Table 2. Salmonella serovars in ill humans and their relative frequency in asymptomatic children and food animals, Mexico, 2002–2005.
| Serovar | % for each serovar relative to the total no. of Salmonella serovars |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ill humans* (n = 392) | Asymptomatic children (n = 373) | Chicken† (n = 546) | Swine† (n = 1237) | Cattle† (n = 767) | |
| Typhimurium | 22.2 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 6.8 |
| Enteritidis | 14.5 | 3.2 | 11.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Agona | 6.6 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 7.3 |
| Muenchen | 5.1 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Oranienburg | 4.1 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Anatum | 3.8 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 13.0 | 17.7 |
| Newport | 3.8 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Meleagridis | 3.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 11.6 | 13.0 |
| Other | 36.8 | 54.2 | 62.4 | 52.9 | 49.7 |
*Ill humans include 366 isolates from enteric infections and 26 isolates from invasive infections. †Data for food animal intestine and the corresponding retail meat have been combined because serovars were very similar.