Table 2. HGDI values of 114 B. melitensis isolates and 4 B. abortus isolates.
| Panels | B. melitensis strains (n = 114) | B. abortus strains (n = 4) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panel 1 | Locus | HGDIa | Locus | HGDIa |
| bruce06 | 0.0000 | bruce06 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce08 | 0.0175 | bruce08 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce11 | 0.0000 | bruce11 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce12 | 0.0000 | bruce12 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce42 | 0.0846 | bruce42 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce43 | 0.0348 | bruce43 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce45 | 0.0175 | bruce45 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce55 | 0.0175 | bruce55 | 0.5000 | |
| Panel 2A | bruce18 | 0.0000 | bruce18 | 0.5000 |
| bruce19 | 0.0520 | bruce19 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce21 | 0.0000 | bruce21 | 0.0000 | |
| Panel 2B | bruce04 | 0.7316 | bruce04 | 0.5000 |
| bruce07 | 0.0846 | bruce07 | 0.5000 | |
| bruce09 | 0.1191 | bruce09 | 0.8333 | |
| bruce16 | 0.7576 | bruce16 | 0.0000 | |
| bruce30 | 0.7087 | bruce30 | 0.6667 | |
| MLVA | Panel1 | 0.1667 | Panel1 | 0.5000 |
| MLVA-11 | 0.2141 | MLVA-11 | 0.5000 | |
| MLVA-16 | 0.9640 | MLVA-16 | 0.8333 | |
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).