TABLE 5.

Prevalence of virulence genes within the isolated bacteria

Group	Function	Gene	Number of the positive isolates	Prevalence %
Invasion related gene	T3SS component	invA	26	100
	T3SS component	sipD	23	88.5
	T3SS component	spiC	19	73.1
	T3SS component	spiA	26	100
Immunity	Invade host immunity	avrA	25	96.2
	Invade host immunity	sopB	23	88.5
	Suppress host immune response	spvC	8	30.8
	Defense against oxidative stress	sodC1	12	46.2
Survival	Survival inside macrophage	mgtC	26	100
	Colonization inside host	siiD	25	96.2
Motility	Flagellar component	fliC	12	46.2
	Flagellar component	figC	26	100
	Flagellar component	figH	26	100
	Flagellar component	filA	26	100
	Fimbrial assembly chaperone	fimC	26	100
	Type one fimbriae usher	fimD	26	100
	Structural fimbrial subunit	fimF	26	100
	Fimbrial tip adhesin	fimH	26	100
	Flagellar motor component	motA	26	100
Biofilm	Biofilm formation	csgA	26	100
	Biofilm Formation	csgB	26	100
Regulatory gene	Transcriptional regulation of SPI-1	hilA	26	100
	Transcriptional regulation of SPI-1	hilC	17	65.4
	Transcriptional regulation of SPI-1	hilD	17	65.4