Table 3.

Clonal complex (ST-complex), sequence type (ST), virulence factors profile (VF), and antimicrobial resistance profile (AMR) found in 150 C. jejuni strains from humans, broilers, and wild birds niches.

			Humans		Broilers		Wild Birds
ST complexes	ST		VFa	AMRb	VF	AMR	VF	AMR
ST-21 complex (24)	19	(1)	#2	M (1)
	21	(8)	#2	M (1) I (2) J (1) T (1)	#2	M (2) O (1)
	50	(8)	#2	M(4) K (1)	#2	M (1) K (2)
	883	(4)	#2	M (1) J (1)	#1	I (1)
					#2	I (1)
	1214	(1)	#2	J (1)
	3769	(1)	#2	M (1)
	4664	(1)	#2	B (1)
ST-42 complex (2)	459	(1)	#2	M (1)
	4016	(1)	#2	E (1)
ST-45 complex (13)	45	(10)	#2	K (1)	#2	M (1) G (1)	#2	A (3) C (3) I (1)
	137	(1)			#2	P (1)
	652	(1)			#2	P (1)
	8512	(1)					#2	A (1)
ST-48 complex (3)	48	(3)	#5	M (1)	#9	M (1)	#14	M (1)
ST-49 complex (1)	49	(1)	#2	M (1)
ST-52 complex (1)	52	(1)	#2	H (1)
ST-61 complex (5)	61	(5)	#6	M (2) A (1) E (1)
			#12	B (1)
ST-179 complex (7)	179	(1)					#5	A (1)
	220	(1)					#3	D (1)
	2209	(5)					#2	A (1)
							#5	A (2) C (2)
ST-206 complex (6)	46	(1)			#2	M (1)
	227	(1)	#2	A (1)
	572	(4)	#5	M (4)
ST-257 complex (12)	257	(3)	#2	M (1) N (1) P(1)
	367	(6)			#2	M (6)
	2254	(3)	#2	M (2)	#2	I (1)
ST-283 complex (1)	267	(1)			#2	M (1)
ST-353 complex (9)	5	(2)			#1	I (1)
					#3∗	I (1)
	353	(1)	#1∗	K (1)
	356	(1)			#2	M (1)
	400	(5)	#3	M (1)	#3	I (3) M (1)
ST-354 complex (9)	354	(8)	#2	M (2)	#2	M (2)	#2	M (2) I (2)
	8498	(1)			#2	M (1)
ST-443 complex (2)	51	(1)	#2	M (1)
	5799	(1)	#2	M (1)
ST-446 complex (1)	3552	(1)					#1	M (1)
ST-464 complex (3)	464	(3)	#1	F (1)	#2	M (1)
					#1	M (1)
ST-574 complex (2)	305	(2)			#2	M (1) I (1)
ST-607 complex (8)	607	(2)			#1	M (1) I (1)
	904	(3)	#1	M (1)	#1	M (2)
	1707	(1)			#1	M (1)
	7110	(2)			#2	M (1)
					#1	I (1)
ST-952 complex (3)	8513	(3)					#10	A (2) C (1)
ST-1034 complex (1)	4001	(1)					#13	L (1)
ST-1275 complex (16)	637	(2)					#4	A (1) B (1)
	1223	(5)					#4	C (1)
							#7	A (2) C (1)
							#15	C (1)
	1268	(1)					#4	B (1)
	1275	(3)					#4	B (2)
							#8	B (1)
	1292	(2)					#4	C (1)
							#8	C (1)
	3049	(1)					#4	A (1)
	3629	(1)					#4	E (1)
	8511	(1)					#4	B (1)
Singletons	441	(3)	#2	R (1)	#5	P (1)
			#11	J (1)
	531	(2)	#3	M (1)	#1	M (1)
	996	(1)					#16	A (1)
	1261	(1)					#2	A (1)
	1343	(2)					#2	A (2)
	1710	(4)	#1	M (1)	#1	M (1) Q (1)
					#3	P (1)
	2331	(1)			#1	M (1)
	2351	(1)					#2	C (1)
	4355	(3)					#2	A (3)
	7114	(1)			#2	T (1)
	8479	(1)	#1	M (1)
	8514	(1)					#7	S (1)

^aThe VF profile is described in Figure 3. ^bThe AMR profile is described in Figure 2. ^∗virB11 positive. In brackets, number of strains.