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Table 4 Simpson’s index of diversity and 95% Confidence intervals (CI95%) of emm types for each PFGE cluster

From: Group A streptococci clones associated with invasive infections and pharyngitis in Portugal present differences in emm types, superantigen gene content and antimicrobial resistance

PFGE clustera

No.emmtypes

SID [CI95%]

B49

2

0.041 [0–0.118]

C38

2

0.053 [0–0.151]

D36

2

0.056 [0–0.159]

H26

3

0.151 [0–0.336]

I24

3

0.163 [0–0.361]

J16

5

0.533 [0.255-0.812]

L13

5

0.628 [0.353-0.903]

N10

2

0.200 [0–0.504]

Q8

2

0.571 [0.571-0.571]

S6

2

0.333 [0–0.739]

  1. a PFGE clusters A51, E30, F29, G27, K14, M11, O9, P8, and R6 include only one emm type (SID=0).
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