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Table 5 Simpson’s diversity index of each MLVA loci

From: Characterization of Salmonella Typhimurium isolates from domestically acquired infections in Finland by phage typing, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, PFGE and MLVA

MLVA locus

DI (95 % CI) for DT1 (n = 180)

DI (95 % CI) for U277 (n = 33)

DI (95 % CI) for DT 104 (n = 32)

DI (95 % CI) for all DTs (n = 375)

k-value for all DTs

STTR9

0.065 (0.015-0.115)

0.000 (0.000-0.189)

0.119 (0.000-0.271)

0.328 (0.298-0.358)

7

STTR5

0.574 (0.499-0.648)

0.571 (0.418-0.724)

0.742 0.652-0.833)

0.795 (0.780-0.811)

19

STTR6

0.097 (0.037-0.157)

0.000 (0.000-0.189)

0.807 (0.706-0.908)

0.494 (0.462-0.527)

21

STTR10

0.076 (0.022-0.129)

0.059 (0.000-0.169)

0.752 (0.655-0.849)

0.408 (0.375-0.441)

20

STTR3

0.211 (0.135-0.288)

0.298 (0.130-0465)

0.225 (0.042-0.407)

0.438 (0.409-0.467)

10

  1. DI, Simpson’s diversity index
  2. 95 % CI, Confidence Interval, precision of the diversity index, expressed as 95 %
  3. upper & lower boundaries
  4. DT, Definite phage type
  5. k-value, Number of different repeats present at each locus in this sample set