Table 1.
Characteristics of Shigella strains analyzed.
| Strain | Species1 | Recent foreign travel2 | Isolation Date | stx3 | φPOC-J134 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS1041 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 1999 | + | + |
| BS1022 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2004 | + | + |
| BS1023 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2005 | + | + |
| BS981 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2005 | + | + |
| BS1042 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2005 | + | + |
| BS1044 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2005 | + | + |
| BS1045 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2007 | + | + |
| BS1046 | S. flexneri 2a | Dom. Rep. | 2008 | + | + |
| BS1024 | S. flexneri 2a | French Guiana | 2005 | + | + |
| BS974 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2001 | + | + |
| BS1021 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2003 | + | + |
| BS980 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2005 | + | + |
| BS1025 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2008 | + | + |
| BS937 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2010 | + | + |
| BS968 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2010 | + | + |
| BS971 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2011 | + | + |
| BS988 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti | 2012 | + | + |
| BS1039 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti (r) | 2013 | + | + |
| BS1057 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti (r) | 2013 | + | + |
| BS1059 | S. flexneri 2a | Haiti (r) | 2014 | + | + |
| BS967 | S. flexneri 2a | India | 2010 | - | - |
| BS966 | S. flexneri 2a | Mexico | 2009 | - | - |
| BS952 | S. flexneri 2a | Peru | 2005 | - | - |
| BS951 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2005 | + | + |
| BS956 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2006 | - | - |
| BS962 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2008 | - | - |
| BS982 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2008 | + | + |
| BS942 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2010 | + | + |
| BS970 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2011 | - | - |
| BS938 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2012 | + | + |
| BS972 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2012 | + | + |
| BS989 | S. flexneri 2a | NA | 2013 | + | + |
| BS1061 | S. flexneri 3a | Haiti (r) | 2014 | - | - |
| BS1038 | S. flexneri 3a | Haiti (r) | NA | - | - |
| BS1040 | S. flexneri 6 | Haiti (r) | NA | - | + |
| BS1074 | S. flexneri ? | Haiti | 2014 | + | + |
| SH199 | S. flexneri ? | Haiti | 2014 | + | + |
| SH200 | S. flexneri ? | NA | 2014 | + | + |
| BS986 | S. boydii 19 | Dom. Rep. | 2010 | + | + |
| BS984 | S. boydii 19 | Haiti | 2010 | + | + |
| BS1043 | S. flexneri Y | Haiti | 2005 | + | + |
| BS1060 | S. flexneri Y | Haiti | 2014 | + | + |
| BS978 | S. dysenteriae 1 | NA | 2004 | + | - |
| BS983 | S. dysenteriae 1 | NA | 2008 | + | - |
| BS979 | S. dysenteriae 4 | Dom. Rep. | 2005 | + | + |
| BS975 | S. dysenteriae 4 | Haiti | 2002 | + | + |
| BS1047 | S. dysenteriae 4 | Haiti | 2008 | + | + |
| BS987 | S. dysenteriae 4 | Haiti | 2010 | - | - |
| BS1058 | S. sonnei | Haiti | 2014 | - | - |
Strains positive for stx for which the full phage genome could be assembled from the bacterial genome are in bold. Strains highlighted in red were either positive for stx but the φPOC-J13 phage sequence could not be found in the bacterial genome, or negative for stx but the φPOC-J13 phage was found in the genome.
Shigella species and serotype; “?” indicates that the serotype was not determined
Dom. Rep. = Dominican Republic, “(r)” indicates strains that were isolated from Haitians residing in Haiti, i.e. not linked to foreign travel.
Presence or absence of stx genes. “+” indicate positives for stx and “-” indicates negative for stx and stx2.
Presence or absence of phage φPOC-J13 sequence assembled by Mauve
NA = data not available