Table 4 Recombinational replacement of emm with a new emm type.
emm pattern | No, of isolates | No. of STs | No. of emm type-variable STs (%) | No. of emm types * | No. of emm types associated with emm type variable STs (%) | No. of recombinational events | No. of recombinational events per locus per ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A-C | 156 | 42 | 3 (7.1) | 29 | 8 (27.6) | 5 | 0.119 |
D | 181 | 91 | 9 (9.9) | 62 | 23 (37.1) | 14 | 0.154 |
E | 240 | 123 | 2 (1.6) | 61 | 4 (6.6) | 2 | 0.016 |
All | 577 | 256 | 14 | 152 | 35 | 21 | 0.096 average |