Table 3 Number of alleles and discriminatory index generated by the MLVA-13Bc method and by individual VNTR locus on 229 B. canis isolates.

From: Genotyping Brucella canis isolates using a highly discriminatory multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) assay

Locus

No. of alleles

HGDIa

CI 95%b

MLVA-13

229

1.000

1.000–1.000

BCTR06

16

0.898

0.886–0.911

BCTR09

20

0.918

0.908–0.928

Bruce07

7

0.502

0.434–0.570

BCTR12

13

0.881

0.868–0.895

BCTR03

16

0.891

0.875–0.907

Bruce16

11

0.817

0.785–0.849

BCTR02

22

0.934

0.925–0.943

Bruce09

14

0.881

0.865–0.897

BCTR01

17

0.884

0.867–0.900

BCTR08

10

0.858

0.844–0.872

Bruce04

10

0.773

0.750–0.796

BCTR11

13

0.907

0.900–0.914

Bruce18

4

0.516

0.452–0.581

  1. aHunter-Gaston Discriminatory Index (HGDI).
  2. b95% confidence interval of HGDI for each locus.
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