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Table 1 MLST profiles of E. ruminantium strains from geographically diverse origins and collected in A. variegatum from Uganda

From: Multi-locus sequence typing of Ehrlichia ruminantium strains from geographically diverse origins and collected in Amblyomma variegatum from Uganda

Strain

Origin

Year of isolation

Allele

   

gltA

groEL

lepA

lipA

lipB

secY

sodB

sucA

Ball 3

South Africa

NRa

5

6

13

1

5

4

1

9

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

1997

1

3 (4)b

1

1

12

1

1

1

Crystal Springs

Zimbabwe

1990

6

7

14

6

13

15

9

9

Gardel

Guadeloupe, Caribbean

1982

1

1

3

1

4

1

1

2

Ifé Nigeria

Nigeria

1983

7

3 (4)

2

1

1

1

1

1

Kerr Seringe

The Gambia

2001

3

5

1

3

6 (7)c

16

3

5

Kiswani

Kenya

1985

1

8

3

1

2

17

10

4

Kwanyanga

South Africa

NR

8

3 (4)

15

7

5

15

11

9

Lutale

Zambia

1986

2

6

3

1

5

17

1

4

Pokoase 417

Ghana

1996

9

5

3

1

4

1

3

2

Sankat 430

Ghana

1996

3

5

1

3

6 (7)

16

3

5

São Tomé

São Tomé and Principe

1981

1

6

16

8

3

18

1

1

Senegal

Senegal

1981

9

5

1

3

6 (7)

19

3

5

Um Banein

Sudan

1981

2

6

17

1

5

17

1

4

Welgevonden (Erwe)

South Africa

1981

2

3 (4)

2

1

5

1

1

4

Welgevonden (Erwo)

South Africa

1985

2

3 (4)

2

1

5

4

1

4

Zeerust

South Africa

1979

10

6

18

1

13

15

1

10

A. variegatum samples from Uganda

        

A004

Amuria, Uganda

2008-2009

1

9

17

1

1

1

1

4

A006

Amuria, Uganda

2008-2009

1

9

17

1

1

1

1

4

D002

Dokolo, Uganda

2008-2009

2

3 (4)

3

1

8

17

1

4

P003

Pallisa, Uganda

2008-2009

1

3 (4)

17

1

3

17

1

4

P006

Pallisa, Uganda

2008-2009

2

3 (4)

3

1

8

17

1

4

S001

Soroti, Uganda

2008-2009

2

3 (4)

3

1

8

1

1

4

S013

Soroti, Uganda

2008-2009

1

6

2

1

1

1

1

1

T009

Tororo, Uganda

2008-2009

1

9

17

1

1

1

1

4

No. of alleles

  

9

7

9

5

9

7

5

6

No. of mutated sites per locus

  

15

11

10

11

13

24

7

12

Size (bp)

  

395

447

475

341

358

587

415

401

Polymorphism (%)

  

3.80

2.46

2.11

3.23

3.63

4.09

1.69

2.99

DId

  

80.3

80.0

85.7

42.0

88.7

78.3

47.0

73.7

dN/dSe

  

0.36

0.22

0.43

0.22

0.30

0.14

0.40

0.33

  1. aNR, not previously recorded in the literature.
  2. bThe sequences of STs 3 and 4 of groEL deposited in GenBank are identical.
  3. cThe sequences of STs 6 and 7 of lipB deposited in GanBank are identical.
  4. dDI, Simpson's diversity index.
  5. edN/dS, the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions.