TABLE 1.
Numbers of STEC isolates of human and bovine origin in strain sets 2 and 3 classified by serotype
| Isolate sourcea | No. of isolates
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O26:H11 | O26:H− | O103:H2 | O111:H8 | O111:H− | O145:H− | O157:H7 | O157:H− | Total | |
| NS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| D | 5 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 48 |
| BD | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| HUS | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| Total human | 15b | 11 | 16b | 2b | 15b | 6b | 37b | 10 | 112 |
| Bovine | 8b | 0 | 16b | 2b | 13b | 6b | 32b | 0 | 77 |
a
NS, STEC isolates from humans with no symptoms; D, isolates from humans with uncomplicated diarrhea; BD, isolates from humans with bloody diarrhea; HUS, isolates from humans with hemolytic-uremic syndrome. All of the human isolates were used for set 2.
b
Isolate used for set 3.