Table 3.
Distribution of vacA genotypes in Helicobacter pylori strains of meat and milk samples.
| Types of samples (number of positive results) | Distribution of vacA genotypes (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s1a | s1b | s1c | s2 | m1a | m1b | m2 | |
| Cow milk (25) | 20 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 8 |
| Sheep milk (35) | 32 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 20 | 10 |
| Goat milk (15) | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 |
| Buffalo milk (12) | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Camel milk (5) | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Total raw milk (92) | 79 (85.86) | 63 (68.47) | 43 (46.73) | 35 (38.04) | 67 (72.82) | 57 (61.95) | 24 (26.08) |
| Cow meat (25) | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 9 |
| Sheep meat (37) | 34 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 21 | 13 |
| Goat meat (22) | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 7 |
| Buffalo meat (14) | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Camel meat (7) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Total raw meat (105) | 92 (87.61) | 74 (70.47) | 52 (49.52) | 43 (40.95) | 89 (84.76) | 68 (64.76) | 35 (33.33) |
| Total (197) | 171 (86.80) | 137 (69.54) | 95 (48.22) | 78 (39.59) | 156 (79.18) | 125 (63.45) | 59 (29.94) |