TABLE 4.
Comparison of serotyping results through antisera aggregation and real-time PCR.
| Serovar (no. of strains) | Antigenic formulas1 | No. of amplified strains2 |
| Aberdeen (n = 2) | 11:i:1,2 | 2 |
| Agona (n = 4) | 1,4,[5],12:f,g,s:[1,2] | 4 |
| Albany (n = 1) | 8,20:z4:z23:- | 1 |
| Anatum (n = 2) | 3,{10}{15}{15,34}:e,h:1,6 | 2 |
| Bareilly (n = 8) | 6,7,14:y:1,5 | 8 |
| Berta (n = 1) | 1,9,12:[f],g,[t]:- | 1 |
| Blockley (n = 2) | 8:k:1,5 | 2 |
| Braenderup (n = 4) | 6,7,14:e,h:e,n,z15 | 4 |
| Brandenburg (n = 2) | 4,[5],12:l,v:e,n,z15 | 2 |
| Cerro (n = 2) | 6,14,18:z4,z23:[1,5] | 2 |
| Choleraesuis (n = 1) | 7:c:1,5 | 1 |
| Corvallis (n = 1) | 8,20:z4,z23:[z6] | 1 |
| Derby (n = 5) | 1,4,[5],12:f,g:[1,2] | 5 |
| Dublin (n = 2) | 1,9,12:g,p:- | 2 |
| Elisabethville (n = 1) | 3,{10}{15}:r:1,7 | 1 |
| Enteritidis (n = 21) | 1,9,12:g,m:- | 21 |
| Gallinarum (n = 1) | 1,9,12:-:- | 1 |
| Give (n = 2) | 3,{10}{15}{15,34}:l,v:1,7 | 2 |
| Hadar (n = 7) | 8:z10:e,n,x | 7 |
| Heidelberg (n = 4) | 1,4,[5],12:r:1,2 | 4 |
| I 4,[5],12:i:- (n = 2) | 4,[5],12:i:- | 2 |
| Infantis (n = 8) | 6,7,14:r:1,5 | 8 |
| Javiana (n = 1) | 1,9,12:l,z28:1,5 | 1 |
| Kedougou (n = 2) | 1,13,23:i:l,w | 2 |
| Kentucky (n = 2) | 8,20:i:z6 | 2 |
| Kottbus (n = 1) | 8:e,h:1,5 | 1 |
| Litchfield (n = 2) | 8:l,v:1,2 | 2 |
| Livingstone (n = 5) | 6,7,14:d:l,w | 5 |
| London (n = 2) | 3,{10}{15}:l,v:1,6 | 2 |
| Manhattan (n = 2) | 6,8:d:1,5 | 2 |
| Mbandaka (n = 2) | 6,7,14:z10:e,n,z15 | 2 |
| Meleagridis (n = 1) | 3,{10}{15}{15,34}:e,h:l,w | 1 |
| Menston (n = 1) | 6,7:g,s,[t]:[1,6] | 1 |
| Minnesota (n = 1) | 21:b:e,n,x | 1 |
| Mississippi (n = 1) | 1,13,23:b:1,5 | 1 |
| Montevideo (n = 8) | 6,7,14:g,m,[p],s:[1,2,7] | 8 |
| Muenchen (n = 5) | 6,8:d:1,2 | 5 |
| Muenster (n = 1) | 3,{10}{15}{15,34}:e,h:1,5 | 1 |
| Newington (n = 2) | 3,{10}{15}{15,34}:e,h:1,6 | 2 |
| Newport (n = 3) | 8:e,h:1,2 | 3 |
| Ohio (n = 4) | 6,7,14:b:l,w | 4 |
| Oranienburg (n = 2) | 6,7,14:m,t:[z57] | 2 |
| Panama (n = 3) | 1,9,12:l,v:1,5 | 3 |
| Paratyphi B (n = 2) | 1,4,[5],12:b:1,2 | 2 |
| Poona (n = 2) | 1,13,22:z:1,6 | 2 |
| Reading (n = 3) | 1,4,[5],12:e,h:1,5 | 3 |
| Rissen (n = 3) | 6,7,14:g,f:- | 3 |
| Saintpaul (n = 3) | 1,4,[5],12:e,h:1,2 | 3 |
| Schwarzengrund (n = 3) | 1,4,12,27:d:1,7 | 3 |
| Senftenberg (n = 4) | 1,3,19:g,[s],t:- | 4 |
| Singapore (n = 1) | 6,7:k:e,n,x | 1 |
| Stanley (n = 3) | 1,4,[5],12,[27]:d:1,2 | 3 |
| Tennessee (n = 2) | 6,7,14:z29:[1,2,7] | 2 |
| Thompson (n = 5) | 6,7,14:k:1,5 | 5 |
| Typhi (n = 5) | 9,12:d:- | 5 |
| Typhimurium (n = 8) | 1,4,[5],12:i:1,2 | 8 |
| Uganda (n = 1) | 3,{10}{15}:l,z13:1,5 | 1 |
| Vinohrady (n = 1) | 28:m,t:[e,n,z15] | 1 |
| Virchow (n = 8) | 6,7,14:r:1,2 | 8 |
| Weltevreden (n = 1) | 3,{10}{15}:r:z6 | 1 |
1Serovar confirmed through antisera aggregation.
2Number of strains amplified through real-time PCR with corresponding primer pair.