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. 2021 Feb 25;11:4588. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84149-1

Table 3.

Distribution of virulence markers among Campylobacter jejuni strains, according to the poultry company.

Poultry company Frequency (%) of positive of strains (n/N)
flaA cadF cdtA cdtB cdtC cdtABC iam virB11 wlaN
A (n = 25) 92 (23/25)a 84 (21/25)a 80 (20/25)a 60 (15/25)a 88 (22/25)a 56 (14/25)a 0 16 (4/25)a,b 0
B (n = 15) 66.7 (10/15)a 73.3 (11/15)a 73.3 (11/15)a 46.7 (7/15)b 73.3 (11/15)a 46.7 (7/15)a 0 53.3 (8/15)b 0
C (n = 53) 71.7 (38/53)a 71.7 (38/53)a 83 (44/53)a 90.6 (48/53)a 94.3 (50/53)a 77.4 (41/53)a 0 11.3 (6/53)a 26.4 (14/53)a
D (n = 42) 81 (34/42)a 81 (34/42)a 92.9 (39/42)a 88.1 (37/42)a 97.6 (41/42)a 88.1 (37/42)a 0 31 (13/42)a,b 0
E (n = 5) 100 (5/5)a 100 (5/5)a 100 (5/5)a 100 (5/5)a 100 (5/5)a 100 (5/5)a 0 0 20 (1/5)a

Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.010) among poultry companies (Fisher’s exact test; adjusted p-value).