Table 1.
Seasonal detection rates of bacterial pathogens and HuNoV.
| Season | HuNoV |
Bacterial pathogens |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI | GII | GI and GII | GI or GII | O157 | Listeria | Salmonella | Non-O157 | E. coli (MPN) | SD | |
| Spring | 22.07% | 11.73% | 4.19% | 29.61% b | 9.50% b | 56.43% b | 70.67% b | 10.34% a | 2.05E+05 | 7.20E+05 |
| Summer | 12.05% | 3.57% | 2.23% | 12.95% a | 4.02% a | 32.59% a | 49.55% a | 9.82% a | 6.35E+05 | 7.21E+06 |
| Fall | 41.18% | 9.41% | 9.41% | 41.18% c | 11.75% b | 32.94% a | 48.24% a | 5.88% a | 1.43E+05 | 4.80E+05 |
| Winter | 17.10% | 22.80% | 13.47% | 26.43% b | 7.77% ab | 40.42% a | 55.96% a | 8.81% a | 7.74E+05 | 6.44E+05 |
| All | 20.11% | 11.86% | 6.28% | 25.70% | 7.91% | 44.30% | 59.65% | 9.42% | 1.62E+05 | 6.13E+05 |
Shared letters in the column indicated no statistical difference among groups (p > 0.05). Different letters indicated there was a statistical difference (p < 0.05) between groups.