The evaluation and application of multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) for the molecular epidemiological study of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Enteritidis infection

Table 1 Genetic diversity of seven VNTR loci in sporadic S. Enteritidis isolates

Locus	Repeat size (bp)	No. of variants^a	Nei’s diversity index^b
SE1	7	10	0.294
SE2	7	11	0.274
SE3	12	3	0.040
SE5	6	10	0.722
SE6	33	4	0.053
SE8	87	2	0.027
SE9	9	2	0.245

^anumber of different fragment size polymorphisms detected among 147 sporadic S. Enteritidis isolates
^bNei’s diversity index as 1 − Σ (allele frequency)²

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