TABLE 1.
Total number of water samples collected from six recreational river sites in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand and the numbers and percentages of presumptive Campylobacter spp. and C. jejuni in those samples
| Source site | No. of water samples | No. (%) of positive samples: |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Presumptive Campylobactera | C. jejunib | ||
| Kaikokopu Stream, Himatangi | 85 | 22 (25.9) | 12 (14.1) |
| Mangapapa Stream | 87 | 45 (51.7) | 29 (33.3) |
| Manawatu River at Albert Street | 87 | 42 (48.3) | 27 (31.0) |
| Manawatu River at Hopelands | 85 | 22 (25.9) | 15 (17.6) |
| Oroua River | 87 | 22 (25.3) | 15 (17.2) |
| Tokomaru River | 78 | 16 (20.5) | 6 (7.7) |
| Total | 509 | 169 (33.2) | 104 (20.4) |
a
A sample was considered presumptive Campylobacter positive when samples cultured on mCCDA and BA produced colonies with typical Campylobacter morphology and at least one isolate was positive by the Campylobacter genus PCR.
b
A sample was considered C. jejuni positive when at least one isolate from that sample was confirmed as C. jejuni by PCR.