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. 2006 Dec 15;73(5):1395–1403. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01621-06

TABLE 2.

Agricultural land use and summary statistics for campylobacters by site

Site Agricultural land use (%)a Mean concn (CFU ml−1) (minimum, maximum)b % Positive for campylobacter (n)
1 32 (+ WWTP) 65 (ND, 325) AB 75 (12)
2 22 (+ WWTP) 158 (ND, 595) A 100 (13)
3 33 9 (ND, 60) B 33 (12)
4 37 30 (ND, 115) B 58 (12)
5 52 10 (ND, 50) B 69 (13)
6 7 2 (ND, 10) B 17 (12)
a

Includes row crops and pasture land. Only sites 1 and 2 were influenced by or downstream of the municipal WWTP.

b

ND, not detected. The limit of detection was 10 CFU ml−1. Mean values followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 95% confidence level (Kruskal-Wallis test).