Extensive testing of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for Giardia duodenalis assemblage A confirms its good discriminatory power

Table 1 Genetic variability at the six loci under study

Gene	Fragment size (bp) used for genotyping	Number of polymorphic sites	Number of genotypes	Number of genotypes/polymorphism
CID1	534	29 (28)^a	11 (9)^b	0.48 (0.32)^c
RHP26	513	25 (23)	11 (8)	0.44 (0.35)
HCMP22547	555	60 (58)	12 (9)	0.2 (0.16)
HCMP6372	564	60 (54)	10 (7)	0.2 (0.13)
DIS3	615	23 (22)	10 (7)	0.45 (0.32)
NEK15411	633	55 (55)	13 (10)	0.23 (0.18)

Isolate SweCat171 (Assemblage AIII) was excluded from this analysis, and the number of variable sites decreased from 452 to 252
^aNumber in parentheses is the data in [13]
^bNumber in parentheses is the data in [13]
^cNumber in parentheses is the data in [13]

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