FIG. 2.

Percent frequency of the 3 major locus R-R sequence types among the clinical samples. The sequence type 5RR is significantly associated with the asymptomatic sample group (P-values between asymptomatic & diarrhea/dysentery, asymptomatic & diarrhea/dysentery plus liver abscess sample groups are 0.0148 and 0.0241, respectively). In contrast, the sequence type 10RR is significantly associated with the symptomatic sample group (i.e. diarrhea/dysentery and / or liver abscess sample groups) (P-values between asymptomatic & diarrhea/dysentery, asymptomatic & liver abscess, and asymptomatic & diarrhea/dysentery plus liver abscess sample groups are 0.0089, and 0.0198, and 0.0123, respectively). The sequence type 6RR is distributed almost evenly across all clinical sample groups. A = asymptomatic; D = diarrhea/dysentery; and LA = liver abscess.