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. 1999 Aug;37(8):2719–2722. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.8.2719-2722.1999

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of 86 DEC strains examined by multiplex PCR to detect Int-α, Int-β, and Int-γ alleles

DEC strain no. Original strain no. Serotype Isolation dataa
PCR fragment size (bp)
eae allele
Yr Locale Host 917 1,648 1,770 1,926
1a 572-56 O55:H6 1956 USA Human + + α
1b C54-58 O55:H6 1958 Suriname Human + + α
1c F196-51 O55:H6 1951 Germany Human + + α
1d F563-55 O55:H6 1955 Egypt Human + + α
1e AC-C21 O55:H6 1986 Mexico Human + + α
2a 3787-62 O55:H6 1962 Congo Human + + α
2b 5513-56 O55:H− 1956 USA Human + + α
2c 607-54 O55:H6 1954 USA Human + + α
2d F60-51 O55:H6 1951 France Human + + α
2e 2087-77 O55:H6 1977 USA Human + + α
3a 3299-85 O157:H7 1985 USA Human + + γ
3b 46240 O157:H7 1990 USA Human + + γ
3c 3104-88 O157:H7 1988 USA Human + + γ
3d 3009-88 O157:H7 1988 USA Human + + γ
3e 3077-88 O157:H7 1988 Canada Human + + γ
3f 493/89 O157:H− 1989 Germany Human + + γ
4a C1520-77 O157:H7 1977 Argentina Calf + + γ
4b C999-87 O157:H7 1987 Denmark Human + + γ
4c C374-83 O157:H7 1983 Egypt Buffalo + + γ
4d C681-87 O157:H7 1987 Japan Calf + + γ
4e C7-88 O157:H7 1988 Denmark Human + + γ
4f EDL-933 O157:H7 1982 USA Meat + + γ
5a 5624-50 O55:H7 1950 USA Human + + γ
5b 660-79 O55:H7 1979 USA Human + + γ
5c 5380-66 O55:H7 1966 USA Human + + γ
5d C586-65 O55:H7 1965 Sri Lanka Human + + γ
5e C997-63 O55:H7 1963 Iran Human + + γ
6a 5338-66 O111:H21 1966 USA Human
6b C142-54 O111:H12 1954 Germany Human
6c 2277-67 O111:H12 1967 Guatemala Human
6d F436-51 O111:H12 1951 Italy Human
6e 184-83 O111:H12 1983 Brazil Human
7a 750001 O157:H43 1975 USA Pig
7b 902034 O149:H− 1990 USA Pig
7c 820691 O157:H43 1982 USA Pig
7d 831015 O157:H43 1983 USA Pig
7e 861575 O157:H− 1986 USA Pig
8a 2198077 O111:H− 1977 USA Human + ?
8b 3030A-86 O111:H8 1986 USA Human + ?
8c 8610049 O111:H− 1986 USA Calf + ?
8d C130-53 O111:H11 1953 Cuba Human + ?
8e C194-65 O111:H8 1965 Denmark Human + ?
9a 3323-61 O26:H11 1961 USA Human + + β
9b 2262-79 O26:H− 1979 USA Human + + β
9c C240-52 O26:H− 1952 Switzerland Human + + β
9d C814-67 O26:H11 1967 Denmark Human + + β
9e 45 O26:H11 1986 Mexico Human + + β
10a H30 O26:H11 ND Canada Human + + β
10b 3047-86 O26:H11 1986 Australia Human + + β
10c 1557-77 O26:H11 1977 USA Human + + β
10d C12-52 O26:H11 1952 France Human + + β
10e 900105 O26:H11 1990 USA Calf + + β
10f RDEC-1 O15:H− 1970s USA Rabbit + + β
10g C309-64 O128:H8 1964 ND Human + + β
10h C186-61 O119:H11 1961 ND Human + + β
10i 87-1713 O145:H6 1987 Canada Human + + β
10j 88817 O70:H11 1988 Canada Human + + β
11a 2254-75 O128:H2 1975 USA Human + + β
11b 3733-71 O128:H2 1971 USA Human + + β
11c A9619-c2 O45:H2 1983 USA Human + + β
11d E335021 O128:H2 1989 UK Human + + β
11e WM-63 O128:H2 ND Brazil Human + + β
12a F1-50 O111:H2 1950 UK Human + + β
12b 2966-56 O111:H2 1956 USA Human + + β
12c 3942-67 O111:H− 1967 Panama Human + + β
12d 9101-83 O111:H2 1983 Peru Human + + β
12e 3291-86 O111:H− 1986 Kenya Human + + β
13a 3350-73 O128:H7 1973 USA Human
13b 5024-71 O128:H7 1971 USA Human
13c C500-74 O128:H7 1974 Tanzania Human
13d C1083-79B O128:H7 1979 Rwanda Human
13e 2384-81 O128:H47 1981 USA Human
14a C916-70 O128:H21 1970 Peru Human
14b C691-71 O128:H21 1971 India Human
14c 9088-83 O128:H21 1983 Peru Human
14d 1791-79 O128:H− 1979 USA Human
14e C639-77 O128:H21 1977 Bangladesh Human
15a 5430-66 O111:H21 1966 USA Human
15b 448-71 O111:H21 1971 USA Human
15c 2660-77 O111:H21 1977 USA Human
15d 2708-78 O111:H21 1978 USA Human
15e 2394-80 O111:H21 1980 USA Human
a

USA, United States; ND, not determined; UK, United Kingdom.