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. 2008 Oct;72(5):444–448.

Table II.

Serogroup, variants of LEE genes, and VT type in AEEC strains isolated from sheep

	Number of strains	Gene and variant					Type of VT^c
Source and serogroup	Number of strains	eae^c	tir	espA	espB^c	espD	Type of VT^c
Healthy sheep
O2^a	13	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O4^a	2	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O20	1	ζ	α1	NT	α	NT
O26	2	β1	β1	β1	β	β1	1, 2
O55	1	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O55, 91, 103^b	4	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O55, 91, 103	2	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O71^a	1	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O76	1	ɛ	β1	NT	β	β1
O103^a	4	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O103^a	13	ɛ	β1	NT	β	β1
O109	2	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O153^a	12	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O153^a	2	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O177^a	3	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
NT	1	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
Diarrheic lambs
O2^a	1	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O4^a	1	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O26^a	5	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O71	2	ι	β1	β1	β	β1
O73	1	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O75	1	β1	γ2/θ	NT	β	NT	1, 2
O80^a	1	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
O103^a	1	γ2/θ	γ2/θ	NT	α	NT
O153^a	3	β1	β1	β1	β	β1
NT	1	β1	β1	β1	β	β1

NT — Not typable.

^a

Serogroups and variants of eae previously found in atypical EPEC strains from humans with diarrhea or other gastrointestinal alterations (14).

^b

Strains that had an identical response to all 3 monovalent sera.

^c

Cid et al (6), Orden et al (9), Yuste et al (13).