Investigation of Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks in South Africa using multi-locus variable-number tandem-repeats analysis, 2013-2015

Table 3 Summary of the outbreaks MLVA data

Outbreak	Province^a	VNTR loci fragment sizes (SENTR7-SENTR5-SENTR6-SENTR4-SE-3)	MLVA profile
Outbreak 1	KZN	123–262–184-112-318	22
Outbreak 2	MP	123–262–184-112-318	22
Outbreak 3	LP	123–268–184-112-318	28
Outbreak 4	MP	123–268–184-112-318	28
Outbreak 5	FS	123–268–184-112-318	28
Outbreak 6	EC	123–268–184-112-318	28
Outbreak 7	GA	123–274–184-112-318	21

Province^a: Gauteng (GA), Limpopo (LP), Mpumalanga (MP), Eastern Cape (EC), Free State (FS) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)

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