Characterisation of human outbreaks of brucellosis and sporadic cases by the use of hyper-variable octameric oligonucleotide fingerprint (HOOF) variable number tandem repeats  S. Valdezate, I. Cervera, P. Hernandez, A. Navarro, J. A. Saéz Nieto  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 13, Issue 9, Pages 887-892 (September 2007) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01768.x Copyright © 2007 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Number of alleles and allelic diversity detected at eight Brucella melitensis variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) loci. Filled diamonds indicate Nei's diversity index (D) analysed across 42 hyper-variable octameric oligonucleotide fingerprint (HOOF) types corresponding to the geographically unrelated group. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2007 13, 887-892DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01768.x) Copyright © 2007 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Allele distributions (number of repeats) of the variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) loci with the highest diversity, i.e., VNTR-5 (upper) and VNTR-7 (lower). Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2007 13, 887-892DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01768.x) Copyright © 2007 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions