TABLE 5.
Fecal indicator bacteria |
P value for correlation to the indicated pathogen
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A. hydrophila lip gene | C. coli ceuE gene | C. jejuni mapA gene | L. pneumophila mip gene | Salmonella invA gene | G. lamblia β-giardin gene | |
E. coli | 0.250 | 0.611 | 0.466 | 0.969 | 0.306 | 0.406 |
Enterococci | 0.020b | 0.142 | 0.552 | 0.878 | 0.986 | 0.873 |
C. perfringens | 0.759 | 0.752 | 0.909 | 0.469 | 0.107 | 0.316 |
Data are results of binary logistic regression analysis (P values) performed to identify correlations between the concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria and the presence/absence of potential pathogens in roof-harvested rainwater samples.
The correlation is significant.