TABLE 4.
Abundance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters at retaila
| Harvest state or country | No. of samples | % of samples with V. parahaemolyticus densities with the indicated MPN/g |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None detected | ≤1 | >1-10 | >10-102 | >102-103 | >103-104 | >104-105 | >105 | ||
| North Atlantic | 53 | 50.9 | 5.7 | 15.1 | 18.9 | 7.6 | 1.9 | ||
| Connecticut | 11 | 36.4 | 18.2 | 36.4 | 9.1 | ||||
| Maine | 4 | 50.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | |||||
| Massachusetts | 15 | 60.0 | 6.7 | 20.0 | 13.3 | ||||
| New York | 6 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 33.3 | ||||
| Rhode Island | 17 | 58.8 | 5.9 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||
| Mid-Atlantic | 100 | 21.0 | 14.0 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Delaware | 14 | 21.4 | 14.3 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 21.4 | 14.3 | 7.1 | |
| Maryland | 15 | 6.7 | 53.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | ||
| New Jersey | 19 | 21.1 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 31.6 | 15.8 | 5.3 | |
| South Carolina | 3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | |||||
| Virginia | 49 | 26.5 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 8.2 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 4.1 | 8.2 |
| Gulf | 174 | 5.8 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 12.1 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 15.5 | 9.8 |
| Alabama | 4 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 25.0 | |||||
| Florida | 52 | 5.8 | 17.3 | 7.7 | 17.3 | 26.9 | 11.5 | 7.7 | 5.8 |
| Louisiana | 85 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 14.1 | 24.7 | 21.2 | 16.5 |
| Texas | 33 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 24.2 | 21.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | |
| Pacific | 60 | 50.0 | 15.0 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 16.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
| California | 1 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Oregon | 1 | 100.0 | |||||||
| Washington | 58 | 48.3 | 15.5 | 12.1 | 3.5 | 17.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | |
| Canada | 6 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 33.3 | ||||
| Unknown | 3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | |||||
| Total | 396 | 23.0 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 8.8 | 6.3 |
a
Data are shown by harvest state and regions and is based on DNA probe colony hybridization results.