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. 2017 May 3;96(5):1097–1106. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0633

Table 3.

Pathogen counts and frequencies for 230 total samples

Positive Percentage of 230 Negative No. of samples Total reporting Tested* (%)
Norovirus 32 13.9 141 63 167 72.6
 Norovirus GI 6
 Norovirus GII 26
ETEC 25 10.9 157 48 182 79.1
 St+ 16
 Lt+ 5
 Lt+/St+ 4
Campylobacter 20 8.7 201 9 221 96.1
jejuni 16
coli 3
 Other species 1
Shigella 14 6.1 215 1 229 99.6
flexneri 4
sonnei 9
 Other species 1
EAEC 9 3.9 45 176 54 23.5
Giardia 9 3.9 218 3 227 98.7
Cryptosporidium 7 3.0 217 6 224 97.4
EPEC 0 0.0 182 48 182 79.1
Entamoeba histolytica 0 0.0 227 3 227 98.7
Salmonella 0 0.0 229 1 229 99.6
Total cases 0 230 100.0
Any pathogen 104 45.2
No pathogen 125 54.3

EAEC = enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; EPEC = enteropathogenic E. coli.

*

Percentage of samples tested for specific pathogen.

Subcategories shown are included in the total pathogen counts given.