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. 2011 Oct 16;2011:239391. doi: 10.4061/2011/239391

Table 1.

Detection of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica in natural samples with PCR and culture methods.

Sample No. of samples No. of culture+vesamplesa (%) No. of PCR+vesamples (%) References
Animal
Pig tonsils 185 48 (26) 58 (31) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [21]
252 0 90 (36) Boyapalle et al. [22]
24 15 (63) 18 (75) Nesbakken et al. [23]
829 411 (50) 0 Martínez et al. [24]
630 278 (44) 0 Martínez et al. [25]
212 72 (34) 186 (88) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [26]
Pig faeces 255 0 80 (31) Boyapalle et al. [22]
24 3 (13) 3 (13) Nesbakken et al. [23]
2793 114 (4) 345 (12) Bhaduri et al. [27]
150 3 (2) 0 Okwori et al. [10]
Mesenteric l. n. 257 0 103 (40) Boyapalle et al. [22]
24 1 (4) 2 (8) Nesbakken et al. [23]
Submaxillary l. n. 24 1 (4) 3 (13) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [20]
Sheep feces 200 2 (1) 0 Okwori et al. [10]
Dog feces 448 0 6 (1) Wang et al. [28]
Food b
Pig tongues 15 7 (47) 10 (67) Vishnubhatla et al. [29]
99 79 (80) 82 (83) Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Korkeala [11]
Pig offalc 110 38 (35) 77 (70) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [20]
Chitterlings 350 8 (2) 278 (79) Boyapalle et al. [22]
Ground pork 350 0 133 (38) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [20]
100 32 (32) 47 (47) Vishnubhatla et al. [29]
Ground beef 100 23 (23) 31 (31) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [20]
Minced pork 255 4 (2) 63 (25) Fredriksson-Ahomaa and Korkeala [11]
Porkd 300 6 (2) 50 (17) Johannessen et al. [30]
91 6 (7) 9 (10) Lambertz & Danielsson-Tham [31]
62 0 20 (32) Grahek-Ogden et al. [32]
Chicken 43 0 0 Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [11]
Fish 150 0 0 Okwori et al. [10]
Heated soup 100 3 (3) Okwori et al. [10]
Cow milk 250 3 (1) Okwori et al. [10]
Lettuce 250 0 3 (3) Okwori et al. [10]
Tofu 50 0 6 (12) Vishnubhatla et al. [29]
Vegetables 27 1 (4) 4 (15) Cocolin & Comi [33]
Salad 42 16 (38) 16 (38) Sakai et al. [34]
Environment
Water 105 1 (1) 11 (10) Sandery et al. [35]
Slaughterhouse/ Farm 89 5 (6) 12 (13) Fredriksson-Ahomaa et al. [36]
46 44 (96) 0 Martínez et al. [24]
45 31 (61) 0 Martínez et al. [25]

aPathogenicity of isolates confirmed, ball meat samples are raw, cliver, heart, kidney, dexcept pig offal & tongues, and +vepositive.