TABLE 5.
Relationship between virus results and the degree of site contamination
| Country | Sampling site | Categorya | % of samples positive for::
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| ADV | EV | HAV | NLVI | NLVII | |||
| Spain | 1 | A | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | B | 35 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 13 | |
| 3 | NC | 40 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 20 | |
| Greece | 1 | B | 33 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | B | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | A | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | B | 50 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |
| 5 | B | 44 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | A | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | A | 22 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |
| 8 | A | 39 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 1 | B | 37 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | NC | 20 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 15 | |
| 3 | A | 17 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| United Kingdom | 1 | A | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | A/B | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | B | 39 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| 4 | B | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | C | 54 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 6 | D | 78 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 13 | |
a
A area, all samples had <230 E. coli/100 g of shellfish. B area, 90% samples had <4,600 E.coli/100 g; C area, A and B levels exceeded; NC, nonclassified area. The degree of contamination is represented by European Union classification of shellfish-growing areas.