Effectiveness of BOX-PCR in Differentiating Genetic Relatedness among Salmonella enterica Serotype 4,[5],12:i:- Isolates from Hospitalized Patients and Minced Pork Samples in Northern Thailand

Table 3

Amplicons generated by the four molecular typing methods and discriminatory index.

Molecular typing method	Number of bands (min–av–max)	Size (bp)	Discriminatory index
			50%	75%	90%
BOX-PCR	19–24.07–28	200–1000	0.7804	0.9286	0.9921
GTG5-PCR	9–18.01–23	100–1500	0.7751	0.9259	0.9947
REP-PCR	14–18.75–21	250–1000	0.3492	0.7646	0.8915
ERIC-PCR	11–13.78–16	100–1200	0.4233	0.7963	0.9180

From Figure 2 at various percent similarity of amplicon profile. av: average; max: maximum; min: minimum.