. 2019 May 16;7(5):137. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7050137

Table 1.

Prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) isolated in animals reared in Brazil.

Host	State	Number of Samples	Prevalence	Serotype or Genes Amplified	Author
Bovine and Buffaloes	Rio Grande do Sul	243 feces from dairy cattle	49%	O157:H-, O91:H-, O125:H-, O119:H-, O112:H-, O29:H-	[19]
	São Paulo	182 E. coli isolated from milk samples	12.08%	stx₁ and stx₂	[20]
	São Paulo	153 fecal samples	25.5%	O113:H21, O157:H7, O111:H-, O22:H8	[13]
	Rio Grande do Sul	243 feces from dairy cattle	48.9%	O157, O157:NM, O91:NM, O112:NM	[21]
	Minas Gerais	100 water buffaloes	37%	O137:H41, O74:H25, O159:H21, O41, O77:H18, O88:H25, O116:H21, O141:H49, O178:H19, O23:H7, O82:H8, O93:H19, O59:H8, O113:H21, O93:H19, O156:H21, O22:H16, O49, O49:H21, O77:H41, O176:H2, O93:H16, O79:H14	[22]
	Minas Gerais	205 healthy beef and dairy cattle, and 106 reared goats	57.5% (goats) 39.2% (beef cattle 17.5% in dairy cattle	O181:H4, O22:H8, O104:H2, O116:H21, O105:H8, O157:H7, O98:H14, O22:H16, O22:H4, O150:H8, O179:H8, O79:H14, O6:H49, O19:H7, O91:H21, O141:H49, O178:H19, O174:H21, O174:H8, O39:H49, O124:H21	[23]
	Paraná	190 healthy cattle	36%	O6:H34, O10:H42, O17:H41, O22:H8, O22:H16, O41:H2, O74:H42, O79:H, O82:H8, O98:H41, O110:H2, O113:H21, O117:H8, O124:H11, O159:H21, O174:H21, O175:H21, O178:H19, O179:H8, O181:H4	[24]
	Goiás	198 rectal swabs	72.73%	stx₁, stx₂, ehxA	[25]
	Rio Grande do Sul	108 carcass swabs	20.37%	O157:H7	[26]
Birds	São Paulo	171 fecal samples	19.4%	stx₁ and stx₂	[27]
	São Paulo	516 fecal samples	0.74%	stx ₂	[28]
	São Paulo	446 fecal samples	9.8%	O6, O48	[29]
	Minas Gerais	100 fresh fecal samples	2%	stx₁ and stx₂	[30]
	Ceará	Case report	-	stx ₁	[31]
	São Paulo	118 pigeons and 38 great egrets	2.5% (pigeons)	stx _2f	[32]
	São Paulo	Case report	-	O137:H6	[33]
Sheep	São Paulo	48 sheep	52.1%	O5:H-, O16:H-, O75:H-, O75:H8, O87:H16, O91:H-, O146:H21, O172:H- OR:H-, ONT:H-, ONT:H16	[34]
	São Paulo	330 feces and 99 carcass samples	2.72% (Feces), 1.01% (Carcass)	O5, O75, and O91	[35]
	Paraná	Case report	-	O103:H2	[36]
	Paraná	130 fecal samples	50%	O76:H19 and O65:H–	[37]
	Goiás	115 E. coli strains	78.3%	stx₁, stx₂	[38]
Calves	Mato Grosso do Sul	205 E. coli strains	9.75% (stx₁), 6.34% (stx₂)	O26:H, O111:H, O118:H16	[39]
	São Paulo	139 diarrheic and 205 non-diarrheic fecal samples	12.7%	O113:H21, O118:H16, O123:H2, O111:NM, O111:H8	[40]
	São Paulo	264 diarrheic and 282 healthy fecal samples	12%	O7:H7, O7:H10, O48:H7, O111:H19, O123:H2, O132:H51, O173:H(-), O175:H49	[41]
	Paraná	29 diarrheic and 21 healthy fecal samples	101 strains	O1, O3, O7, O8, O17, O23, O78, O144, O146, ONT, O26, O55, O103, O117, O123, O124, O153, O15, O128, O175, O119, O4, O156	[42]
	Minas Gerais	850 fecal samples	20.9%	stx₁, eae, iha, toxB, ehxA, efa-1, saa, astA	[43]
Chickens	São Paulo	110 APEC E. coli samples	30.90%	stx₁, stx₂	[44]
Pigs	Mato Grosso	74 lumen content samples	2.2%	stx ₂	[45]
Dogs	São Paulo	25 feces from diarrheic dogs	48%	O157:H7 and stx₁, stx₂, eaeA	[46]
Cats	São Paulo	40 feces samples and 3 urine infection samples	0%	-	[47]
Dogs and Cats	Paraná	50 cat feces and 50 dogs	0%	-	[48]
Rabbits	São Paulo	178 E. coli isolates	5.05%	O20:H28, O41:H-, O103:H19, O110:H6, O126:H- O126:H20, O128:H2, O132:H2, O153:H7	[49]
Avian Organic Fertilizers	Paraná	40 fertilizers	4.7%	stx₁, stx₂	[50]
Stomoxys calcitrans	Rio de Janeiro	40 Stomoxys calcitrans flies	15%	stx₁, stx₂ and eae	[51]