TABLE 2.

Detection of virulence genes lvh and rtxA in isolates from patients and water

Source	AFLP type(s)	No. of isolates	No. with gene/total
			lvh	rtxA
Patients	AF1	15	14/15	15/15
	AF2-AF15	14	14/14	14/14
		7	0/7	7/7
		1	1/1	0/1
	Total	37	29/37	36/37
Water	AF1	51	51/51	51/51
	AF16	38	0/38	1/38
	Other AF types	9	9/9	9/9
		6	0/6	6/6
	Total	104	60/104	67/104