panel1 | 0.8054 | Panel1 | 0.5455 |
| MLVA-11 | 0.8424 | MLVA-11 | 0.6515 | |
| MLVA-16 | 0.9951 | MLVA-16 | 1.0000 | |
aHGDI: Hunter–Gaston Diversity Index, which measures the variation of the number of repeats at each locus, and ranges from 0.0 (no diversity) to 1.0 (complete diversity).