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. 2017 Mar 3;17:49. doi: 10.1186/s12866-017-0964-z

Table 1.

Escherichia coli O157 isolated from carcass, hand, knife, and cutting board swabs and minced beef in central Ethiopia

Number of positive samples/number of tested samples
Sample types Addis Ababa Bishoftu Batu Holetta Total
Carcass swab 1/25 2/30 1/25 1/30 5/110
Hand swab 0/25 0/30 0/25 0/30 0/110
Knife swab 0/25 0/30 0/25 0/30 0/110
Cutting board swab 1/25 1/30 0/25 2/30 4/110
Minced beef 0/20 0/25 0/20 0/20 0/85
Total 2/120 3/145 1/120 3/140 9/525