Table 1 European countries of origin of the clinical B. afzelii strains included in this study
Country of origin | Strains typed in this study | Strains typed by Coipan et al. [15] | Strains extracted from the MLST database | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | 1 | 3 | 74 | 78 |
The Netherlands | – | 76 | – | 76 |
France | 61 | 1 | 3 | 65 |
Sloveniaa | – | 1 | 41 | 42 |
Sweden | – | 14 | – | 14 |
Austria | – | 12 | 2 | 14 |
Denmark | – | 6 | – | 6 |
Hungary | – | 4 | – | 4 |
Italy | – | 4 | – | 4 |
Finland | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Switzerland | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
Poland | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Total | 63 | 124 | 121 | 308 |