Evaluation of BOX-PCR and ERIC-PCR as Molecular Typing Tools for Pathogenic Leptospira

Table 2

Discriminatory indices of BOX-PCR and ERIC-PCR in genotyping of pathogenic Leptospira isolates ().

Genotyping method	Genetic distance (%)	Number of clusters	Cluster sizes	Number of single isolate	Discriminatory index
BOX-PCR	6.3	4	2, 5, 8, 13	3	0.665
	11.2	6	2, 3, 2, 8, 11, 2	3	0.809
	16.9	6	3, 2, 8, 8, 3, 2	5	0.862
ERIC-PCR	6.8	6	10, 3, 7, 2, 5, 2	2	0.826
	10.0	9	7, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2	3	0.856
	13.3	10	4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2	6	0.897