TABLE 2.
Distribution of virulence plasmids in R. equi isolates collected from five countries
| Country | Sample source | No. of 15- to 17-kDa antigen-positive isolates | No. of isolates with plasmids that were:
|
Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 kb, type I | 85 kb, type II | 87 kb, type I | 87 kb, type II | 90 kb | ||||
| France | Foals and soil | 29 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | Fortier and Pronost |
| France | Foals and soil | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Rahal |
| Argentina | Foals | 26 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Becu |
| Australia | Foals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Begg and Browning |
| Canada | Foals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Prescott |
| Japan | Foals | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8 | Takai |
| Japan | Feces of foals | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 323 | 76 | Takai |