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. 2018 May 17;23(20):17-00463. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.20.17-00463

Table 1. Enteric bacteria in newly arrived asylum seekers detected through stool screening, by country and region of origin, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, January 2015–May 2016 (n = 23,410).

Regiona and country of origin Total samples Culture results
Salmonella spp. Shigella spp.
n % 95% CI n % 97.5% CIb
Southern Europe
Albania 3,196 5 0.2 0.0–0.4 0 0.0 0.0–0.1
Kosovo* 1,748 3 0.2 0.0–0.1 0 0.0 0.0–0.2
Serbia 831 0 0.0 0.0–0.0b 0 0.0 0.0–0.4
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 586 2 0.3 0.0–1.2 0 0.0 0.0–0.6
Bosnia-Herzegovina 284 0 0.0 0.0–1.3b 0 0.0 0.0–1.3
Subtotal 6,645 10 0.2 0.1–0.3 0 0.0 0.0–0.1
Eastern Africa
Eritrea 596 2 0.3 0.0–1.2 0 0.0 0.0–0.6
Somalia 419 0 0.0 0.0–0.9b 0 0.0 0.0–0.9
Otherc 12 0 0.0 0.0–26.5b 0 0.0 0.0–26.5
Subtotal 1,027 2 0.2 0.0–0.7 0 0.0 0.0–0.4
Western Asia
Syria 8,128 23 0.3 0.2–0.4 0 0.0 0.0–0.1
Armenia 218 0 0.0 0.0–1.7b 0 0.0 0.0–1.7
Iraq 120 0 0.0 0.0–3.0b 0 0.0 0.0–0.0
Otherc 151 0 0.0 0.0–2.4b 0 0.0 0.0–2.4
Subtotal 8,617 23 0.3 0.2–0.4 0 0.0 0.0–0.0
Southern Asia
Afghanistan 3,903 11 0.3 0.1–0.5 0 0.0 0.0–0.1
Pakistan 787 1 0.1 0.0–0.7 0 0.0 0.0–0.5
Iran 530 0 0.0 0.0–0.7b 0 0.0 0.0–0.7
Otherc 16 0 0.0 0.0–20.6b 0 0.0 0.0–20.6
Subtotal 5,236 12 0.2 0.1–0.4 0 0.0 0.0–0.1
Northern Africa
Egypt 121 1 0.8 0.0–4.5 0 0.0 0.0–3.0
Otherc 37 1e 2.7 0.1–14.2 0 0.0 0.0–9.5
Subtotal 158 2 1.3 0.2–4.5 0 0.0 0.0–2.3
Otherd 246 1f 0.4 0.0–2.2 0 0.0 0.0–1.5
Unknown 1,481 2 0.1 0.0–0.1 0 0.0 0.0–0.3
Total 23,410 52 0.2 0.2–0.3g 0 0.0 0.0–0.2g

CI: confidence interval

a Grouping of regions according to [2], except for Kosovo*.

b Zero percent estimates are provided with a one-sided, 97.5% CI.

c Combines countries from given region with fewer than 100 subjects examined.

d Combines countries from regions not displayed in table and with fewer than 100 subjects examined.

e Country of origin of this sample: Morocco (1/16).

f Country of origin of this sample: Nigeria (1/13).

g Variance estimate was calculated while accounting for clustering of subjects by country.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.