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Distribution of virulence genes among the E. coli and Salmonella spp.
| Bacterial Strain | Number of isolate | Virulence genes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fliC | invA | sefA | aggR | eaeA | EAST | LT | ST | virA | ||
| Salmonella spp. (case) | 119 | 15 | 105 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Salmonella (control) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| E coli (case) | 90 | ND | ND | ND | 13 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| E coli (control) | 85 | ND | ND | ND | 10 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ND-Not determined.
