Table 3. Confirmation of V. parahaemolyticus isolated with and without IMB treatment targeting species (toxR) and virulence gene (tdh/trh) markers by using PCR.
| Location | No. of tested isolates | Number of V. parahaemolyticus isolates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated without IMB and positive for: | Isolated with IMB and positive for: | ||||||
| toxR gene | tdh gene | trh gene | toxR gene | tdh gene | trh gene | ||
| AZB | 45 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| KBC | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| KBF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HMF | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 0 |
| DMC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Total (%) | 120 | 3 (2.5%) | 3 (2.5%) | 0 | 26 (21.7%) | 21 (17.5%) | 0 |