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Table 2 The diversity of the B. microti VNTRs on Nantucket Island, MA

From: Not “out of Nantucket”: Babesia microti in southern New England comprises at least two major populations

Locus

Size range (bp)

No. alleles

Diversity

No. failed amplification (%)

BMV1

340

1

nd

0

BMV2

405

1

nd

0

BMV4

308-473

16

0.69 [0.63, 0.75]

3 (2%)

BMV5

299-347

5

0.17 [0.11,0.26]

0

BMV8

171-245

3

0.03 [0.03,0.07]

0

BMV10

299-311

5

0.45 [0.37, 0.52]

0

BMV13

505-520

2

0.01 [0.01, 0.05]

7 (5%)

BMV20

647-725

9

0.28 [0.22, 0.41]

39 (29%)

BMV23

243-280

4

0.08 [0.04, 0.15]

7 (5%)