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).