TABLE 3.

Summary of STR alleles at the 10 loci used to compare strains^a

Allele pattern no.	% of isolates with allele at locus:
	TRL8C	UL23C	UL122N	UL111C	UL69C	UL123I1N	UL50C	UL68C	TRAN3C	UL95C
1	76	27	48	24	24	53	23	22	22	2
2	24	47	15	4	48	36	55	24	4	2
3		7	2	18	15	11	17	4	67	9
4		18	22	2	2		2	7	2	22
5		2	7	11	2		2	20	4	2
6			7	2	9			2		9
7				7				9		4
8				13				9		9
9				2				2		37
10				9				2		2
11				2						2
12				4

^aStrains were assigned a numerical designation based upon the relative size of the repeats, i.e., the STR pattern, as they were identified. The first column (allele pattern) indicates the numerical designation for alleles. The numbers in remaining columns indicate the percentage of isolates that possessed the allele designation at the respective locus. For example, the TRL8C locus displayed two allelic variations, and 76% of the isolates displayed pattern 1 and the remainder displayed pattern 2. Similarly, UL111C had 12 allelic variants, and 24% of the isolates conformed to pattern 1, the most common pattern for this locus, and 11 other patterns were observed.