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. 2014 Aug 22;9(8):e104713. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104713

Table 1. Microbiological results of faecal samples from symptomatic patients of a waterborne outbreak in Vuorela, July 2012.

Microbial pathogen and methods used Number of patients tested positive/number of tested
Campylobacter jejuni/coli 1 , 2 15/21
Salmonella spp.1 , 2 0/21
Shigella spp.1 , 2 0/21
Yersinia spp.1 , 2 0/21
E. coli
- EHEC1 , 2 26/12
- EPEC2 6/12
- ETEC2 0/12
- EIEC/Shigella 1 , 2 0/12
- EAEC2 2/12
Arcobacter spp.1 , 2 0/7
Norovirus2 , 3 02/12, 03/17
Adenovirus3 0/17
Enterovirus3 1/17
Sapovirus2 , 3 52 , 7/12, 33/17
Astrovirus2 , 3 02/7, 03/17
Giardia 4 0/19
Cryptosporidium 4 0/19

Methods used were cultivation1, PCR/RT-PCR2 (polymerase chain reaction/reverse transcripition-PCR), EM3 (electron microscopy) and/or EIA4 (Enzyme Immunoassay). 5 Campylobacter jejuni and 6EHEC O157:H7 (from one sample) and 7sapovirus GII.P3 were isolated from the samples.